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The Barack Obama Dilemma With an advertising flourish that would grandly and profitably project any new industrial product into the public limelight, the media has latched onto the first term Illinois senator, Barack Obama, labeling him a tasty political commodity much like a bottle of Paul Masson wine. It was Paul Masson who had first introduced his wine to the world ...Just Doing My Job If you have never heard the title of this essay in Amerika, you don't live here or have not lived here long. Among excuses, it is a long time favorite. Moreso among the bureaucrats strangled by more rules and regulations than any other class. You see, doing our job relieves us of all other responsibilities. We are not merely very busy trying to ...Leadership: One Easy Thing You can do Right Away to Improve Your Results People who want to lose weight search for a magic program that will let them lose weight without changing how they eat or whether they exercise. Late night infomercials tout systems that will turn you into a millionaire overnight. We crave magical solutions that are quick and easy and produce big results.Well, I haven't found any magic d ...White Sun - The Living Examples One day, a child made a lot of noise chewing his food. His parents didn’t make any effort to teach him even though they didn’t like it. On one occasion the child was noisy chewing his food, his father who was moody that day, yelled at him:“Do you know what animal makes the loudest noise when it eats?”The Child answered instantly, “ ...Creating Successful Team Charters How many times have you been on, or heard about a team that got frustrated? Or felt like they weren’t making progress? Or weren’t completely clear on what they were expected to do? Or didn’t feel like they had support from those above them?If you are like me and most people I know, you are nodding yes to one or more of the questions ab ...Birth Order - Understand How It Affects Your Personality “Know thyself” is a powerful principle that leaders, managers and effective people intuitively know.When you understand your own strengths and preferences you are in a position to maximise those strengths and compensate for any weaknesses either by working differently or surrounding yourself with people with different strengths.Mos ...Dealing with Inflexible Strategists - Nu Leadership Series “The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.” Rosa LuxemburgMany organizations suffer from inflexible strategies. Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel, authors of Strategy Safari, denote definitions and different schools of strategy. The first three schools focus on how st ...Leadership and Thinking I am reading a book which depicts the years preceding and following the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in the 1970s. The book tells the story of the girl's family, who were Jewish, as their living environment changed dramatically around them.It is not a remarkable book, but one thing did stick with me. The family are taught, cajoled, convi ...The Leaderrship Manfesto I travel all over the world as both a trainer and a speaker, and leadership development is the focus of my work. I work with companies of all sizes: small, medium, large, and corporate giant. In doing this, I have come to a realization - it is time for a revolution in the way we think about, train, and develop leaders. In fact, let’s just scrap ...The Five Main Drivers For Improvement Within Organisations “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change" - Charles DarwinWhatever got you where you are today will not be sufficient to keep you there. A rapidly changing environment is the regular background against which organisations must develop.Chan ...Articulating Moral Identity When we articulate our moral feelings we give them a forum where they can be discussed but most importantly, we are forced to confront our own understanding of those morals in relation to our values. This dialogue will either strengthen our own understanding or compel us to alter our views. “Finding and acknowledging another understanding for ou ...Abraham Lincoln Is Still Alive Abraham Lincoln Is Still AlivePresident Jimmy Carter tells in his memoirs that a trip to Gettysburg and a discussion about Abraham Lincoln helped achieve a breakthrough in the Camp David negotiations. The Israelis and the Egyptians had reached a deadlock. President Carter sugges ...Management: Training Is An Investment for Forward Thinking Business Leaders Training is not new to small businesses or to the Fortune 1000 corporations. Employees must be trained to learn specific skill sets within their job functions as well as policies and procedures. This is especially true in today’s technology driven 24/7 business world.During the last 100 years, training has been viewed by some as the n ...Medical Schools Look for Leadership and Commitment Schools of medicine look for students who are committed to serving the needs of society. Students should be able to demonstrate originality, independence, and a capacity for critical thinking. Medical students should also have a desire to develop outstanding clinical skills, leadership in the profession, and innovative biomedical sciences for th ...What is a Leader? Leaders are not people who have authority over others. Leaders are not people who subscribe to the tens or hundreds of leadership models as their modus operandi of working. Leaders are not a select group of people with traits handed down through heredity.Leaders are not even those people who do the right things versus the manager who does ...Promise A Lot