| 4640 Views | Favoritism in the Workplace--How to Avoid Even the Perception of It By : Phil Morettini
I'm going to address a topic that isn't often discussed formally by top management within a business, certainly not out in the open. It's a major topic in HR circles, I'm sure. It's also a major topic, in hushed tones, around the water cooler and during lunch among friends. |
| 2987 Views | The Passionate Leader By : Lee Colan
Practical tips to help leaders increase discretionary effort from their employees. |
| 2759 Views | Leadership Types and Styles - Overview of Skills By : Matthew Hick
Leadership style is crucial to success. We find leadership all around us. Each of us will fill the role ourselves at various times in our lives. Leadership can be found in the world of business, sports, politics, religion and as close as home. |
| 2195 Views | Accountable Or Responsible - That Is The Question By : Martin Haworth
Are you ready to step up to the big time?
The reason I ask, is a lesson I learnt once when I got myself promoted... |
| 2173 Views | Breakthrough Growth: Give Great New Reasons to Use Your Offerings and Improve how You Deliver Them By : Donald Mitchell
Provide an offering in more desirable ways and appeal to new reasons for employing your offering, and you can gain tremendous effectiveness by attracting more people to use your offerings. |
| 2105 Views | Leadership Styles - Practice Effective Leadership By : Regina Maniam
Much is written about leadership styles and techniques. There are biographies of leaders that have inspired people. But how do you outlook leadership and how can you become an effective leader? |
| 2042 Views | Characteristics of a Good Leader By : Alan Boyer
I'm always amazed at the answers I get when I ask a group of executives to define a good leader.
I rarely get the right answer. Read this article to find the answer. |
| 1891 Views | What Makes a Great Leader? By : James Stinson
You may have heard that great leaders are made, not born. You may know a great leader when you see one, but have you really thought about what constitutes a great leader? |
| 1739 Views | Six Steps To Self Confidence By : Michael Anthony McGrath
Six easy to follow steps that will increase your confidence and launch you toward the life you deserve! |
| 1637 Views | Success Is For Those Who Never Stop Learning By : William Brooks
Malcolm Knowles (1913-1997), pioneer in adult education, titled one of his books, "The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species." And no wonder. Many people closed their books halfway through life; research on how grown-ups learn was in its early stages; teachers equipped to handle mature students were hard to find. |
| 1627 Views | Building A Learning Organisation By : Sandro Azzopardi
A learning organisation produces a flexible organisation where people will accept and adapt to new ideas and change through shared vision. |
| 1569 Views | Student Leadership Program Should Create Future Knowledge Workers and Deliver Positive ROI By : Leanne Hoagland-Smith
Student leadership is a popular topic in education. Many of these programs focus on community service which is really great. What would the benefits be to your students or your school if you could develop a leadership program that not only achieves this result, but improves student performance, establishes a high performance school culture, builds necessary character and creates tomorrow’s knowledge workers? |
| 1544 Views | How To Define Yourself As A Leader In Your Organization By : Tony Jacowski
Different approches to becomming different types of leaders. |
| 1406 Views | The Difference Between Leadership and Management By : Marcia Granger
When asked what the difference is between Leadership and Management, what do you say? |
| 1393 Views | LEADESHIP IN THREE SIMPLE STEPS By : Dr. Dewett
This article explains the three fundamental rules of leadership. |
| 1362 Views | Ethical Behavior in the Workplace By : Cathy Warschaw
What it means to be ethical |
| 1352 Views | Four Ways Leaders Need to Communicate By : Rick Hubbard
Based upon theories of personality type, this article shares simple ways to that knowledge to increase communication effectiveness. |
| 1264 Views | What Makes a Good Leader? By : Annette Estes
What better way to determine the qualities of a good leader than by asking successful leaders to give their definition of leadership? Here are several responses in the first of three articles on leadership. |
| 1232 Views | Tips On Becoming A Leader By : Louis Bonaventura
What makes a good leader? Are you a leader? Do people follow you in your mission? Here's a few tips to help you become a good leader. |
| 1221 Views | How to make better decisions By : Phil Dourado
Paul Van Riper, a retired Marine Lieutenant General, is famous in military circles for out-thinking and beating the Pentagon’s battlefield decision support system during war game exercises. He once tried an experiment to test his theory that there were better ways to make decisions than the military’s top-down approach. In this article, Phil Dourado explores Van Riper's findings and offers key advice on how to improve your decision-making |
| 1206 Views | Leadership Skills: How to Be a Successful Communicator By : Jacqueline Moore
How you pass on information can significantly affect what happens next. If you want people to act on your information, you need to make sure they understand it. And that's not as simple as it sounds. |
