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More Job Interview Confidence Tips - by Doris HelgeLeadership Position with A Hyper-Critical Boss - by Doris HelgeBusiness Owner Blues Require Leadership Changes - by Doris Helge- Stop Selling! Let the Customer Buy - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Don McNamara CMCAs we all know the Golden Rule of life is to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Are we asking our sales team if they are approaching and treating prospects and customers the same way they want to be engaged - with respect and dignity? Are the sales messages informative and factual, ...
Views: 2788(5 votes) - Employee Motivation: A Secret Society? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Karen KleinwortMotivation is a key ingredient to success. This is not a news flash by any means, and all managers and good leaders embrace some degree of motivational program for their employees; whether they do this consciously or subconsciously, they all do it. Motivation is not some secret society either, ...
Views: 2785(1 vote) - Define Leadership For Leadership Success - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Chris D'CruzMany people would be thrown off guard by being asked to define leadership. A leader is someone who is in charge of a group of people, whether small or big. It is important to know that not everyone is born with the qualities of a leader, but one can train to be one. There are various attributes ...
Views: 2784(1 vote) - Six Ways to Spend More Time Doing What You Love - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Melanie Benson StrickDid you start your business with the high hopes that you’d spend every waking moment pouring through piles of receipts trying to update your bookkeeping reports, chasing down past due payments from customers or struggling to keep up with the growing list of marketing tasks to hopefully attract ...
Views: 2778(5 votes) - Meet the Real Nick Saban – Executive Par Excellence - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2013 from Rand GolletzFor many of us, the name Nick Saban conjures up the image of a cold, calculating automaton – grim, frowning, win-at-all-costs football coach who cares more about the score of his games and the margin of his victories than the development of the young men at the University of Alabama. Until I did ...
Views: 2776(1 vote) - Transparent Communication - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Patrick SmythThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security adjusts the security alert status from code yellow to code orange. The change is announced on national television news networks. You immediately launch your orange alert status program – or, do you? More likely, you’ll do what almost everyone else does ...
Views: 2773(1 vote) - The Four Pillars of Youth Leadership Development - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Peter Glon“The ability to see into the future and anticipate the consequences of decisions made now will require us to go beyond simply relying on past experience. Leaders must free themselves from lock step procedures and purely analytical tools to accommodate the rapid rate of change and uncertainty ...
Views: 2767 - A Eulogy: Daniel K. Inouye: A Story of Overcoming Adversity and True Leadership - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from PROF. HOWARD EDWARD HALLERSenator Daniel K. Inouye: A Story of Overcoming Adversity and True Leadership [A Eulogy to a True Legend in the United States Senate and a U.S. War Hero Called Home] By: Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. This article offers an insight into the essence of the kind of a man and leader that ...
Views: 2764(37 votes) - A Tricky Supervision Challenge - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2010 from Laurie WeissMany managers believe that treating their team members as responsible adults will assure excellent results. The truth is that while this usually is effective, some people need much firmer limits than others to perform their jobs. Ellen, the manager of a rehabilitation hospital unit, was ...
Views: 2758(1 vote) - Why should we focus on positive organizational behavior? - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2010 from Ray WilliamsThe concept of positive psychology is growing in the fields of psychology, management studies and organizational behavior. The focus of this trend is the movement away from the focus of psychology on "fixing" or "repairing" problems to building positive qualities and behaviors. In addition, a ...
Views: 2756(1 vote) - Delegate Effectively, Shift Their Mood First - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Liz CassidyWhen you delegate effectively the person you delegate to is both willing and able to take on your task. Being able to shift someone else’s mood up a notch is a useful life skill and is especially useful for leaders and influencers. Being able to shift others moods is a core part of Emotional ...
Views: 2751(1 vote) - 10 Reasons Why Soft-Skills Training Doesn't Work - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Guy FarmerI design soft-skills training programs that help leaders create happier workplaces and I've noticed a recurring pattern over the years: Many people think that you can change behaviors overnight. They talk earnestly with me about team building or effective communication and expect that a one-day ...
