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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- Are You an Aligned Leader? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2007 from Mary Jane MapesAre You an Aligned Leader? By Mary Jane Mapes, CSP As an aligned leader, you are someone who acknowledges all four realms of existence: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. You choose to be guided by the invisible realm of the spirit. In other words, you live life in accordance with ...
Views: 1390 - Who Really Cares? 4 Groups who Absolutely Must! - by Who really cares about your business? Sometimes it might feel like you are the only person in the world who really cares about it. But that's not true and your business couldn't survive if nobody cared. In fact, people care so much about your business that it is actually they, and not you, who ...
Views: 767 - When Change Isn't Welcome - by Resistance to change has several causes. Some are simply accustomed to their routine and see no reason to change it. They have no personal reason to want to stretch. People stuck in a routine need to see the consequences of making and not making the change and what each means to them personally. ...
Views: 747 - Have Goals Taken Too Much Priority? - by Everyone knows the benefits of goal setting. However, many of the greatest developments in your business will not be the result of careful planning, but of fortuitous discoveries, meetings and accidents. This is serendipity: the apparent aptitude some people have to make fortunate discoveries ...
Views: 768 - 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: 2619 - The Motivating Power of Vision - by One aspect of the vision statement that is often overlooked, however, is its power to motivate your employees. I see far too many employees who are just doing their job. They may be performing well, but it is still just a job. The spark is missing. Most people share a yearning to be part of ...
Views: 802 - The Motivating Power of Vision - by Some people swear by vision and mission statements and others hate them. Many companies have done quite well without them.
One aspect of the vision statement that is often overlooked is its power to motivate your employees. I see far too many employees who are just doing their job. They may ...
Views: 836 - Mistakes we should all avoid - by They do it for the love of it. That’s what every successful salesperson will tell you – they love it!
"It" isn't the thing they sell, the personal toiletries at a department store, a new rose at the garden centre, advertising on your favourite radio station, life insurance, or your membership ...
Views: 850 - A Manager's Most Valuable Competency - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2007 from Joe FarchtYou are a manager. Everyone is a manager. A person may manage an executive team, executive team members manage managers, managers manage supervisors, supervisors manage workers, and workers manage themselves. We are all managers. So what is the most valuable competency? I learned this ...
Views: 1105 - Build New Leadership Skills: Experience Greater Success - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2007 from Joe FarchtPractice a behavior once and find out how it is done. Repeat the behavior once more and you correct some mistakes. Practice the same behavior a third time and start to feel more comfortable. Practice it a fourth time and start to feel a little confidence. Practice it six more times and start ...
Views: 865 - The Fine Art of Delegation - by “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” --Andrew Carnagie
Success in delegation is not measured by how you go about delegating, to whom you delegate, or how often you delegate. Your success will be judged by the results you ...
Views: 953(2 votes) - Being the Oyster: An Alternative to the Blame Game - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2007 from Robert ElliottBEING THE OYSTER: An Alternative to the Blame Game It's easy to label someone a "troublemaker" or a "problem." For one thing, it gets us off the hook. We're not to blame; the other guy is. For another, it fuels the idea that the power to change our lives lies outside of us. If the circumstances ...
Views: 768 - 100 % Responsible Leadership - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2007 from William DiedrichYou already know you are responsible for your own behavior, thoughts, feelings, and your life. You know that it is not what others do, but your interpretation of what they do that creates your reaction. You know these things, and sometimes you forget these things. When you find yourself blaming, ...
Views: 1203 - How do Successful Leaders Spell Survival - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2007 from Rosemary ReinDid you know that the same skills used in Survival Situations are thesame skills needed for effective Leadership? The U.S. military usesthe word SURVIVAL as a pneumonic device to help its troops and leaders remember right actions under fire. In This article, Rosemary Rein,Ph.D and Author of "Go ...
Views: 945 - Top Performing Managers Know How To Deal With Difficult Customers - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2007 from Andrew RondeauWhat A Nuisance - Another Difficult Customer Want a great career - then you need to know how to deal with difficult customers. During your career as a manager, you will have to deal with a number of difficult customers. Those customers who are unhappy with the service you and your staff ...
Views: 1100 - Preventing Your Employees From Failing - by Have you ever noticed what happens when you become suspicious of and unsatisfied with an employee’s performance? Whether you realize it or not, you begin to create a “failure mindset” for them. With time, you stop believing in your employee and a cycle starts that revolves around low morale, low ...
Views: 873 - Keeping Your Team Up When the Economy Is Down - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2001
http://www.progressiveleadership.com
There is nothing like a recession to cause a drastic decline in employee morale and performance. For that matter, it causes a drastic decline in manager morale and performance, too! When lay offs are looming and pay cuts are ...
