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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- Manager's Corner - Be Fair And Share - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2008 from Liz WeberAre you being fair with your managers? Are you sharing critical information with them in a timely manner? Are you developing performance standards for them and the company and then not sharing those standards with them? If you answered, "Yes, Yes, and No" that's great. But stop and really think ...
Views: 810 - Manager's Corner - Afraid To Be A Leader - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2008 from Liz WeberIt's happening again. I'm witnessing a new "leader" become ineffective and the senior team's confidence in him is starting to lag. The leader is losing his effectiveness even though he's already implemented several much needed programs for the organization. He's losing his effectiveness because ...
Views: 837 - Feet In The Fire Or Feet On Fire? The Missing Secrets To Making Your Corporate Culture Come Alive! - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Anne WarfieldThe executive meeting was to start at 8 AM. Two of the ten executives were missing. The purpose of the meeting was to improve how the executive group connected as a team so they could execute ideas, challenge each other appropriately, and drive the company to higher sales. The CEO turned to me ...
Views: 831 - Manager's Corner - Leadership Traits - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Liz WeberA client recently asked me to help him identify leadership skills his son would need to develop to help him successfully takeover and lead the family business in a few years. He also wants to be able to evaluate all his managers on these skills on a scale of 1 (none/low) to 5 ...
Views: 1486 - Manager's Corner - Do Your Job - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2008 from Liz WeberA manager approached me this week after a work session to seek my advice on how he should address one of his employees. This employee is increasingly becoming trouble; he's more often than not selecting which projects and which elements of each project to work on. When the manager has asked the ...
Views: 857 - Manager's Corner - Listen Critically - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2008 from Liz WeberI had a difficult experience this past week: I had to practice what I preach. I had to listen to someone share her criticisms, suggestions, and proposed new procedures for an organization I have been heavily involved with for the past five years. And here's the tough part, I had to force myself ...
Views: 869 - Leadership Styles For A Successful Home Business - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Brent WorleyYour leadership styles will effect the growth of your home business. If you are leading the right way, your business will grow, others will become leaders, and it will reflect throughout your organization. However, lead the wrong way, or not lead at all, and your business will cease to ...
Views: 893 - Your Leadership Styles Will Effect Your Team - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Brent WorleyAs a leader, what leadership styles are you employing? Over the years I have found my own leadership style evolving while I watch how others lead. I find myself wondering if the style they use is better than mine, worse than mine, would have more of an impact, or would turn people away. I ...
Views: 1014 - The Power Of Engaging The Heart - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Bobbi KahlerLast year, I received a call from the director of customer support for a technology company. Her first words to me were: “I need to hire you. I’ve realized that our customer service department is the best sales weapon that our competitors have.” Her team wasn’t motivated to help each other or ...
Views: 602 - EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION -- RIP OFF THE BANDAIDS! - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2019 from Doris HelgeWhen the fish in a stream are dying, biologists don't attempt to solve the problem by yanking the fish out of the stream, throwing them into a clean fish tank for an hour a day, and then pitching them back into their original ecosystem for the rest of the day. Instead, they search to ...
Views: 9904(2 votes) - Your Invitation To Greatness: The Top 10 Traits of a Leader That Instills Trust And Accountability - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2008 from Anne WarfieldAre great leaders born or made? That is a question that has been plaguing people from the beginning of time. It is the issue discussed in books such as “From Good to Great” and “Winning.” The answer is a little of both. Some people seem to naturally develop at a younger age some key ...
Views: 2235 - Manager's Corner - Show Up - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2008 from Liz WeberI learned this week that a client started a program in which every manager is part of a team to help less-experienced staff learn basic project management techniques. Each team will identify and work on a project collaboratively. The overall intent is to not only enhance the project management ...
Views: 676 - Humor In The Workplace - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2008 from Shelley HolmesLeaders today face many challenges in striving to meet company goals and keep employees happy. Encouraging teamwork and fostering an empowered work environment are key factors in creating a high performance workplace. Another, often under-utilized tool to creating high performance workplaces ...
