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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Celebrating successes: the power of compliments
- Years ago, when I was new in management circles, a veteran administrator decided to share his self-described secret of success. He said: You have to be careful, Bill. I*ve learned not to compliment my people. Makes them too self-assured, and they get lax in their work habits. Better to keep them guessing.As I listened, I uttered silent thanks, grateful that Don was a professional acquaintan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 smart ways leaders can bring out the best in others
- You are a leader. Everyone is a leader. It doesn't matter if your title is Chairman of the Board or 3rd Assistant to the Supply Room Manager, you lead every time you influence others to do what you want. It's a skill that starts at birth (doesn't a newborn baby run her house?). As a smart adult, you have refined your natural leadership skills in order to influence others to willingly do what you w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Thoughtleading: the art of separating yourself from the pack
- Lately the age-old business dilemma of how to stand out from the crowd has been haunting companies and professional service firms more than ever before. All too many firms nowadays look too much alike, with marketing strategies seemingly unable to distinguish them from their competition. Glossy brochures, snazzy websites, press releases, advertising: when everyone employs the same methods, everyon...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A whack up long side the head of human resources: the leadership imperative
- When we perceive the simple center in the seemingly complex, we can change our world in powerful new ways.Albert Einstein perceived the simple E=MC2 in the complexities of physical reality and changed the history of the 20th century.Big Daddy Lipscomb, the Baltimore Colts 300 pound all-pro tackle in the 1960s perceived the simple center of what was perceived to be the complex game of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The qualities of skillful leadership
- If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. I call leadership the great challenge of life.What's important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves unti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont be a complainer
- Complaining. There's room for legitimate complaining, but if you let this deadly disease of attitude - complaining ? loose, it will conquer you. Complaining can take over your life. Destroy you and leave you without anything.Nobody wants to take along a complainer. Nobody wants to promote a complainer. Nobody wants to live with one. Nobody wants to be a partner of one. Nobody wants to have ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 money - in fact, some programs are outrageously expensive- leader...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mr. shoaffs simple strategies to success
- (Excerpted from the Jim Rohn Sampler single CD)My first mentor, Mr. Shoaff, over a six-year period from the time I was 25 to age 31, taught me some extraordinarily simple things, before his untimely passing at age 49. He only went through the 9th grade in school. He never finished high school, never went to college, never went to a university. So he put his experiences and ideas in very sim...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 power keys for leadership success!
- Did you know that you can successfully handle most leadership challenges with just 5 simple strategies? By focusing your attention on these critical areas you can empower your the opportunities hiding within your vision, new venture or project plans.The biggest problem facing people like you is knowing when, what and how to operate your leadership power keys.You have no problem turni...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 core elements of your vivid vision!
- What you are about to read may be found in the Bible but it also applies to your professional life.Most leaders neglect to provide a statement of vision to the people they lead and when a vision is presented it usually lacks any vitality or inspirational value."Where there is no vision, the people perish" - that's the warning given to the King Solomon [in Proverbs 29:18].And t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - E=mc - is it in me?
- How many times have you seen the E = MC2 formula and wondered what it might mean to you?Old Einstein had a lot more up his sleeve than fancy algebraic equations. This particular "thought experiment" still inspires discoveries of various sorts throughout the world today.Let's jump back to earlier days in Albert's lab - a man standing at the blackboard [chalkboard] is furiously pacing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 elements of leadership power!