Views: 806 - Choose Your Target Audience Because You Care - by As I started my coaching company, I knew that one segment of my target audience would be small businesses. These were the people that I loved working with and for in my previous occupation. I simply cared about these people.
As I began to work on my marketing plan, I went back to take a look ...
Views: 753 - Are You Strong Enough To Face Facts: Poor Employee Performance - by Too often, I hear successful leaders say that, even though they meet their objectives and budget quotas, they continually face one major problem; poor employee performance and low interest from their people. They describe this phenomenon as a gap between performance and maximum potential. When I ...
Views: 818 - Are You Strong Enough To Face Facts: Poor Employee Performance Could Be Your Fault Part 2 of 2 - by In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed a case study regarding one client of mine whose company was facing some monumental obstacles in the area of employee performance. In this conclusion, I’ll offer solutions to some of those challenges and provide steps to overcome and move forward.
When ...
Views: 860 - Manifesting - create your own reality - by I've experimented with conscious manifesting techniques for 13 years now. For 5 years I have taught others the tools that I myself have learned in a course called 'Manifesting Results'. Some people come to the course with a preconception that I'm going to teach them how to manifest. The bad news ...
Views: 20884(11 votes) - Making a difference in the workplace - by Have you been lately into a local supermarket? Have you noticed how many brands of breakfast cereals are on the shelves? How many different brands of breakfast cereals are you actually eating? Few! If so, why do we need all this variety? The truth is - we don't! Our society is absorbed in a mad ...
Views: 787 - The power of rituals - by As evening falls, a child stands at her bedroom window searching the sky for the first star to wish upon. Thousands of miles away, a Shaman doctor blesses herbs thrown into the fire in a ceremony to attract spirit. What do these seemingly unconnected individuals have in common? They are both ...
Views: 1003 - Making a difference - it is up to you! - by "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Those powerful words are part of a speech given by Martin Luther King in August 1963. Those are the words of a man who was ...
Views: 783 - The magic of transformation - by When I was a kid, my mother took me to a beautiful Walt Disney's movie: 'The Awakening Desert'. One of the scenes showed a huge cactus suddenly transformed into a flowering phenomena. I never forgot how, within seconds, all the buds emerged and turned into colorful, open flowers.
What I did not ...
Views: 883 - USING HUMOR TO SOLVE PEOPLE PROBLEMS - by People involved in interpersonal conflict in both business and industry are often too close to the problems to be of any great help in solving them. They feel insecure, uncomfortable and threatened when it comes to expressing their feelings and offering possible solutions. “What will the boss ...
Views: 3326 - The Art of Caring Leadership - by There are literally millions of words written and spoken each week on enlightened leadership yet the fact remains that low morale, high stress and job dissatisfaction continue to be three of the most serious problems facing the workplace. We seem to be so effectively socialized into top down ...
Views: 961 - What’s the Strategic Value of Your Business Relationships? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from David NourWhat is your impression of networking? To many, it’s an insincere trade of favors or, at best, an elegant way of using people to get what you want. I actually asked this question of a group of PhD students at a Top 5 engineering school and one student near the front asked, “You mean, with other ...
Views: 1191 - The Big Three: Focus, Execution & Me - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2007 from Charles BreedingThe Big Three: Focus, Execution & Me By Charles A. Breeding What is your central focus today? How well do you consistently execute on that focus? How do you need to change and adapt in order to focus and execute and lead more effectively? Whether you are an executive, executive coach, a ...
Views: 1746 - Management Expectations - 1 in 4 Staff Don't Know What Their Manager Is Expecting Of Them - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2007 from Andrew RondeauBe an Effective Manager and Tell Them To have a successful career in any company you must know how to build relationships. And the most important relationship is between the manager and their direct reports. The strength of this relationship can have a direct result on the success of a team. ...
Views: 3833 - America’s Tragedy: The Leaders Challenge - by As the country struggles with the tragic events of the past week, leaders everywhere are struggling to make effective decisions. Our office is working overtime, taking phone calls from leaders and employees in search of direction for themselves, and for their teams.
Now, more than ever, we ...
Views: 808 - Do Your Employees Take Responsibility - by Getting FOUR employees to do the work of ONE is one of the easiest management jobs available, and one of the most common. No! That was not a typo.....Personal productivity is one of the most mismanaged areas within most organizations. Not because employees want to work at less than their ...
Views: 1024 - Eight Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd - by Sometimes I think we may feel that we have to do the big things in life to stand out from the crowd, to make a difference, but in my experience I have found that it is the little things that we do on a consistent basis that are usually the most powerful. I would like to share with you 8 ways ...
Views: 21757(17 votes) - People Literacy - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2007 from Susan CullenPeople literacy is knowing how to read and understand the behavioral style differences of others. Every Manager has experienced the frustration of not understanding why one management approach that works beautifully with one employee is ineffective with another. That’s because what we ...