Views: 2096 - Get The Right Team In Place - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Lorraine PirihiOne of the biggest challenges many of my clients face is having the right people. Prior to coaching I'd often hear: "If only I could find the right people my business would much more profitable." "I'd have less stress." "I spend more time managing my people than getting the work done and ...
Views: 1049 - Ten Best Seychelles : Around 155 Islands! - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Robrt ThomsonThe Seychellesis are a group of around 115 islands, located northeast of Madagascar. The five main islands are Mahé, Praslin, La Digue, Frégate, and North Island. MMost of the Seychelles has protected sanctuaries devoted to preserving an astonishing amount of flora and fauna. Giant ...
Views: 885 - Leadership: How To Improve Your Bottom-line? - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Doreen McGunagleChange today goes beyond the new technology to the evolution of the global workforce. Creating change management competencies allows the organization to react to, and successfully embrace continual change. Change management competency requires that it penetrates every aspect of the ...
Views: 782 - What Is Leadership? - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Lee SalzPeople are often told to "be a leader," but what does that mean? How do people know how to act as a leader when no one defines it for them? There is a simple mantra that defines leadership. The other day my nine-year old daughter and two sons (seven and five years old respectively) were ...
Views: 1587 - Let Me Introduce Myself - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Liz WeberHmmm, this is interesting. This meeting with the executive team was supposed to start at 9AM and here it is 9:05AM and no executives are in the board room yet. Oh wait, I hear someone coming. Let me get near the door so I can introduce myself as everyone comes in. Ah, here's the first ...
Views: 1038 - How You Think is How You Are - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Lisa Moren BrommaCongratulations on being a successful business woman. Or are you? How you think about yourself is how you project yourself to others. You can transform yourself and your business by seeing yourself as a leader. Here are a few ideas to help you develop that persona. 1. Start small. Be a role ...
Views: 1448 - Humility: The Mark Of A Great Leader - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2008 from Debbie BarnettThe humble leader in a sea of alpha males and females is a rare sight. And yet, if we are to usher in much-needed change in the way we conduct business on a global level, humility at the top should be the norm, not the exception. Too much ego in any endeavor gets in the way of the purpose for ...
Views: 1619 - Leaders Make Selling A Priority! - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2008 from George Hedley"I have some deep concerns about the future of your company. I have some deep concerns about your leadership. I have some deep concerns about the management team you have assembled. Your business is not growing for one reason: You and your management team are not leading by example." This is ...
Views: 743 - Strategies For Enhancing Creativity - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2017 from Rick SaldanHave you seen a toddler cry for food and what happens when the mother turns a deaf ear to his plea for food? The child tries to drop a thing on the floor to draw attention. Soon the mother or another family member rushes to the child who is then comforted and given something to satiate his ...
Views: 1579 - How To Become An Encourager - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2017 from Rick SaldanDebating as a vocation, in my school was a big thing. Students who were good in this segment of the school curriculum were praised, rewarded and those were not too adept at it, were ignored. Unfortunately I belonged to the latter group and it would not be an understatement to say that I did feel ...
Views: 3919 - Taking Up The Challenge To Help Others - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2017 from Rick SaldanEven if you put all the sense of benevolence and innate goodness of character that you possess and put them into action, to ‘help’ someone, who you think is in distress or living in a dysfunctional world, it is likely that you and your gesture would be turned down. Any one who has tried to help ...
Views: 1323 - Intrapreneurship: Leadership Defined For The Third Millennium - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2008 from Victoria DePaulThe secret to powerful leadership is understanding that there is a clear distinction between inspiration and motivation. And what is that distinction? For your business it is the difference between profit and loss and success and failure. Does this describe your business? You know that your ...
Views: 2962 - The Private and the General - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2008 from Ed RunciLong ago, I was given the opportunity to do a special project for a man whom I've admired ever since. He was the Commanding General of the organization to which I was assigned at the time. We were talking one day. Somehow the conversation got around to why he'd become an Army officer. He'd ...