Views: 2746 - FROM KNOWING TO DOING - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from William CottringerFROM KNOWING TO DOING By Bill Cottringer “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ~Napoleon Hill. But will I actually do it—go from knowing to doing—is the dangling question after Napoleon Hill’s quote above. Great self-development and self-help sources of ...
Views: 2746(1 vote) - Different leadership styles famous leaders use to affect change - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Chris D'CruzLeadership calls for a lot of commitment and strategy if one is to make a positive impact on the targeted group of people. There are various leadership styles which are unique to define and understand the different kinds of leadership traits in famous leaders. The styles are composed of varying ...
Views: 2739 - Personal Development: 7 Really Smart Habits of Successful Champions! - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Edward MunozIf we took 100 successful people from all walks of life and put them in one room, we would notice that they all have similar qualities and habits in common. All these people have derived certain characteristics from their personal development that has enabled them to become successful in their ...
Views: 2737 - How do you hold a team together? - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2014 from Colette JohnstonA team is like a machine — but a living, breathing machine with moving parts. And those individual, moving parts need to work together to move your organization forward. So many factors can affect how your team functions: from personality and communication styles to workload and your corporate ...
Views: 2734 - Leadership and Entrepreneurship: Profile of Mark Victor Hansen Part I of a three Part Article - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from PROF. HOWARD EDWARD HALLERLeadership and Entrepreneurship: Profile of Mark Victor Hansen ”Mega” Best Selling Author, Motivator & Chairman Mark Victor Hansen & Associates and Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, Inc. [Part I of a Three Part Article] This article offers an ...
Views: 2723(105 votes) - Leading With Optimism - 10 Ways to Be Optimistic - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Doris Kovic"Are you kidding me - how can I be optimistic? There is nothing to be optimistic about in this economy." With the constant stream of bad economic news it is very easy to get caught up in thinking that nothing positive is happening. We start to believe that there is little that we can do to ...
Views: 2717(9 votes) - Journaling as a Reflective Practice - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Raymond JorgensenAs leaders of living systems, the ability to reflect is one of the most important disciplines to develop. Over the years we have found that, at particularly difficult times in life, when confused and disheartened, and times of exhilaration when life is filled with joy and happiness, the ...
Views: 2716(9 votes) - Your Success as a Leader, Depends on your Circle of Influencers - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonGreat success is seldom if ever achieved in isolation. Irrespective of how much natural talent or ability someone possesses, they still need the support of other people. This is even truer in the case of any leader who wants to successfully lead any team to greatness. The level of success, which ...
Views: 2712(3 votes) - Three Important Leadership Qualities that Boost Morale - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Greg BakerIn this article, we will explore three essential leadership qualities that boost morale among followers. Every leader must learn what being a leader means. These qualities are important to every leader. They are important to any follower. They are a must. BE APPROACHABLE Those leaders who ...
Views: 2704(5 votes) - Why do the Good Ones Quit and Leave and the Poor Ones Quit and Stay? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Brian DalzellWhy do the Good Ones Quit and Leave & The Poor Ones Quit and Stay? Part I The Top Three Reasons are! Reason Number Three; They feel under valued and neglected, and in fact they usually are. They often make less money than longer term employees and contribute much more. Managers are busy ...
Views: 2704(2 votes) - Jumping to Conclusion: Whose Education Is It? - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2010 from Florence BernardAs we live in a world very negatively portrayed by the media, there are times where we have to stop and ponder on what we are teaching our kids. I have written and talked about this before but, as I was reading a message from the principal of a great Florida School, it struck me again that too ...
Views: 2700(4 votes) - Ego and Success - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from Wayne KehlWinners, losers and survivors exist all around us. The world is full of people who become famous through excellent results alongside those who gain notoriety because of poor performance. Interestingly, mediocrity is much more common than success or failure in most areas of human endeavour. Most ...
Views: 2691 - Leaders who use Coaching Techniques Accomplish Greater Results! - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from David AllanWhy use Coaching techniques? Businesses that are seeking to attain or maintain their competitive advantage over their rivals are recognizing that one of the key factors to success is the relationship managers have with their staff. This is a constant factor whether it is related to front-line ...
