7 Excellent Ways To Improve Your Leadership Skills!
Did you know that there are 7 really effective yet powerful ways to improve your leadership learning opportunities?If you have ever looked at using a leadership skills training program, you probably have run smack into one or more of the following problems:- leadership training will usually cost you some serious... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 7, Personal Attacks
Personal attacks hurt people, mar communication, and end creativity. If they become part of a meeting's culture, they drive the participants into making safe and perhaps useless contributions.Approach 1: Speak to the groupSet the stage for the group to enforce its culture by making a general comment. Look at the... Read More
The Three Factors of Leadership Motivation
Leaders do nothing more important than get results. But you can't get results by yourself. You need others to help you do it. And the best way to have other people get results is not by ordering them but motivating them. Yet many leaders fail to motivate people to achieve... Read More
Leadership Is Action?Not Position!
People respond to good leadership! Period! It is in all aspects of our lives, not just business. A mother is a leader in her home; a son may be leader of a team sport or a daughter the leader of the debate team. A group relies on the person in... Read More
The Three Essential Attributes of a Leader: The Demonstrated Abilities
Leaders need to:1. Have a vision to which they are committedLeaders arrive with a vision: a deeply thought out view of what to do to make a difference in the complex, competitive world of today.The qualities of their commitment and their vision set them apart.They may not know all the... Read More
Leader is Not a Title
There is a steady flow of information in the form of books, articles, white papers and training all in the context of [ "what is leadership" or "how to develop a leader"]?. In this issue, I will avoid those two questions and write about two others that I believe might... Read More
Leadership Activity: How Leadership Agenda, Strategy, and Behaviors Shape Your Success!
"Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle." - Marcus AureliusThe slightest leadership activity creates occasions for growth, progress and well-being - that's why effective... Read More
Chris Top 7 Favorite Leadership Books
1. The West Point Way of Leadership.GREAT book by a man who taught leadership at West Point for 20 years.2. Developing the Leader Within You.All around book. Follow-up book is Developing the Leaders Around You.3. Lincoln On Leadership.Looks at the Life of Honest Abe and the lessons of leadership he... Read More
Quality Leadership
The Lakota tribe of Native Americans has no word in the language for "I" or "me," only "we" or "us." Mahatma Gandhi insisted on traveling in third class carriages (on the train)because, as he explained, 'there is no fourth class.' "Certainly personal desires are not a primary consideration for leaders.... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 2, Multiple Conversations
Side conversations ruin meetings by destroying focus and fragmenting participation.Approach 1: Ask for cooperationStart by asking everyone to cooperate. Look at the middle of the group (instead of at the talker) and say:"Excuse me (pause to gain everyone's attention). I know all of your ideas are important. So, please let's... Read More
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Get Angry And Then Get Results
Leadership is not about winning a popularity contest, it's about... Read More
Make the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships
Mentoring is one of the best ways to learn, to... Read More
Trust - The Most Vital Component in Leadership
"Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and... Read More
Building Future Leaders
As a whole we spend a lot of time filling... Read More
Leadership - L.P.B It!
"Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of... Read More
3 Es For Leaders - Engage, Empower, Encourage!
"Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of... Read More
How To Get To Know A Disabled Person
When you first meet someone who is blind, deaf, or... Read More
Always Be Open To Learning
"We should not only use all the brains we have,... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 1, General Strategies for Unproductive Behavior
It happens easily. You're conducting a meeting and suddenly a... Read More
Leadership Development for Success
In today's highly competitive world, there is a lot of... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 5, Dominant Participants
While dominant participants contribute significantly to the success of a... Read More
Top 25 Leadership Quotations
Ponder what it takes to be a true leader with... Read More
Leadership Skill Training
Quality leadership is a positive asset that is needed in... Read More
5 Steps on How to Set and Achieve Your Goals
Which one is a goal? I will lose 15... 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
You Make The Difference
What do you think makes your company successful? Your newest... Read More
It Begins Like This
Jonathan was drunk multiple times before ever completing elementary school;... Read More
Listening Like a Leader
Our studies of the most effective people in corporate America... Read More
Ten Qualities Of A Great Leader - Plus 1
Great Leaders are optimists first and foremost. Their tendency is... Read More
Elements of Timeless Leadership
Great leadership is timeless, always in vogue. The world has... Read More
Cub Scout Leader Outdoor Experience
Recently I attended Cub Scout Leader Outdoor Experience training. This... Read More
None of Us Arrived with an Owners Manual: A Fresh Perspective on the Drive to Lead (part 2)
Why didn't I get an Owner's ManualAfter a little while... Read More
The Greatest Leaders Are Often The Worst Leaders
It's a common occurrence, a CEO leads a company to... Read More
7 AAA Ways To Succeed!
[Abounding Abundant Ample Ways To Boost Your Growth!] This may... Read More
Are You Playing or Practicing Leadership?