| 1199 Views | Leadership Today By : Carl Hoffman
The most important thing you do is LEAD your people. Every productive activity on your daily agenda is leadership, regardless of what you call it. You manage, advise, teach, decide, and direct. The list goes on but it's all leading |
| 1181 Views | Meg Whitman leads a Global Giant By : Susan West
Meg Whitman, President and CEO of eBay demonstrates strong leadership qualities which has fostered eBay reach its full potential and become a global giant. |
| 1171 Views | Case Studies and Business Communication By : Robert F. Abbott
Case studies are a special type of business communication; they help us understand real-life decisions, and are a useful resource for persuasion and education. Add one or more to your business communication toolbox. |
| 1144 Views | Selling In A Recession - 5 Steps For Increasing Sales By : Gavin Ingham
There's going to be a recession! Baton down the hatches, bad times are coming! For many salespeople and business owners this may well be true. But does it have to be? In this article, leading sales expert and motivational speaker Gavin Ingham outlines how you can make more sales and grow your business in any market. |
| 1134 Views | Life is All About Choices By : Kim Kelly
We have many choices in life. The choices people make today affect their lives tomorrow. Take a moment to reflect and ask yourself the following questions. |
| 1111 Views | LEADERSHIP IS THE FUTURE, MANAGEMENT IS THE PAST By : Dr. Dewett
This article explains why leadership is a far more meaningful term than management. |
| 1066 Views | 5 Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln By : Preston Danforth
Credited with freeing the slaves, Abraham Lincoln remains a timeless figure in American history and will forever be known as one of the greatest presidents to ever hold office. These lessons, gleaned by example, will help you develop the character traits to become a successful leader in your community, business or political party. |
| 1057 Views | Classic Leadership Styles By : Martin Haworth
Much has been said over the years about leadership styles. Yet research into the best and most practical overview leads to the easiest conclusion (there will always be variables on these, as well as mixes of them), are that there are four distinct leadership styles (plus an extra!)... |
| 1046 Views | Women's Job Search Alert: 7 ways to watch how you talk! By : Paul Megan
Effective communication is a critical factor in getting along and getting ahead on the job. Practicing these simple rules can give you a real leg up. |
| 1039 Views | Seven Tips for Becoming a Better Leader By : Steven Sonsino
You won't become a better leaders simply by reading about it: you need to practise what you learn. |
| 1026 Views | 100% Responsible Leadership By : William Frank Diedrich
You 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, resenting, or condemning someone, you have forgotten. 100 % responsibility goes beyond being responsible for just you, and it is a powerful way to view the world. |
| 979 Views | How to Easily Unlock Your Leadership Genius By : Daegan Smith
In psychology, a famous doctor said the mind is like an iceberg with only a tip visible above the water and the larger part is submerged. Studies show that humans only use 10% of the brain in doing the various tasks everyday. The other 90% is just kept in storage. |
| 974 Views | How To Develop Leadership Qualities By : Bart Icles
Tips on how to improve leadership development in your company. |
| 967 Views | Leadership Qualities - Characteristics of Leadership By : Annette Estes
Jim Collins’s book Good to Great inspired the author to ask successful business and community leaders what makes a great leader. Here is part two of a series of articles on leadership. |
| 953 Views | Can People Really Change? The Kabbalah of Transformation By : Shifra Hendrie
People can change, but they rarely do - much. That’s because creating ‘something from something’ – trying out a new way of being based on the limitations of our past - doesn’t really work. The secret to change and transformation is to create something from nothing, like the Creator does. Authentic Kabbalah tells us how. |
| 945 Views | A Simple Approach to Understanding Strategic Management By : Bart Icles
Strategic Management is a common word among business people but what does it mean? And what does it entail for your business? Learn a little bit more about what strategic management is. |
| 937 Views | Leadership and Communication: the Broken Connection By : Helen Wilkie
Leadership and communication are supposed to go together, and communication skills are often cited as a top requisite for leaders. But when it comes to communicating organizational strategy to those who must implement it, the connection is not often made. It's not surprising, therefore, that plans often die at the implementation stage. |
| 935 Views | Is Leadership Worth the Investment? By : Graeme Nichol
Business are spending more and more time and resources on Leadership training without a real ROI. Set your organization up to achieve predefined strategic goals. Watch how leaders emerge as the people who can make things happen. |
| 925 Views | How do develop the 10 Capabilities to Leadership - Capability 2 – The Ability to Inspire others! By : lee stemm
Vision is everywhere for a leader. It sparks and fuels the fire within, and draws you forward. It is also the fire lighter for others who follow that leader.
