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- ***Growing the Leader in Us - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"For what we've discovered, and rediscovered, is that leadership isn't the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It's a process ordinary people use when they're bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Liberate the leader in everyone, and extraordinary things happen." — ...
Views: 1342(25 votes) - Leverage Tips You Can Take to the Bank! - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Lisa MininniHave you ever asked yourself, “How can I get my business to the next level?” This is a common question I receive and recently answered on a Q&A call for my Success Circle members. One of the important elements to get your business to the next level is that your business cannot be dependent ...
Views: 1214(5 votes) - Women at the Water Cooler Tip #1 – When would I need a coach? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Saara RoblesI was sitting wondering the other day, ‘why do people still need executive coaches?’. Working in this field for over 20 years, I’m sometimes surprised that the need for coaching continues to grow. Why I wonder? What’s going on that is requiring more coaches to be in the world than in the ...
Views: 1036(5 votes) - ***Soft Skills, Hard Results (Part 2) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"We should take care not to make the intellect our god. It has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It cannot lead, it can only serve." - Albert Einstein There's not a lot we can do about the processing power between our ears. For the most part, we're stuck with whatever ...
Views: 1246(24 votes) - Seven Characteristics of an Authentic Leader - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Kristin RobertsonBeing an authentic leader is a cornerstone of building a spiritually intelligent workplace. To be authentic is to be real, to be genuine. If we consider that the opposite of authentic is phony or fake, then most people would vote for authenticity. It's like a counterfeit coin, which doesn't buy ...
Views: 8872(12 votes) - ***Change Management Can Lead to Rigidity and Resistance to Change - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles"Today's successful business leaders will be those who are most flexible of mind. An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait. . . Leaders will have to guide the ship while simultaneously putting everything up ...
Views: 1340(19 votes) - ***Soft Skills, Hard Results (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLeadership deals with the world of emotions and feelings. It is more of an art than a science. Like artists, leaders have the ability to share their vision of the world. Leaders influence our perceptions and help us look at situations in new ways. These skills – and the leadership principles ...
Views: 1205(28 votes) - Leadership Olympics…Can you bring home the Gold? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2010 from Karen PhillipsWith all the excitement of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games taking place, I was just wondering…if we held an Olympics for leaders, based on personal characteristics and traits, could you bring home the GOLD? I define a leader as anyone who is in the position to guide, oversee, direct, or ...
Views: 1335(7 votes) - Motivation – It’s Not What You Can Do For Your Employees, But What Your Employees Can Do for You. - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Chris MusselwhiteMotivating employees to do the best job they can is a perennial concern for managers at companies of all sizes. As an entrepreneur, you have an even bigger stake in keeping your employees motivated. Fortunately, motivation in the workplace isn’t about what you do for your employees; it’s about ...
Views: 1094(14 votes) - The Impact of Attitude - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Renee E CabourneWhile attending a women's conference in Ontario, California, I had the luxury, yes, the luxury, of meeting Chellie Campbell. Here is a woman who has provided financial stress reduction workshops for over 20 years to business owners. She is also the author of two books and is wildly successful. ...
Views: 1108(7 votes) - ***How to Manage Employee Turnover and Retain People You Want - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Barry FarrellHow Much Is Employee Turnover Costing Your Organization? Employee turnover is much more costly than you might think. In fact, research shows that up to 80% of turnover costs are hidden. Because of these virtually invisible costs, most managers usually do not track turnover and are not alarmed ...
Views: 2840(9 votes) - 6 Tips for Successful Delegation - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Marquita HeraldDelegation is one of the most powerful tools for effective time management, and it's also the most psychologically loaded. Relying on others can bring up deep-seated issues of dependency and trust. Many people, from managers at work to adults at home with a family, often fall into the trap ...
Views: 2582(9 votes) - Organise An Event To Advance Your Career - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2011 from James CoakesThis article is specifically aimed at people who work for large companies. Corporate careers are often compared to ladders, you make slow progress rung by rung and promotion by promotion. Ambitious people want to climb that ladder, but how can you stand out from your peers and secure promotion ...