Views: 2691(1 vote) - Surround Yourself with Great People - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Samantha JohnsonThe critical measure of success in any business is the ability to get results, and therefore great employees are those who get the job done quickly and well, consistently and at high levels of quality. Great employees are defined by five key success factors: Great people are good team ...
Views: 2683(1 vote) - What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2009 from Paul ThompsonThe main theme of The Catcher in the Rye is isolation, which is interesting coming from a guy who spills his guts to the world for 200 pages. Nevertheless, the contradiction characterizes Holden Caulfield perfectly; he can’t decide whether to call all his buddies together for a round of drinks ...
Views: 2673(3 votes) - Just Because You Are “Listening” Doesn’t Mean Your People Feel “Heard” - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2011 from Skip WeismanThe very first project I ever worked on to improve leadership and workplace communication, I did the only thing I knew how to do in starting the project. That was to gather information from team members. In interview after interview, I heard the same lament. It sounded like this, “we’ve had a ...
Views: 2655(1 vote) - Leadership and Overcoming Adversity: Balancing of Justice and Forgiveness - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2010 from PROF. HOWARD EDWARD HALLEROvercoming Adversity and Leadership: Balancing of Justice and Forgiveness I personally interviewed Major General Sid Shachnow (U. S. Army Retired), the former head of all U.S. Army Special Forces, as one of the accomplished leader participants for my Gonzaga University Doctoral dissertation ...
Views: 2653(82 votes) - What to Do if You Are the Only "Adult" in the Room - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2012 from William DiedrichHave you ever felt that the people around you were acting like children and you were the only real adult in the room? It could be at work, or at a family gathering, a community meeting, or reading some blog. Maybe you listened to people gossip, share opinions as if they were facts, or watched as ...
Views: 2632(2 votes) - Seeing though a crisis- An element of a Winning Mind - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Kevin AbdulrahmanEvery winning individual, team, organisation and athlete use their vision to attain their end reward. A winning mind knows that the road less travelled is filled with challenges. This is where Vision comes in. Unlike most people who are put off by challenges, A Winning Mind focuses on the ...
Views: 2626 - What Do You Do About an Indecisive Board? - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Terry ClarkSome Boards have a hard time making decisions. Certainly some decision making does need to take the appropriate time, with accurate information and healthy debate occurring. There are times when decisions need to be postponed or motions tabled HOWEVER if a Board routinely does this there is a ...
Views: 2624(2 votes) - Leadership and Entrepreneurship: Profile of Mark Victor Hansen Part III of a three Part Article - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from PROF. HOWARD EDWARD HALLERLeadership and Entrepreneurship: Profile of Mark Victor Hansen ”Mega” Best Selling Author, Motivator & Chairman Mark Victor Hansen & Associates & Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, Inc. [A Three Part Article] This article offers an insight into ...
Views: 2617(86 votes) - Presentation Skills - Inspiring Speech - Eloquence and Change - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2012 from Doug StevensonI created my Emotional Eloquence program to encourage people to think of their presentations as opportunities to engage, influence and inspire, while simultaneously conveying important information. My research shows that speakers, leaders and audiences are hungry for a return to ...
Views: 2617 - How Do You Develop Charisma? - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2010 from Ty BennettI met Kenton Worthington seven years ago. He's one of the most successful young entrepreneurs I know. I remember coming home the day we were introduced and telling my wife I'd just met one of the most charismatic people I'd ever known. She said what does that mean? And I sat there trying to ...
Views: 2612(8 votes) - Boost Morale With Team Building Activities - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2013 from Colette JohnstonIs your team struggling with communication or trust issues? Very often those issues boil down to personalities - a misunderstanding of different personalities. Team building activities that focus on personality styles can be a great way to boost morale and reduce conflict. By understanding the ...
Views: 2604(2 votes) - Effective Problem Solving Requires Team Building - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2013 from Richard HighsmithTruly complicated problems necessitate team solutions. If your team does not function well, its’ problem solving capability will be limited. To tackle intricately detailed problems a team must successfully answer these questions. I recommend answering the questions in sequence and posting the ...