Exlore 5 points of how to motivate others within your team and yourself |
| 918 Views | Think Excellence By : Lee Colan
Today's thinking effects tomorrow's success. Here are practical ways to get the success you want. |
| 910 Views | The Six Sigma Leadership Advantage By : Robert Thomson
Since you are reading this article you have at least heard of Sig Sigma. For some, it may sound like a fraternity, but it is a business philosophy for success. You may already have a business philosophy that is driving your bottom line, but if you aren't as successful as you want to be, Six Sigma may be able to help. |
| 905 Views | Build Charisma and Charm Your Way to the Top By : Abbas Abedi
Tips on building your charisma for self betterment. |
| 894 Views | If You Want to Be a Master Communicator ... Shut Up and Listen! By : Keith Harmeyer
The world's greatest communicators know, it's not so much what you say, but what you hear that counts! |
| 878 Views | Accountability is The Key to Exemplary Customer Service By : Paula Switzer
Are you frustrated with employees who don't know the meaning of accountability? Learn how to create a culture where employees become accountable and customer service is exemplary. |
| 878 Views | What Television’s First Woman President Has To Teach Us By : Randy Siegel
I have a confession to make: I am addicted to Tuesday night’s new hit series “Commander and Chief.” Sure, Geena Davis is beautiful. She tall, regal, and has the best lips in the business after Angelia Jolie. But, television’s first woman president has captured my attention for another reason: I am fascinated with her communication style. |
| 876 Views | Three Keys to Exceptional Leadership By : William Frank Diedrich
There are connections between parts of life that sometimes don't seem connected. For example: Workplace and home. Leadership and personal relationships. Spirituality and success. In every part of life, we are leaders. We make decisions. We affect others. We want to accomplish goals. There are people in every part of our respective lives who look to us for help, for guidance, or for direction. There are three principles, or keys, that will help each of us to be exceptional leaders. |
| 875 Views | How to Become an Effective Leader By : Steve Albright
Explanation of key traits necessary to be a great and effective leader. |
| 874 Views | Leadership - What kind of Legacy will you Leave? By : lee stemm
As a leader what kind of legacy will you leave? Are you cosistent with your leadership and lead from integrity and character. taking responsiblity to respons proactively to situations so that you build your skills around leadership |
| 870 Views | Leadership Skills? Follow the Leaders By : Max Vogt
Our world today has a serious shortage of ethical leadership. For many years now, deviant behavior in corporate leaders has been magnified by the news media and touted by the entertainment industry. |
| 838 Views | How To Make Good Decisions By : Saleem Rana
The failure to arrive at a decision causes a person to go round and round and round in maddening circles. The person ponders over the same information over and over. It is this failure to grasp a problem that creates nervous breakdowns. Once a decision is made, a clear, definite course of action opens up. |
| 835 Views | The Most Important Leadership Trait By : Bob Bergeth
