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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five surprisingly hip politicial ideas from plato
- Don't you love politics?Me, neither. But I do like thinking about politics. And wouldn't you know it? Just when you think you've come up with a dazzling opinion, you find out someone else had that same idea hundreds of years ago. So much for being original.Still, it's delightful to discover that you share opinions with great thinkers.Political pundits have a fabulous time skew...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Extraordinary people in mediocre times
- My grandfather used to speak of the days when people drove the world. It was a time when people were proud to contribute and move society and industry forward at full steam. But, people were proud of themselves! However, before he died, one of his observations was that "we have come to mediocre times."I was a bit appalled at that statement because, to me, these times were the epitome of exi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mentor? who needs a mentor?
- Who needs a mentor. . .everyone who is truly serious about achieving more of their true potential, personally and financially. In fact, Richard Brooke says:"If you're someone who wants to break out and do something extraordinary that you would not do on your own initiative, you better have a coach-and you better have a great one."If you doubt Mr. Brooke's quote may I suggest you inve...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reveal the leader within
- A Leader is not a certain type of person or position of power. It is not the one at the top of the golf leader board at any specific time or the person at the top of an organisation. It is YOU. In this article we want to show you how to reveal the leader within. To give you some ideas, methods, tips that will make you think and, if you want to, enable you to reveal the leader within you.Fir...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Evil, hostile grumpy listeners? think again
- I hated Kyle Sisk*. A notorious bully, Kyle punctuated my grade school years with misery. He would tease me about my weight, purposely rattle me with shocking language, delight in making me look foolish at every opportunity. Kyle had scary, penetrating eyes and sharp, jagged teeth that looked, appropriately, like fangs. He even had his own evil henchman named Eddie who would follow him everywhere,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why you should ignore this advice
- Doesn't make too much sense does it? Am I really going to give you some advice that asks you to ignore the advice I'm giving you? Well, that's not strictly true. I am however going to show you how to qualify the advice you are given, so you can sort the wheat from the chaff, and help you to survive the information overload on the Internet.Firstly, you need to find out who is giving the advi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership styles and what we need for the future:
- By definition a leaders leads a team to take action in favor of the vision.The most well know methods for assessing leadership styles, such as DISC, have outlived their usefulness!· Are leadership styles really captured in a neat questionnaire like DISC that measures Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Conscientiousness?· Can we predict t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership success and its greatest barrier: the law of administrivia
- Years ago, a very wise, and often cynical boss of mine asked me for a definition of management. After reflecting on the question I proceeded to give him an intellectually careful and, I thought, accurate definition. He allowed me to complete the answer and then came back with his definition which was, "Management is just one darn thing after another." After having a good laugh, I thought...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The happy jar
- I just delivered a free speech. I am a great believer in free speech, but an even greater believer in paid speech. However, there are good reasons why someone like me would deliver free speeches. For instance, to support a charity or a cause I believe in. Or if the audience is full of people who hire speakers.If you've ever spoken at a dinner or ran a workshop at a conference, you'll wince ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership skill training
- Quality leadership is a positive asset that is needed in every organization. Observe any successful club, committee or team and you will find a capable leader in each of these organizations. What makes a successful leader? Why do some leaders inspire confidence and have an innate ability to motivate while other "leaders" are mired in mediocrity? Most successful leaders have receiv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Recommended books on leadership and team building
- The single most important thing a leader can do is lead by example, and if you want your team to be dynamic and learn more, you've got to continually innovate and find new ways to encourage, reward, and motivate YOURSELF! That's right, I said you've got to motivate YOU! If you lead by example, and you're motivated, soon your team will be too!That being said, here are my recommendations for ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership is power: test your ethics
- "The payoff for the ethical person is a reputation for honesty. It's a payoff that makes every undertaking easier and attracts unsolicited opportunities. It's also a payoff that results in strong friendships based on trust. And I don't think there's anything more rewarding. -Don DwyerHow much energy do you invest in developing your natural abilities and skills? Would you rather be a le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A leader?s ultimate goal ? connect to engage!
- Connect and Engage! Your People Are Your Power.It's been said many times that true leadership is measured by ones ability to motivate and influence others.Leaders must work hard at motivating people to take action necessary to drive change and to ultimately increase results.Even though most people would agree with the definition of leadership as the ability to motivate and inf...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Getting things done, without the sweat!