- In an article discussing the need for innovative products and profitable service offerings, Vinutha V., points out that, "improvements are only the expected results, not the source of competitive advantage. Improved product development through innovation arises from the knowledge and experience of employees." [Source: The Financial Express - appearing in ZDNetIndia News]Soft skills, "holist...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Being an extraordinary leader through tough and challenging times
- Tough and challenging times will surely come. That is a given. The question is what kind of leadership we will demonstrate during those time. Those who are weak leaders will see lasting damage done, if not see the organization fall apart completely. With Extraordinary Leaders at the helm, however, an organization can actually become stronger and thrive in spite of the tough and challenging times. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The best ways to multiply the extraordinary leadership in your organization
- Extraordinary Leaders are those who understand that in order for the organization to grow and make the maximum impact that it can, the leadership base in the organization must grow first and grow strong enough to hold the growth. If this does not happen, the organization will either not grow or will grow and then crumble because there is no solid foundation of leadership. The effort to multiply le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top skills of extraordinary leaders
- 1. Good Communicator. Extraordinary Leaders are those who can take the vision they have and communicate it in ways that their followers can easily understand, internal, and own. Then, and only then, can they carry it out! So focus on speaking and writing more clearly, and with the passion that you have for the vision you have. Use different ways of communicating, including different ways verbally ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Common mistakes extraordinary leaders dont make
- When people make a decision (either consciously or unconsciously) to follow your leadership, they do it primarily because of one of two things: Your Character or your Skills. They want to know if you are the kind of person they want to follow and if you have the skills to take them further. Yes, there are other variables but these are the bulk of the matter. This week we focus on the kind of skill...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Character traits of extraordinary leaders
- When people make a decision (either consciously or unconsciously) to follow your leadership, they do it primarily because of one of two things: Your Character or your Skills. They want to know if you are the kind of person they want to follow and if you have the skills to take them further. Yes, there are other variables but these are the bulk of the matter. This week we focus on the kind of chara...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 be on the minds of a lot you readers and they are:Why does better leadership make a difference? andHow does better le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership prep
- So you want to be a leader? Or you want to be a better leader? It can be done, you know. No matter where you are in your leadership journey, you CAN move forward. You CAN lead better. You CAN lead more people. You CAN lead your organization to higher ground.Yes, you CAN!But let me tell you this: You won't do it via osmosis! It won't just "happen." Growing in your leadership...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The challenge to lead
- The topic of leadership has been and continues to be one of the most vital topics in human history. From ancient civilizations to modern day multi-national corporations, men and women of passion, fervor and zeal have sought to discover the secrets of moving others beyond the gray of their mundane reality to the rich array of colors that embody the palate of the extraordinary life.Every orga...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership a perspective from tao
- Tao Te Ching said to be written by Lao Tzu during the period of warring states in china around the second century B.C.; a compilation of Chinese philosophy dating back to 6th century B.C. or even earlier, is a profound philosophical work with many lessons for the corporate of the 21st century.There is a lot of debate on issues of what differentiates a leader from a manager. One of the bigge...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The ten commandments of leadership
- A poem hangs on the wall at Mother Theresa's orphanage in India. For all who are called to lead, it is a great reminder of what we should do:1. People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered (including me). Love them anyway.2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 exhibited.4. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Embracing adversity for achievement
- "Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity." -- Lou HoltzSuccess in life depends upon being strong people with clear goals and indomitable spirits. Unfortunately most of us aren't born that way. We grow that way. And that growth can either come from us entering willfully into situations that will cause us to grow, like subscribin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership - l.p.b it!
- "Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of things, but the absence of vision." - AnonymousThis article in for anyone who is currently unsure, unknowing, on-the-fence, and/or otherwise "searching" for the answer to whether or not he/she can be an effective leader.The answer? Quite simply is: "Maybe" or "Maybe Not"!No, we are not trying to be funny or i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leadership - connect to engage!
- 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 influence others, most people still have trouble translat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Having fun in leadership
- "Don't measure your life by your goals, but rather by what you are DOING to achieve them." ?UnknownOne of the biggest mistakes leaders make is getting so wrapped up in achieving results, they forget to ensure that people are having fun along the way.Indeed, having fun is a key ingredient of keeping employee morale up, and inspiring people to continue to work aggressively to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Visions of leadership
- Right about now, you've made the discovery that if you intend to push your company beyond its current plateau, you will have to change the way you relate to your work. You have doubtlessly concluded this next level mandates you to let go of things like hiring, product design, perhaps even day-to-day sales - many things you handled in the past - and focus yourself on your role as CEO. T...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 most likely the former CEO. Yes, the former, supposedly great CEO. Look to him for what went...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 results because those leaders misconstrue the concept and applications of motivation.To understand motivation and apply ...