There is one important leadership quality, above all, that motivates and inspires men and women into action. One KEY trait carries the day and ensures your success in business. Do you have it? Can you recognize it in others? All great leaders have this quality. Read about it here. |
| 834 Views | Make-Over Your Attitude By : Michael Nalbone
Your attitude has a profound impact on your level of success – and moreover, your happiness. |
| 830 Views | Credibility: Hard to Achieve - Easy to Lose! By : Graeme Nichol
We live and die by our reputations, hold onto what you have |
| 826 Views | What's Your Management Style? By : SEAN MCPHEAT
People manage others in different ways. Do you know what your managerial style is? Read on to find out! |
| 824 Views | Top 7 Things Great Leaders Do By : Annette Phillips
Leaders inspire people to be like them. Leaders win followers by example. Leaders create teams and take responsibility. Leaders are not people who pass the buck. All great leaders possess these 7 traits. |
| 824 Views | Character Is What You Need To Be Successful By : Denver Moralez
The world is filled with people who make lots of wealth in questionable ways -- drug dealers, con artists, dishonest business men, politicians on the take, and so on. If you measure success simply by how much money you make, then you must realize that people who accumulate riches in a dishonest manner lack something that is the true mark of success -- character and integrity. |
| 806 Views | Key Challenges And Pitfalls Of Transformational Leadership By : Richard Cox
As a transformational leader, you will face many challenges, some external, some internal. This article outlines two major areas to be aware of. |
| 806 Views | Is Your Management Style Limiting Your Success By : Ingrid Cliff
A CEO's management style can make or break their business. Are you a Warm Fuzzy or a Detail Nazi? In this article learn 5 CEO Management styles that most limit business success. |
| 802 Views | How to Learn from Your Leadership Mistakes By : Steven Sonsino
Success can stop you learning, but mistakes can kickstart change. |
| 799 Views | Charisma and Leadership: do you have to have it to lead? By : Phil Dourado
Charisma is too often confused with ego & vanity, while humility is too often under-acknowledged as a vital leader attribute, says www.TheLeadershipHub.com founder Phil Dourado in this short article, which draws on a comparison between the type of leadership championed by Tom Peters on the one hand and Jim Collins on the other. Charismatic doesn't have to mean loud and larger than life, he argues, citing Nelson Mandela as the most charismatic quiet leader of his generation. |
| 789 Views | What Does It Take To Be A Good Leader? By : Shaun Parker
A look at the assets that make up a good leader. |
| 775 Views | 5 Essential Attributes in Leading Others By : Duncan Brodie
High performers are often promoted into posts where they are required to lead others based on how they perform in a task based role. So what are 5 essential attributes in successfully leading others? |
| 772 Views | Are You Engaged? By : Ian Christie
Whether it is job satisfaction, career development or job search success, things may not be going your way. When this happens, there is a natural tendency to disengage, to unplug. You go through the motions, but part of your mind is elsewhere, unfocussed.