Views: 1622(13 votes) - ***Change or Be Changed - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesGeorge was 53 when he had his first attack. He'd smoked for almost 40 years, was badly overweight, had an extremely high fat diet, and handled stress poorly. This warning shocked him into joining a smoking-cessation program. George and his wife also learned about healthy eating and improved ...
Views: 1285(15 votes) - Lifting Employee Productivity Through Encouragement and Praise (and it works for kids too!) - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Kim Seeling SmithI’m a Green Bay Packers fan, so I’m very very happy this week (for those of you who don’t follow American Football, they just won the Super Bowl). Win or lose, I’m a proud Packers fan, or a Cheesehead as we are sometimes called. I grew up in Wisconsin, my Dad grew up 30 minutes out of Green ...
Views: 1367(2 votes) - ***Are You Holding Your Team Back From Top Performance? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2013 from Leslie Cunningham* This is a true story and names have been changed Jason was the manager of a multi-million dollar hot tub business. In one of our VIP days we talked about him prioritizing his time in the morning so he could focus on the #1 priority for the business, which involved assembling some ...
Views: 1958(2 votes) - ***How To Give A Powerful And Productive Performance Review - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2007 from Meryl RunionDo you need to write an employee review? Its one of the most dreaded and important valuable resources in a manager’s toolbox, yet many managers don’t know how to give a performance review of an employee. Here are 10 dos and don'ts to help you create a positive and productive ...
Views: 2887(2 votes) - 10 Factors That Make Your Presentation or Speech Effective - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Gilda BonannoWhile presenting at the National Speakers Association (NSA) Convention in Orlando, I was able to hear dozens of presentations and speeches. The experience led me to think about what makes a presentation or speech effective, which I define as the ability to communicate your message clearly in a ...
Views: 15168(2 votes) - 6 Tips for Introducing Yourself at the Start of Your Presentation - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Gilda BonannoIn a presentation skills program a few weeks ago, someone asked me, "Gilda, how do I introduce myself at the start of my presentation to warm up the audience and establish credibility?" Contrary to what you might think, the answers do not include a lengthy recital of all your achievements or a ...
Views: 1570(2 votes) - 8 Tips for Getting a Stalled Project Moving Again - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2011 from David KaiserIf you are reading this, I assume you have a stalled project and you want to get it moving again. Here are some tools you can try, developed over the course of my work with hundreds of clients. Review them all, and then try one. If that works, great, you’re going! If not, ask yourself what you ...
Views: 1776(2 votes) - Be a leader not a seagul - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Frank O'TooleYou do not want to be part of the seagull system. Leadership skills training courses describe the seagull system as the leader that flies in leaves a mess everywhere and flies out again leaving their mess to be cleaned up. Leadership needs an awareness of the various diverse job roles that you ...
Views: 1219(6 votes) - Culture is the Unwritten Set of Rules within Your Business - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Andrew HortonWe all have a set of unwritten rules about the way we do things and the way we expect people to respond to us. I grew in a tough neighbourhood, where if you showed weaknesses, you would be bullied and treated as an outcast. Did you think I needed to be sent an email or a memo, as I was growing ...
Views: 1593(2 votes) - Customer Service Management Solution for Improving Client Satisfaction - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2012 from Andy RobertIn today’s highly competitive era, unless a company has a highly content customer base, its future in any conceivable line of business is not at all bright. This is the reason ensuring exemplary customer satisfaction is always one of the prime concerns of every customer-centric organization. ...
Views: 970(2 votes) - DELEGATION: The Vital Role of Systems in Delegation - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2011 from Hugh StewartDELEGATION: The Vital Role of Systems in Delegation Posted by Hugh on January 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment Some entrepreneurs struggle with delegation because they have become accustomed to doing almost everything themselves, and some because they do not have a clear enough idea of exactly ...
Views: 992(4 votes) - Executive Effectiveness: Becoming an Effective Leader - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Michael BeckRecently on LinkedIn I posed three questions that resulted in some very interesting conversations. Here they are: 1. An executive is only a leader if people choose to follow. How can you tell whether people are following or just doing their job? 2. Everyone says leadership is important, ...