Views: 1454 - Team Leadership -- The Power of Team Leadership in Business - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2007 from Michael McFaddenLeaders are often metaphorically compared to eagles. Rightfully so; because like eagles leaders posses a keen since of vision and have a tremendous strength of character. However, the misnomer is when leaders assume they should be found alone like most eagles. The sighting of a noble leader ...
Views: 972 - Redefine Yourself - by How do you define yourself? As a mother, daughter, wife, friend, husband, son, teacher, student, lawyer, accountant, or any one of a myriad different titles? Or do you define yourself by others' perception of you? Do any of these come close to your own knowledge, your own personal experience of ...
Views: 6589(2 votes) - We Learn Best from the Worst - by It is one of the paradoxes in life that we learn best from the worst. In "The Prophet," Kahlil Gibran put it this way: "I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange-I am ungrateful to those teachers."
A person who has had ...
Views: 869 - Don't Quit Too Soon! - by Some years back, Newsweek magazine ran a full-page ad that I thought was very good. The headline of the ad read, "Before You Quit, Read This," and the body of the ad went on to report:
"The first strategy of many who are faced with a problem is to quit. But a man who suffered such severe burns ...
Views: 1251 - Integrity Is the Root of All Success - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2007 from John Di LemmeMany of you hear me speak all over the world and I teach the process “What you sow, you shall reap”. It is a principle that is based upon whatever you do today will predict your future. You can’t dispute the fact, it’s not fiction, it’s fact, that what you ...
Views: 763 - Courageous Leadership – 5 Steps to Survive Uncertain Times - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2007 from Michael McFaddenIn this era of intense competition, rapid change, and overwhelming complexity it can be a dog eat dog world. It is the survival of the fittest. Simply put, you either come correct or stay at home! What do you do when you feel like you can’t run with the “big dogs;” and staying on the porch is ...
Views: 1046 - INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP: Creating Work Environments that Work - by We're now in the 21st century. Look around you. Has your work place changed much in the last two months? How about in the last two years?
There are many books today being written about the
mechanization and computerization of the new work environment, but what about the people? What do we need ...
Views: 1040 - What Can You Count On When You Don't Know What To Do? - by Mark called me up about four months ago and said he was in trouble. 48 years old and in his field of work for four and a half years, he was not happy and not achieving the success he desired.
His specific profession is not important because when it comes right down to it, even when you work ...
Views: 2573 - Moving From Manager to Coach Part II - by In a previous article we covered the first steps for moving from "manager" to "coach." These skills and tips are as applicable to coaching yourself as they are to coaching others.
We began by clarifying what you want or expect and identifying the specific outcomes to be achieved.
In this ...
Views: 797 - Moving From Manager to Coach - by These days it seems the "coaching" word is everywhere. Business owners coach staff, as do managers and supervisors. Parents coach kids for life skills. We’re even coaching ourselves. Unfortunately, just because we change the name from
"managing" to "coaching" doesn’t mean we’ve developed ...
Views: 822 - Quest For Greatness - by Stories start with a character with whom we can identify. That character gets into difficulty. The character heroically overcomes the difficulty and resolves the problem.
This basic formula of character -> problem -> overcome - > resolution, fills books, movies and TV shows. No other formula ...
Views: 899 - The Power of Anticipation - by Permission to use this article for publication is granted provided the bio/contact information at the end of the article is included and no editing of the original is done.
“When traveling at the speed of sound things happen so fast we'd be in a ball of fire on the desert floor before we ...
Views: 831 - A Journey to the Soul of Your Business - by For the small business owner marketing truly is the soul of the business.
I know, I know, a little heavy this week, but why own, operate, and slave over a business if it can't enhance every aspect of your life?
Look, this year over 1 million people in the USA alone will start businesses and ...
Views: 883 - What Kind Of Example? - by Are you the example in whom others should follow? Why? I mean let's get personal . . . What do you actually do in life which warrants, or even makes you worthy for another to trust and take guidance from?
In business, we are paid for the value of product and service we provide to others ... ...
Views: 863 - What's Good, What's Right? - by It's one thing if you can't, it's another thing if you don't try. Applying what you Know IS Good and Right ... AS LONG as WHAT YOU KNOW is True and Accurate.
How do you know what's Good/Right, True/Accurate?
For me, it comes down to WHY I do things ... Intention. If my deep down intention ...
Views: 803 - Socrates Revisited - by Your life thus far, has been the *tutorial* for what is to come. In other words, all your experiences have been preparation, learning and guidance for where you are now and what you will do next.
Some of us might think ... "If THIS is Freedom, Give me slavery!" with regards to your life, the ...
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