You can instantly recognize people who are fully engaged. They are focused, working on what is most important at that time, and committed. And you can recognize those who are not. Which are you? |
| 763 Views | Lead the Field to Guarantee your Success; Tips to become a good Leader By : Daegan Smith
Being a good leader is more than just being able to manage your employees or having better skills than your subordinates. Oftentimes leaders arenít very skillful or very smart, but they earn respect from their underlings and therefore earn their cooperation. Being a good leader entails responsibility and willingness, not just skill and intelligence. |
| 761 Views | Interpersonal Skills - The Keys to Management and Leadership By : Susan West
It takes more than business knowledge to succeed as a manager or leader - it also takes excellent interpersonal skills. This article discusses the importance interpersonal skills in your leadership development and offers examples of how they can be improved. |
| 759 Views | Women's Empowerment Tools By : Susan West
Women have natural talents and abilities that, when used to theirfullest, can empower their leadership for business and personal success. This article discusses some of those natural talents and gives examples of how women's empowerment tools can be used in effective ways to bring out their le |
| 756 Views | Transform Your Organization With Facilitative Leadership By : Glenn Brome
Effective leadership is a critical factor in the success of every organization. Learn the skills necessary for facilitative leadership to transform your organization and the bottom line. |
| 756 Views | Leadership is not a position By : Jean Starling
Great Leadership is not a Position but a way of Being. Learning leadership skills begins with becoming more self aware. Self awareness and mangement is the foundation on which you build your leadership skills. |
| 755 Views | Selecting The Right Business Leadership Style By : Adrian Adams
Are you currently an organizational leader? Perhaps you are simply aspiring to be a leader or have suddenly been thrust into a new leadership position. |
| 752 Views | How To Conduct A Board Of Directors Meeting By : David Gass
Describes how the chairman and others should conduct a board of directors meeting. |
| 752 Views | The Great Leader - Top Tips and Advice for Successful Leadership By : Matthew Hick
Whether you're a manager at work or a leader of some organization, getting people to do what you want and need, can often seem like a daunting task. But it doesn't have to be. |
| 736 Views | The Circular Blame Game By : Saleem Rana
We tend to forget that we create the circumstances that we bemoan. By taking responsibility for being at cause, we can then do something about it. We don't have to be victims to effect. |
| 736 Views | For Women Only - Taking a Personal “Time Out” By : Charles Kassotis
So often in our busy lives today, we forget about the importance of having a little time to ourselves. Many women find themselves pulled about on every side by demands from home, work, family... |
| 725 Views | Leadership Integrity: Lessons From The Honourable Member By : Pat Archer
Politicians are referred to as The Honourable Member. Watching them is instructive on leadership integrity in business too. 'Honourable' is earned by deeds in relationship. Choosing right action along with right words, fosters trust rather than cynicism, inspiration over discouragement. That's the difference between a position of leadership, and showing leadership. |
| 724 Views | How To Choose Your Response - The 24 Hour Rule By : Andrew Cox
How often have you made a snap decision and lived to regret the outcome? Read on to acquire a behavior tool that can help you improve your decision making skill by choosing your response to any situation. |
| 721 Views | The Power of Asking By : Tristan Loo
Asking is the most powerful persuasion and negotiating skill you will ever possess and yet it is the most underutilized tool for acquiring what people desire. Learn how to tap into this power from this article. |
| 718 Views | The ACCOUNTABILITY Challenge for Today’s Business Management By : Leanne Hoagland-Smith
What does it mean to be accountable as a business owner or executive in today's global marketplace? How do you keep yourself accountable? Maybe these ideas will help you create your own Plan of Action. |
| 718 Views | How To Get People to Do What They Are Supposed To - The Secrets of Performance Management By : Paul Phillips
When George took on the top job at a prestigious high profile company he thought it would run like clockwork, such was the public perception of this quality business. What he didn't realise was that the reputation was founded on a just a few brilliant people and the product they had developed. The rest were merely trying to manage the chaos. Learn what he did to fix this. |
| 718 Views | 4 Steps To Activating Personal Transformational Leadership By : Richard Cox
Being an effective leader is more than what you DO. It is also about how you are BEING. Are you using these steps to maximise your impact and results as a leader? |
| 713 Views | 5 Types Of Bosses and How To Deal With Them By : Tony Jacowski
Do you have a boss that you just have a hard time dealing with? Want to know how to handle them without putting your career in jeopardy? This article examines the 5 types of bosses and gives you the insight you need to be able to negotiate around them successfully! |
| 712 Views | The Ultimate Leadership Strategy By : Steven Sonsino
Most executives know they should put poeple first. So why don't they? |
| 711 Views | The A-Z Of Motivation By : Jason Johns
Do you want to have more motivation? Discover the A-Z of motivation andhow you can use it in this intriguing article. |
| 709 Views | Work Ethics - A Paradigm Shift By : Leanne Hoagland-Smith
Research continues to suggest that the "soft skills" are far more necessary than job specific skills. Having these skills or what some call "work ethics" is critical, but possibly it is time to shift our paradigm and construct a term more reflective of today's knowledge worker. |
| 707 Views | 9 Ways to Improve Staff Morale By : Robert Thomson
Staff turnover costs American companies millions of dollars every year. The cost of lost work days, interviewing candidates, reviewing resumes, checking references, filing paperwork and training the new staff member is much more expensive, in most cases, than creating a work environment where staff members are happy and want to stay. |
| 704 Views | Self Confidence - the 4 Power Secrets By : Peter Murphy
If we do not live up to societies expectations then we feel a lack of self confidence. For some people this lack of self confidence effects every aspect of their life. That is why learning to build your own self confidence is important.
