Leadership is About Growing Others - Its Not About You!
"Before you become a leader success is all about growing yourself. Once you become a leader success is all about growing others." Jack Welch (1935- ) Former Chairman & CEO, General Electric"In my opinion this sums up leadership 100% correctly, and also explains why some people can be very good... Read More
Leadership, Self-Development, and the Committment to Growth
There is a common phrase that says: "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." I know that most of us have heard it. The problem is that we all too often take it, and other so-called "conventional wisdom" as truth.Read that phrase again: "You can't teach an old dog... Read More
The SAMMER Test: Leading People To Get The Right Results At the Right Time In The Right Way
As a leader, you do nothing more important than get results. But simply getting results can be easy.What's not easy is getting the right results ... to the right degree ... at the right time ... for the right purpose ... in the right ways.It's been my experience consulting with... Read More
In Leadership, The Eight Ways Of Right Action (Part 1)
The ancient Greeks had a saying: "When Aschines speaks, the people say, 'How well he speaks,' but when Demosthenes speaks, the people say, 'Let's march against Philip!'".To get the best results as a leader, the people you lead should be saying in one way or the other after you speak,... Read More
3 Aspects of Developing Leadership Skills
Everyone knows that great leaders are made, not born. However good that statement sounds, we still want to know how we "make" or turn people effective leaders. And other questions need to be answered about the process of leadership development.So how DO you boost your leadership skills? If you want... Read More
Leadership and The Dirty Work
The airline, Jet Blue, has been featured in many magazines as a new company that has hard great results and success so far. A lot too has been mentioned about the challenges they face ahead and about the culture they created at the start and are working hard to foster... Read More
Ask Yourself Whats In It For WE?
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." - Henry Ford"Individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." - Vince Lombardi_______________________________________"What's in it for WE?" is a question we ask ourselves.... Read More
The Greatest Leaders Are Often The Worst Leaders
It's a common occurrence, a CEO leads a company to record earnings, retires and in months, those once high-flying earnings are dropping like shot ducks.Observers blame the new leadership team. But most likely the observers are wrong. It's not just the new leaders who are screwing up. Instead, it was... Read More
How To Party Like Leonardo Da Vinci
After studying scores of great thinkers like Leonardo Da Vinci, I think I've stumbled upon what really set them apart from the rest of the folks living (and thinking) at the same time.It's remarkably simple. They learned how to entertain a thought.Aristotle said, "It is the mark of an educated... Read More
A Good Leader Knows The Teams Colours
Leadership can be a very challenging task. As leaders we don't always get to choose who is on our team. In fact very often a leader inherits a team, of which most of the members have been there far longer than the leader, and may even know more about the... Read More
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Leadership Is Action?Not Position!
People respond to good leadership! Period! It is in all... Read More
Follow My Leader - To Effect Change, Leaders Must Walk the Talk!
A leader's roleIn any change project, a leader must wear... Read More
5 Power Keys For Leadership Success!
Did you know that you can successfully handle most leadership... Read More
Leadership A Perspective From Tao
Tao Te Ching said to be written by Lao Tzu... Read More
Weakness, Struggle, Fear, Knowledge, Growth, Courage, Leader
Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most remarkable men in... Read More
Dissolving Conflict Through Reframing
Reframing is looking at the situation with a new set... Read More
The Sink Or Swim Approach To Leadership
Looking around in most corporate environments today you'll find mission,... Read More
Creating Unlimited Belief for Success!
What's holding your team back from experiencing "breakout performance"?It may... Read More
Value Driver Leadership
CHAPTER 1 ************ VALUEThose qualities regarded by a person or... Read More
Make the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships
Mentoring is one of the best ways to learn, to... Read More
3 Cs Leaders Must Communicate!
"Of every noble work the silent part is best, Of... Read More
A Blueprint for Leadership - How to Be a Better Leader
If you were to build a house, you would begin... Read More
The Leadership Strategy: An Unmined Comstock Lode of Results
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill had a framed... Read More
Dream Bigger!
A number of years ago we created a graphic logo... Read More
The Flexible Leadership Workshop
The Leadership ChallengeLeaders in today's society are faced with an... Read More
Unleash It!