Views: 1400(2 votes) - Authentic Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2008 from Greg GiesenMuch like the lighthouse that provides guidance and direction for sea-bearing vessels, leaders must become the beacon of light in their own lives before they can effectively lead others. As we have come to learn, true leadership is not about a title or a position in an organization. Nor is it ...
Views: 1516 - One Size Fits All? - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2008 from Kreg EndersonOne of the most important lessons I've learned over the past several years is the importance of changing our leadership style to match the situation or person we are dealing with. Using a single approach may hit the middle part of your team, but may leaves the top and bottom performers to fend ...
Views: 967 - Dependability - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2008 from Mark BlackDependability is crucial to effective leadership. As a student leader, you will always be learning new things. No matter what your experience has been so far, you still have lot’s to learn and you’re going to make mistakes. That’s ok. People will forgive you almost any fault ...
Views: 2208 - Leadership 5: Theory X, Theory Y - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2020 from Ian Glickman"Know thyself" - Plato According to an American Society for Training and Development study, job knowledge is the only thing that ranks higher than communication in determining good leadership. One of the most important ways a leader communicates to his or her group is by example and ...
Views: 7552(3 votes) - Know The Unknown <br> Tao Of Clear Mind And Leadership - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2008 from Soon TeoGood leaders are clairvoyant. They seem to know the unknown. In fact, it is such quality of envisioning that set good leadership apart from the bad. People look to leaders for direction. The better a leader can know the future, the better his following. What about you? Are you a ...
Views: 1458 - List of Training Trends In Corporate America - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2008 from Todd McDonaldNo matter what survey you study, when it comes to training happening it today’s organizations there is one constant…the focus on leadership development. Leadership training tops almost any list you review. But why is this? Interviews with clients across the United States and North America ...
Views: 1194 - Toss Out the Handcuffs; "Cool" Is The New Recruiting Tool - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2008 from Joanne SujanskyRETAINING GEN Y WORKERS IS CHALLENGING The first of 80 million young people born between 1981 and 2001 are beginning to enter the workplace, and boy are they shaking things up! They’re multi-taskers, technologically savvy and they bring a different attitude with them. But, as challenging ...
Views: 1248 - Key Words For Leaders - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2008 from Joanne SujanskySuccessful Leaders Put Language to Work I’ve worked with many excellent leaders over the years and no two were exactly alike. Some had great technical knowledge while others had great vision. Some were charismatic and inspirational, while others were introspective and insightful. But, no ...
Views: 2575 - On The Top Of The Hill - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2008 from Kreg EndersonI enjoy running out on the mountain trails on the weekends. During the drive to the trails, I see several people biking on the roads. There are a lot of long hills that wind up and down the mountains which make for a tough ride I assume. There is an area where you travel for about a mile in ...
Views: 1058 - Lift VS. Drag - A Business Leader's Perspective - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2008 from Waldo WaldmanSo, how do you get a 35,000-pound F-16 jet fighter to fly? It's no easy feat. To overcome the force of gravity, you have to create a force greater than gravity's grasp. That force is lift. As the F-16 blasts through the sky, there is an "enemy" of lift that must be overcome. It's an ...
Views: 925 - Are You the Boss?<br><small>A Perspective of Tao Leadership</small> - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Soon Teo"I'm the Boss!" Does the statement sound familiar to you? Is this what you would say to get your people to listen to you? If it is, I'm afraid this does not augur well for your leadership. It’s as if having to tell your children “I'm your father!” so that they would respect ...
Views: 1415 - The No Complaining Rule - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from FSB AuthorsOne Simple Rule is Having a Big Impact. I didn't invent the rule. I discovered it -- at a small, fast growing, highly successful company that implements simple practices with extraordinary results. One day I was having lunch with Dwight Cooper, a tall, thin, mild-mannered former basketball ...