Anne was a new supervisor, and like many new supervisors... Read More
Using Your Intuition
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our... Read More
The Three Essential Attributes of a Leader: (Part 2) Bringing Others to the Vision
We need to engage our listeners and transform them into... Read More
Mentor? Who Needs A Mentor?
Who needs a mentor. . .everyone who is truly serious... Read More
Top Skills Of Extraordinary Leaders
1. Good Communicator. Extraordinary Leaders are those who can take... Read More
Women in Leadership - How to Get Promoted
It is often much harder for women to get promoted... Read More
Being Other Focused
In the Wall Street Journal, Franklin Lavin, U.S. Ambassabor to... Read More
3 Aspects of Developing Leadership Skills
Everyone knows that great leaders are made, not born. However... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 6, Deadlocked Discussions
Although a meeting is a vehicle for resolving differences, it... Read More
Who Needs Heroes?
When we were talking the other day we started to... Read More
Character -- Why It Matters In Leaders
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." -Thomas Paine"The best... Read More
All You Really Want Is Feeling Good
If I asked you what your goal in life is,... Read More
Why You Should Ignore This Advice
Doesn't make too much sense does it? Am I really... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 4, Quiet Participants
There are many reasons why someone would decline to participate... Read More
Evil, Hostile Grumpy Listeners? Think Again
I hated Kyle Sisk*. A notorious bully, Kyle punctuated my... Read More
Always Be Open To Learning
"We should not only use all the brains we have,... Read More
Recommended Books on Leadership and Team Building
The single most important thing a leader can do is... Read More
What Makes A Good Leader? Ask Uncle Sam
What do the major generals who are leading the war... Read More
Communication Skills & Leadership - Organizational Communications Processes in Leadership Activity
"Sooth 't were a pleasant life to lead, With nothing... Read More
Why the Squirrel Kept Winning!
I had the good fortune (or misfortune depending on your... Read More
Elements of Timeless Leadership
Great leadership is timeless, always in vogue. The world has... Read More
Dream Bigger!
A number of years ago we created a graphic logo... Read More
Seven Personal Characteristics Of A Good Leader
How often have you heard the comment, "He or she... Read More
Get What You Want - Negotiating Skills for the Timid!
OK, I know this title sounds self-serving and hard nosed,... Read More
Leadership Challenges: The Walls In Our Lives
We have all experienced walls or challenges in our work... Read More
Extraordinary People in Mediocre Times
My grandfather used to speak of the days when people... Read More
It Begins Like This
Jonathan was drunk multiple times before ever completing elementary school;... Read More
Reveal the Leader Within
A Leader is not a certain type of person or... Read More
Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain!
As the 'Great And Powerful Oz' once said to Dorothy,... Read More
Heres The REAL Reason Bush Won: The Dark Night Of The Leadership Soul
George Bush won the election because he was finally able... Read More
Leadership Is Action?Not Position!
People respond to good leadership! Period! It is in all... Read More
The Seven Mistakes to Avoid when Organising Your Student Leadership Program
How do you measure the success of a training or... Read More
Business Leadership: How Much is in Your Credibility Bank Account?
Business leaders have more than a title on their doors.... Read More
Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 1, General Strategies for Unproductive Behavior
It happens easily. You're conducting a meeting and suddenly a... Read More
Leadership: 9 Universal Laws
1. The Law of Authoritarian StyleAuthoritarian leaders lead by control... Read More
Exceptional Leadership Inspires the Best Effort in Others
There is a steady stream being written and taught about... Read More
The Top 10 Questions for Socially Responsible Leaders
The assets of your business traditionally include property, plant, equipment,... Read More
Take the Road Less Traveled
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took... Read More
Act on Some of the Facts
Making any decision without having all of the information and... Read More
The Tao of Leadership
There can be no doubt that the ancient author of... Read More
Teen View of Leadership From Around the World
It has been stated that the world of tomorrow will... Read More
Leadership A Perspective From Tao
Tao Te Ching said to be written by Lao Tzu... Read More
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