Views: 2603(1 vote) - The Essentials of Building Leadership Skills - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Arun RaoOne cannot stress enough on how important strong and effective leadership skills are in an organization. Any corporate office is as strong, or as weak, as the leader at the helm of the team. It is in the hands of a team leader or manager to drive its members towards a common goal and make sure ...
Views: 2599(1 vote) - Take Control of your Project with Phase One - Concept and Feasibility - Part 1 - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from Mark ReedLast month we discussed the difference between a "Business" Lifecycle and a "Project Management" lifecycle and working with the theory that every project is a project within another project; the only project we are responsible and accountable for is our assigned piece of the bigger project. This ...
Views: 2595(3 votes) - The Warning Signals of Employee Disengagement - by Submitted on May 28, 2012 from Tom BordonOne of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs, managers and business owners face is retaining good employees and curbing employee disengagement. As the CEO, you may be banking on some of your high performing team members to achieve certain targets, only to find to your dismay their resignation ...
Views: 2592(1 vote) - 5 Steps to Become a Leader, When You Feel Like a Follower - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Niamh ArthurSuccess in life and in business comes from effective leadership. This doesn't mean pretending to be someone else, or changing your core values, it's just about being more confident in who you are. You can follow these 5 steps to become a leader, and create a new self image of confidence and ...
Views: 2580(10 votes) - Imitation......The Sincerest Form of Flattery? | Kathryn Crawford Wheat - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Kathryn WheatImitation is the sincerest form of flattery? A phrase we have heard many times. First said by Charles Caleb Colton, it’s usually used in an ironic or sarcastic tone. Meant to convey that while you are annoyed that you have been copied, you recognize the fact that whoever has copied you is ...
Views: 2577(6 votes) - The Curse of Industry Norms - by Within your company right now, there are bound to be managers who are comparing the performance of their divisions or departments to industry norms. While they are meant to be helpful, norms are deadly if you intend to grow a highly profitable, thriving business. There are several reasons why ...
Views: 2575 - Achieving Goals Efficiently Increases Personal Effectiveness - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2011 from Rick CarterDoing something well is worthless if you are doing the wrong thing. Your personal effectiveness is maximized when you remain focused on your goals. Defining a specific detailed path to your goals is an absolute requirement. Here are 5 methods of defining efficient paths to achieve defined ...
Views: 2570(1 vote) - 7 Tips on Productivity Improvement in a Competitive Environment - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Sharon ReidAs the economy continues to contract and the competitive challenges become ever more complex, businesses must learn to adapt to a host of issues dealing with structural change. To meet these challenges head on, and in an effort to implement changes aimed toward holding onto any attained edge, ...
Views: 2559(2 votes) - The 8 Steps of Empowerment: Leadership Principles for Navigating Change - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Marlene ChismChange, whether it is wanted or unwanted brings out our best and worst. The Stop Your Drama Methodology incorporates 8 principles and multiple tools for navigating change or reinventing any part of your life or business. 1. Clear the Fog Where drama is, clarity is not. If you feel like you ...
Views: 2544 - The #1 Leadership Communication Problem That's Stopping Your Employees from Doing Exactly What You Want - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Skip WeismanCommunication is a catch-all phrase for things that go wrong in companies and relationships. Unfortunately, the concept is too ambiguous to do anything constructive to fix it. I've identified seven communication mistakes that lead to mis-understandings, and cause conflicts between co-workers, ...
Views: 2536(3 votes) - Situational Leadership Revisited - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from John BelchamberI was recently reminded how some of the best solutions are also the simplest whilst working with a client. The client runs has a small business and was getting increasingly frustrated by their inability to get his team to achieve things to his high standards. Some of his team were new to the ...
Views: 2535(10 votes) - Integrity – the Leadership Gap between Excellence and Mediocrity - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Pat Heydlauff“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and ...
Views: 2532(1 vote) - Improving Your Team's Performance -- 4 Tips on Rebalancing Responsibility - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Mark BuchanThink of this expression for one moment: “you should take more responsibility for your work!” If you are like me, this may be an expression that you have used in the past to express your frustration at the paltry efforts of your subordinates, employees or teammates. But let’s think about it for ...
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