And Deliver More Many salespeople make a lot of promises or benefit statements while trying to sell a new prospect or existing customer. The assumption these salespeople often erroneously make is that it is necessary to promise the world in order to close the sale. It is far better to leave the prospect with realistic, even low expectations that you can exceed, ...Do It Now W. Clement Stone, one of the great success stories of this century had a number of wonderful philosophies. The one that has stood out the most in my life is his famous words: DO IT NOW.Procrastination is a thief. It steals from many areas in our life such as:-our relationships-our careers-our businesses-our f ...Strategic Leadership: Individual and Organizational Strategy To be an influential leader and manager, you have to be a champion of the “grand corporate strategy” as well as your own individual job strategy. However, the problem with implementation of most corporate strategy is that managers and team members alike are not linked or aligned with it. In many cases, it is difficult for team members to see h ...The Leadership Challenges in Family Businesses Increasingly, the success of businesses, depends on the quality of leadership throughout, and especially from the top. Yes, you need good management disciplines and skills to ensure that things run effectively. However, on its own they will not be enough. This article looks at some of the key leadership challenges which are faced in organisat ...5 Myths of Leadership Theories of leadership abound, but there are also a number of assumptions made about leaders which on closer inspection turn out to be false.1. We often think that leadership is rare, but in fact it is quite common. Leadership does not only happen in high-profile business environments, but in all sorts of contexts, such as within famili ...Are You Ready for 2007? 2007 is at hand. What are you going to do to ensure it is a more productive/successful/ enjoyable year than 2001? Here are a few assignments that will get you started:1. If a prospect said to you - You have 30 seconds to tell him/her why they should do business with you. - what would you say? 2. If an excellent prospect said to you ...How to Change the Leadership Myth A lot is written about leadership and continues to be written about leadership. Most will agree that leadership is a primary factor in the success of organizations and individuals from small businesses to entrepreneurs. Developing effective leaders is an ongoing goal for many education and training departments both in the public and private sec ...Business Simulations – The Next Generation Of Corporate Training? Business simulations – the next generation of computer games, or the next generation of corporate training? Well, perhaps they are both.Business Simulations are essentially computer “games” which are designed to replicate a certain aspect of your industry, and are used for training employees, honing your skills, or learning new ones. ...Four Questions About Leadership I hear four questions asked about leadership often. This article gives a short answer to each of these important questions.Why Does Leadership Matter?Parents universally hope that their children develop leadership qualities. They know that leaders are people who are effective in what they do, are respected by others, and t ...Handling Disagreement Between Leaders - Nu Leadership Series Ideally, good people, with similar values, would always agree. This isn’t always the case, however. Malphurs, author of Value-Driven Leadership, advocates that an organization’s core values signal its bottom line. What happens when a crisis challenges these core values? For example, President Bush has garnished increased criticism for our ...Ethics: A Doorway to Effective Leadership - Nu Leadership Series “Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.” Henry A. KissingerHere’s the secret. It’s hard to lead an organization if you’re unethical. I’ll expand on this organizational phenomenon. Why is this true? Well, followers will not respect a leader low ...The Most Frequent Management / Leadership Mistakes Over the years I have observed and worked with numerous managers, business owners and executives in a variety of industries worldwide and I have made a number of observations. There tend to be common consistent management mistakes and errors that are made routinely.My latest sales book, You Call That Selling, 91 Mistakes Smart Salespeopl ...Leadership Through Being Yourself Leadership is mostly about being yourself and maintaining your personal authenticity rather than about learning some formula from a text book. Aspiring leaders need to be always true to themselves; not slavishly following other’s ideas. That is not to say that role models can not be powerful exemplars.Real leaders are not only prepared to ...5 Human Capital Asset Enrichment Strategies for Leaders! Here's a really simple way to think about the ins and outs, the doing and practice or attitudes and behaviors of being a leader.Many times I get asked certain questions that tell me that there seems to be some confusion concerning these critical areas of the leadership mission:1) When and who can, should or will leaders need to lea ...How To Become A Leader Before you even got to college, you probably concerned yourself with demonstrating some capacity for leadership. Maybe you were in student government. Maybe you started a band. Maybe you were a tutor, or perhaps you were/are a patient and loving older sibling or cousin.At one time or another, all of us have been called upon to display the ...
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