Views: 2198(1 vote) - Weed Management - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2008 from Kreg EndersonI was outside pulling some weeds this morning in the front yard. It's frustrating to have to go out every week, pulling the weeds just to have other sprout up in their place. And I realized that my problem is that I am pulling the larger weeds out, but the smaller ones that are harder to see ...
Views: 977 - Obama's Education Opinion is the Right Stuff - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2008 from Dr. Stephen JonesSpringfield, Pa. According to Dr. Stephen Jones each year more than 50 percent of African American students drop out of high school and college. This has a significant impact on athletes who play sports. The drop out rate is greatly affected by poor college preparation and study skills. The ...
Views: 1176 - Limiting Beliefs - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2008 from Richard Magid“Where do you believe you are limiting yourself?” This is a question we continuously ask our clients. The reflection of the question will lead to the discovery and exploration of your “Limiting Beliefs” and can serve you whether to: overcome the fear of making a decision, recapture the ...
Views: 1011 - Common Sense Leadership - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2008 from Billy ArcementAs I read about leadership and management topics and observe events in my consulting services that occur within organizations, I sometimes wonder where some of today¡¦s managers and leaders get their rationale for making decisions regarding people. It¡¦s almost like they have lost plain old ...
Views: 1376 - Seven Gifts Of Great Leaders - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2008 from Billy ArcementSt. Thomas Aquinas is considered by many to be the Catholic Church¡¦s greatest theologian and philosopher. Among the many great works he created, Aquinas wrote about the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. As I was reminded of these gifts during a recent Sunday church service, I thought it would be ...
Views: 1077 - A Successful Recipe For Accountability In Your Small Business - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2010 from Alicia MarieAccountability is a buzzword in the business world right now. Unfortunately, most of us have negative understanding of the word. We often use the word as if it means blame and punishment. Therefore, we attempt to avoid it. The truth is that accountability is unavoidable. In the workplace, ...
Views: 1332 - Wisha Coulda Woulda - Living A Balanced Life - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2008 from Dr. Stephanie ParsonWhen I started my company, I committed to reserving one day a week for “me time”. Now, it took me about three years to take advantage of this one day; however, I believe I am finally there! On one of these occasions I decided to get my hair done – usually a three hour process. The beauty shop ...
Views: 1070 - Leadership Training For New Managers: How To Go From Peer To Manager In 5 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2008 from Kevin BerchelmannYou’ve always thought about being in charge. You always wanted to be in the position to make necessary changes and do things smarter. Now, you just got promoted to manager and have the opportunity you always wanted. Now what? Clearly, there’s no simple "new manager’s user manual for modern ...
Views: 765 - Your Core Essence & Your Value System - Your Key to Becoming An Extraordinary Leader - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2008 from Dr. Stephanie ParsonI believe the primary characteristic of a great leader is core essence. A leader must understand that there is a power greater than themselves and that their life purpose is more about others than themselves -- their CORE ESSENCE – the fundamental reason for being here. Your CORE ESSENCE is the ...
Views: 1255 - Every Failure Is An Opportunity In Disguise - by Submitted on May 12, 2017 from Rick SaldanCome to think of it life would be pretty monotonous if there were no obstacles or failures. Success begotten without any hard labor or without crossing any insurmountable barrier is hardly remembered even by the most successful people. To compare it with something which we experience every day, ...
Views: 6163(1 vote) - How to Build Strong and Effective Leadership Skills - by Submitted on May 12, 2017 from Rick SaldanA good leadership style is often difficult to define as it is more qualitative than quantitative. Some say that a good leader gets the job done, while others argue that a good leader simply inspires and motivates his team. In other words, a good leader gets the work done by inspiring others and ...
Views: 4869(3 votes) - Freedom from Fear Forever - by Submitted on May 12, 2017 from Rick SaldanFear is perhaps one of the most chronic and debilitating ailment that is affecting people today. This self-made hell where most people live in is crippling relationships and careers, damaging homes and organizations and creating unparallel harm in personal and professional growth to millions ...
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