Views: 1320(2 votes) - Free Your Company to Do More - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Donald MitchellMany organizations seek to accomplish their purposes with so little effectiveness that it's as if they were literally chained to the past and to procrastination. Yet when away from work, and doing something they love, many of the same people act more like forces of nature... moving themselves ...
Views: 1391(2 votes) - Get To The Top At Work, And Enjoy It! - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Donald MitchellI was inspired to write this article after reading an essay arguing for becoming a salesperson, rather than a CEO ... claiming that a salesperson's hours are shorter, the stress is less, and moment-to-moment tasks are more enjoyable. That didn't make sense to me. While I certainly know some ...
Views: 1478(2 votes) - Good Project Management Leads to Better Financial Results - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Jakob BarryA house of cards takes very little preparation to build but still requires particular intricacies for success. One wrong move and in less than a second the little structure can fold into a flat pile. The same can be said for completing any task or project whether professional or private. ...
Views: 1567(2 votes) - How Can I Fight Stress? Plan - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Rick CarterStress is disorganized. It feels focused, unrelenting, and probably targeted right at you. But stress is not a thing. Stress is, in large part, the conflict you feel when your boundaries are being stretched. Stress in the workplace is your boss testing your boundary for autonomy. Or it ...
Views: 3137(2 votes) - How to End Your Presentation so the Audience Knows You're Done - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Gilda BonannoWhen you give a presentation, how does the audience know you're done? If you're half-heartedly saying, "any questions?" as a means to signal that you're done speaking, then you're missing the opportunity to finish strong. Here are techniques for ending your presentation strongly so the ...
Views: 1635(2 votes) - How to Prevent Identity Theft by Computer Hackers - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Jack TaggertyPreventing Identity Theft is the best identity theft insurance. This also applies to computer hacking because there are clearly ways to prevent identity theft from this method. Many have assumed that the incidence of identity theft would have decreased with modern technologies as an identity ...
Views: 3620(4 votes) - Importance of Channel Data Integrity - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2013 from Walt RobertsonChannel Data Management as well as Channel Partner Marketing are 2 important business distribution as well as sales/marketing procedures. Much like some other channel strategies, both of these elements are of supreme significance for business success. What's Channel Data? Sales data that's ...
Views: 1093(2 votes) - Leadership Traps: Communication Without Communicating - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Gil Pizano Depending upon where you're from, or what generation you are part of, your view of what a leader should and should not be will vary. There are those who say changing times call for changes in leadership styles. While that may be true for some areas of leadership, many basic characteristics of ...
Views: 1728(4 votes) - New Ways to Meet - Strategies For Virtual Teams and Alternatives to Face-To-Face Meetings - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Phil MonteroThere is no doubt about it - meetings take up a good amount of our time on a weekly basis. Think back for a minute on all the time you spent in meetings this past year - whether they were one-on-one meetings or a group meeting in a conference room. WOW, that's a lot of time spent meeting! Was it ...
Views: 1561(6 votes) - On Keeping A Humor Journal - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Barry Robertsby Barry Roberts “Now that’s a funny cartoon!” As soon as that thought struck me, I’d cut it out and paste it into a notebook I was keeping. After a time, I started writing in any and all funny experiences I’d gone through. Once in a while, I’d specifically try to recall humorous episodes ...
Views: 1613(2 votes) - Own Up to What You Don’t Know and Become More Effective - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Chris MusselwhiteHere’s the nightmare scenario: You’re in a meeting with another manager and several employees. An employee asks you to explain a potential product liability issue that came up the previous week. The other manager nods knowingly, but you have no clue. What do you say? A.“Ah, yes, good ...
Views: 1114(6 votes) - Partner Portal Plays a Significant Role - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2013 from Walt RobertsonNowadays, utilizing a partnership strategy in business are the most crucial trends. Because of the advantages of efficiency as well as revenue generation, it's execution is broadly recommended. When a partner portal is utilized, this technique is quite useful. This serves the best objective as ...