- How do you get your people on your side? And once their on your side, how can you get them to do anything you want? It's a skill that we all want. Nothing's better than leaving the hard work for someone else! But how?Do You Have It In You?Getting what you want and deserving it are two totally different things! Do you think it's reasonable to order a task onto your subordinate? Do you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - On being a born leader
- "Leaders are born, not made." Right? Let me ask you a question: do you believe that?I'll give you mine: I *don't* believe it.AND HERE'S WHY...Reason Number One: Look Around YouLook at the military, businesses, schools and other organizations. They are hiring people who they feel can make a difference. They say, in effect, "Join us. Listen to us. Practice what we teach.....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership skills: four ways of overcoming perfectionism
- We pay a high price for perfectionism. "What perfectionism?" we perfectionists mutter. "We've known for years perfectionism is not healthy so we have dealt with this issue and strive for personal excellence only!" Really?When you slip-up - maybe handle a situation, task or project less than perfectly ? what do you say to yourself? Are you able to commend yourself on what...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The four laws of leadership (part two)
- In Part One, I described the laws of motivation. In Part Two, I'll examine the laws in more detail.Law 1. Motivation is physical action. Motivation isn't about what people think or feel but about what they physically do. In leadership, you should understand the difference between inspiration and motivation.The word "inspiration" comes from the ancient Greeks and the oracle of Delphi....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The four laws of leadership (part one)
- Leadership is motivational or it's stumbling in the dark. After all, isn't it more effective to have people want to go from point A to point B instead of to be ordered to go from A to B?The ability to instill "want to" in others, to motivate them, marks the difference between average leaders and great leaders.But many leaders misunderstand the true meaning of motivation. And if you m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership lessons from pope john paul ii
- "Heroes are rebels with a cause. Rebels because they challenge the traditional ways of thinking and refuse to follow the herd. They have a cause, a vision, that's larger than life." - Sharif Khan, author of Psychology of the Hero SoulFrom a small-town Polish boy born to a retired army officer to become Pope; from a hard life in Nazi occupied Poland, his mother dead of kidney and heart failu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Act on some of the facts
- Making any decision without having all of the information and facts beforehand can be very tough. I spoke with a young man recently and he told me that some of his professors had changed the rules on him in the administration of his classes. The syllabuses of a couple of his classes had been altered, which switched exam dates. He was also notified of these changes after the semester's grace period...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Character -- why it matters in leaders
- "Character is much easier kept than recovered." -Thomas Paine"The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back." -Abigail van Buren"Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The six essential leadership attributes
- Leadership is the foundation for all organizations, whether corporate, nonprofit or government. Leadership is a high calling and responsibility, upon which all else the organization is or does rests. Moreover, leadership is always top down, never bottom up.Therefore, much has been written on the subject of leadership and many writers and speakers have tried to list those attributes they bel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get to know a disabled person
- When you first meet someone who is blind, deaf, or in a wheelchair, what is your initial reaction? Curiosity? Sympathy? Awkwardness? If you experience any of these emotions, you are not alone. Chances are you don't regularly associate with someone who is disabled, so these feelings are quite common.Having been blind since birth, I have encountered a wide range of reactions, from curious sta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Transformational leadership
- "What is leadership?" When this question is asked most of the people answer "leadership is the capacity or an ability of a person to lead". Earlier theories of leadership viz. trait, behaviour and contingency theories explain the meaning of leadership from different angles. But all these theories spring from the point of view of leaders i.e. "How to control the followers?&...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ten ways women can visualize themselves as leaders
- Women should not be afraid of or feel guilty about taking a leadership role--in their organization, in their community, in their own lives. What could you accomplish if you were leading your life instead of simply living your life?1. Avoid the Imposter Factor: Fear that Others Will Find Out I'm Not Really a LeaderAsk others what they think of your leadership abilities. You'll be surp...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who needs heroes?
- When we were talking the other day we started to think about our heroes when we were young. After we had discussed the usual film star and sports stars that we idolised I remembered Derek. Derek was a couple of years ahead of me in school and he had everything; he always got straight 'A's' and was formidable on the football field as well as one of the fastest over 100 metres. What's more he didn't...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - People or objects? - - you decide
- "How you think determines how you act. How you act, in turn, determines how others react to you."- David J. Schwartz ? The Magic of Thinking Big"?no matter what we're doing on the outside, people respond primarily to how we're feeling about them on the inside."- The Arbinger Institute ? Leadership and Self-Deception Becoming a great leader requires people to behave in r...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trust - the most vital component in leadership
- "Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together."- Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus"If you don't believe in the messenger, you won't believe the message."- James Kouzes and Barry Posner I see it all the time - leaders who blame followers for breakdowns in the organization. I often hear complaints like these:- "If those people would just do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - People problems -- understanding the dueling paradigms
- You've spent the last 12 years riding your technical skills up the corporate ladder.Now the payoff -- you're a manager.Congratulations.You get the perks: Big title. Big paycheck. Big office.Big people problems!People problems, you think? Ha, no issue.You're the best in the department. You know every piece of equipment. You know business.And, you are...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Take the road less traveled
- "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." - Robert FrostI watched Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, a very controversial film on Hitler's 1934 Nuremberg Rally put on by equally controversial Toronto film connoisseur, Reg Hartt, at the Cineforum (a make-shift theatre in his home). The movie blew me away. It was a p...