On airplanes, in restaurants, in the newspaper and on television,... Read More
Transformational Leadership
"What is leadership?" When this question is asked most of... Read More
Two Vital Abilities Any Leader Must Have
As a business owner, you are a leader whether you... Read More
Effective Leaders are (#3) Communicative
LISTEN, WRITE, AND ARTICULATE EFFECTIVELY: Leadership positions require effective communication... Read More
In Leadership, The Eight Ways Of Right Action (Part 1)
The ancient Greeks had a saying: "When Aschines speaks, the... Read More
The Personality of Leadership
Have you ever wondered what type of person or personality... Read More
The Seven Secrets to New Age Leadership
Did you ever notice that In our American culture, we... Read More
Birth Order - Understand How It Affects Your Personality
"Know thyself" is a powerful principle that leaders, managers and... Read More
3 Es For Leaders - Engage, Empower, Encourage!
"Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of... Read More
7 Awesome Leadership Power Generators!
7 Awe-Inspiring Leadership Power-Generating Strategies!Here's a really simple way you... Read More
The Synergy Effect
Have you ever considered that everything you want in life... Read More
5 Human Capital Asset Enrichment Strategies for Leaders!
Here's a really simple way to think about the ins... Read More
Leadership For Deep Results: Without Them Are You Wasting Your Leadership And Your Life? (Part One)
I've challenged all leaders I have worked with during the... Read More
Cub Scout Leader Outdoor Experience
Recently I attended Cub Scout Leader Outdoor Experience training. This... Read More
Leadership
Webster's defines leadership as : "1. the office of position... Read More
7 AAA Ways To Succeed!
[Abounding Abundant Ample Ways To Boost Your Growth!] This may... Read More
In Leadership, Dreams Are The Stuff That Great Results Are Made Of
Leadership is motivational or it's stumbling in the dark. The... Read More
Leadership Training: The Bit They Didn?t Tell You About Changing!
A willingness to change first is one of the major... Read More
On Being A Born Leader
"Leaders are born, not made." Right? Let me ask you... Read More
Leadership Skills and Ability
What is true Leadership.Is leadership something we are born with... Read More
Leadership Lessons from Pope John Paul II
"Heroes are rebels with a cause. Rebels because they challenge... Read More
F2 Leadership
People don't leave jobs; they leave bosses. -- AnonymousCongratulations. You're... Read More
Effective Leaders are (#1) Conceptual
SEE INTO THE FUTURE CREATIVELY AND PRACTICALITY: Planning day-to-day is... Read More
Helping Others Develop Their Potential
Most of us find ourselves in a position to help... Read More
Fighting the Gravitational Pull of Positional Leadership
A little on leadership?Many people enter the leadership world through... Read More
Beyond Authority: Debunking the Top 3 Leadership Myths
Have you noticed that across the business world people are... Read More
The Six Essential Leadership Attributes
Leadership is the foundation for all organizations, whether corporate, nonprofit... Read More
Leadership - Connect to Engage!
It's been said many times that true leadership is measured... Read More
Asking for Help
For many of us, asking for help is a difficult... Read More
Leadership: Seed or Fruit?
Purpose: Learn immediately if you are fostering leadership or ignoring... Read More
The Challenge to Lead
The topic of leadership has been and continues to be... Read More
Tough Times Demand Resilient Leaders
The stock market gyrates with unpredictable and heartburning results. Icons... Read More
Building Teams and Teamwork
A tight knit team is a group of competent individuals... Read More
A Lasting Leadership Lesson: How One Leadership Talk By George Washington Saved The Revolution
A Lasting Leadership Lesson: How One Leadership Talk By George... Read More
Dissolving Conflict Through Reframing
Reframing is looking at the situation with a new set... Read More
Shades of Grey: Government, Religion, & People
Some think that everything is black and white. I'm beginning... Read More
Leadership For Deep Results: Without Them Are You Wasting Your Leadership And Your Life? (Part Two)
How does one go about getting deep results? There are... Read More
Being Other Focused
In the Wall Street Journal, Franklin Lavin, U.S. Ambassabor to... Read More
The Leadership Vacuum
In today's fast moving, ever changing, and highly competitive world... Read More
Leadership Skills: Four Ways of Overcoming Perfectionism
We pay a high price for perfectionism. "What perfectionism?" we... Read More
Elements of Timeless Leadership
Great leadership is timeless, always in vogue. The world has... Read More
The Four Laws Of Leadership (Part One)
Leadership is motivational or it's stumbling in the dark. After... Read More
The Three Essential Attributes of a Leader: The Demonstrated Abilities
Leaders need to:1. Have a vision to which they are... Read More
The Three Faces of Leadership
This article was published in the Nov. 2003 edition of... Read More
Leadership Skill Training
Quality leadership is a positive asset that is needed in... Read More
Women in Leadership - How to Get Promoted
It is often much harder for women to get promoted... Read More
Peek Inside The Heads of Amazingly Successful Leaders
Would you like to know what really goes on inside... Read More
Are You The Most Powerful Leader You Can Be?
As someone who teaches, manages, parents or influences you'll probably... Read More
Exceptional Leadership Inspires the Best Effort in Others
There is a steady stream being written and taught about... Read More
Leadership Development and Jumping Out of Airships
A German silent film melodrama depicts an airship bombing London... Read More
Blowing Your Own Leadership Horn
There are two streams of competitiveness running through every organization.... Read More
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