Views: 933(2 votes) - Perfectionism Hurts Relationships, Hinders Support, and Impairs Building Trust! - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2012 from Ingrid MartinePerfectionism hurts our relationships When making things perfect is our top priority, we tend to expect others to live up to our rigid expectations for performance. When they don’t, we’re likely to forget the other person’s intentions, efforts, or good work. Instead, we focus on the “less ...
Views: 1535(2 votes) - Personal Questions Lead to Professional Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from Alan DobzinskiWhen you're holding regular accountability meetings with your people, it's natural for personal issues to come up. If you're still stuck in "leave your personal life at the door," thinking, get over it - that's old school, and will keep you stuck where you are now. If you want better results, ...
Views: 1135(2 votes) - Preventing Fires Through Structured Performance Management - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Barry FarrellWhy Structured Tools and Procedures Give You Better Results Supervisors require more than technical know-how to help employees perform better on the job. It’s rare for supervisors to be given the right tools to fix what’s broken. Then why is top management so surprised when so many employees ...
Views: 1873(8 votes) - SCIT an IT business school over reaching trends in business management - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Ryan JessicaMBA in Symbiosis has become one of the most challenging and prestigious options for most of the students who wish to pursue their business management courses. Almost all business schools residing under symbiosis umbrella have got their names established in all areas of business management. Many ...
Views: 1063(2 votes) - SEO Tips: Making Useful Links R-I-S-K is ALL! - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from Frank ScharnellOver time Google has change up their algorithms enough to get rid of factors that don’t help to develop the most relevant data. It’s always the purpose of Google to generate the most relevant data for each search, currently this is dictated by link building. As many SEO professionals know ...
Views: 1073(2 votes) - Stop Managing And Start Leading - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2012 from Jim ClemmerAsk any group of managers if they view themselves as an elite within their organization and you can be sure they will deny it. You'll hear comments such as: "I have an open-door policy" and "I take pride in always being accessible and approachable." And in most cases, these managers will ...
Views: 2001(4 votes) - Stop Your Drama - Eleven Questions to Ask In 2011 - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Marlene ChismIt has been said, if you want a better result, ask a better question. What questions are you asking yourself in this New Year? If your questions are not getting you the results you desire, here are eleven questions you can ask yourself in 2011. 1. Who am I? You answer this question every ...
Views: 1218(4 votes) - Take Your Presentations from Okay to Outstanding - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Gilda BonannoEver feel like you're presenting on "auto-pilot"? Or like you've gotten to the point where you present okay, but still feel like you could do better? Here are four suggestions for taking your presentations from okay to outstanding, so you can really connect with the audience and convey ...
Views: 1163(2 votes) - There’s only 3 Ways to grow your business - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Richard DennyNow we all know there are only three ways to grow a business. There are many ways of making profits, but, I am going to be concentrating on growing a business. So, let me remind you of the three ways. 1. Increase the number of customers that one has. The law of attrition says that you will ...
Views: 1688(6 votes) - Top Five Responsibilities of Nonprofit Board Members - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Sharon MikrutHaving managed or worked for nonprofits most of my career, I have seen effective and ineffective boards of directors. Good boards of directors are clear about their roles and responsibilities versus those of the Executive Director, and don't overstep their boundaries. I feel that the five most ...
Views: 1729(6 votes) - Turn Meetings into Victories - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2011 from Andrew HortonHow much of your productive work time do you waste in pointless unproductive meetings that seem to meander in a rudderless fashion down a meaningless path of unnecessary blathering and brain numbing pointlessness? These types of meetings are the thief of one of the most valuable tools available ...
Views: 1376(2 votes) - Two Traits of a Strong Leader - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Jody WilliamsWhat are some characteristics of leadership? There have been several books written about them and some include passion, intelligence, responsibility, drive, compassion, energy, enthusiasm, charisma, the ability to communicate, etc... I would like to focus on two that I believe are ...
Views: 1360(2 votes) - What Extreme Sports Can Teach You About Work - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Jim McCormickYour idea of extreme sports may be watching three football games at once at the local sports bar or playing more than eighteen holes of golf in a day. You may think there is nothing to learn from people who jump out of planes or hang off the sides of mountains. That would be wrong. While you ...
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