The following article explains some reasons why someone may lack self confidence and what to do about them. |
| 698 Views | 10 Steps To Think Like A CEO By : Tony Jacowski
Gives 10 steps to think like a businessman. |
| 698 Views | Is every Manager a Leader? By : Marcia Granger
As a Manager, make sure you are a Leader as well |
| 694 Views | Building Trust is a Key to Business Success By : Susan West
Building trust in your business relationships is critical to your
success. This article discusses the different ways that building
trust can benefit jump start your leadership development and
enhance your career. |
| 681 Views | Yes and No - Effective Decision Making By : Martin Haworth
Every decision we make, in business, in life in general, is bounded by just two options. Like an on-off switch, we make one or the other - there are no variances to this. Because it's as simple as Yes or No - and so often we get it wrong... |
| 681 Views | Tips on Leading A Team By : Susan West
Power and influence in a team: learn the basics of working within a team and how to lead a permanent and temporary teams. |
| 676 Views | Intuition and leadership: How to lead with your gut By : Phil Dourado
You lead better if you trust your gut, says Phil Dourado in this short article. It's how George Soros makes investment decisions and how economist Kjell Nordstrom’s fisherman father knows where the fish are. But, there’s a great distrust of instinct and intuition in business leadership today. |
| 675 Views | The Key to Successful Leadership By : Kevin Sinclair
Are leaders born or made? The old adage states that leaders are in fact born. I disagree with that partially. Anyone can learn to become a leader, and be a successful one at that. That is the key, learning. |
| 675 Views | Leadership Values and Loyalty By : Wolfgang Jaegel
No matter it is religion, sports, or politics, a leader has an inseparable role in any arena. Hence, it is not an exception in the case of a business environment. A leader plays an inevitable role in the success of a business. A leader is simply a person who would help others in a working environment to enhance the work of other employees in an organization. |
| 671 Views | Are You a Transformational Leader By : Richard Cox
Being part of leading the transformation of yourself, others and the world around you can be a daunting undertaking. Here are some of the requirements that make a Transformational Leader. |
| 662 Views | How to Deal with Difficult People: Egos at Work By : Helen Wilkie
How to deal with difficult people is a challenge for many in the workplace, and a common complaint is about the perceived "ego problems" of co-workers. In this article, Helen Wilkie explains that the best way to tackle the situation is to look for the behavior that is causing the problem and deal with that. |
| 657 Views | A Leadership Model for the Times By : Wayne Messick
In the 21st Century, more and more organizational leaders have come to understand that happy, respected employees, empowered by their managers to meet and exceed customer expectations, provide the best service and feel more personally fulfilled by their work. |
| 656 Views | Inspire to Lead and Lead to Inspire By : Melissa Vokoun
Inspiration comes at both ends of the leadership equation. Leaders are called to guide and lead from many different directions but there is always an element of emotion and inspiration. The call to act as a motivator, guide, teacher, and mentor is usually the first step in a process whereby an individual begins a journey to lead. |
| 655 Views | Professional Personal Development - What is it? By : Robin Chandler
If employees are motivated, confident, communicating well and resolving differences; if they are being acknowledged and appreciated, then stress is reduced; people are more efficient and effective. This article outlines the argument for encouraging and developing these skills within organisations, the profound affect on employees' performance and overall well-being, and a corresponding increase in the bottom line. |
| 655 Views | A Leader Communicates Effectively: Learn To Listen! By : Louis Bonaventura
There is more to effective communications than just being able to express yourself verbally. You must be willing and able to listen to others! Learning to listen is more than half the battle. |