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What Will Be Our Contribution?
January 4th, 2010 · View Comments
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Old School Leadership Influence
September 16th, 2008 · View Comments
Much of today’s leadership writing is a re-hash (read: ripped-off) of early works in the 1900′s. One of these widely cited books is Dale Carnegie’s timeless 1936 classic How to Win Friends and Influence People. Though some might feel it is dated, it offers effective ways of dealing with employees, coworkers, family, and friends. Don’t [...]
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Organizations Are Failing at Leadership and Employee Adaptability
April 8th, 2008 · View Comments
The Global Human Capital Study, 2008 conducted by IBM noted that the primary workforce-related issues facing organizations are: Inability to rapidly develop skills to address current/future business needs almost 55% Lack of leadership capability about 35% Employee skills not aligned with current organizational priorities about 35% Lack of adaptability is the bottom line in regards [...]
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Personal Leadership Style Values Test
January 26th, 2008 · View Comments
How do you show up to others? Do you know? How would you like to show up? Grid International provides a self-assessment to evaluate the leadership style that you value the most. It is not necessarily the actual behaviors you utilize with other people. The test results are useful for establishing your own understanding of [...]
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The Necessity of Inner Work for Leadership Development (and every other type too!) Part II
December 30th, 2007 · View Comments
[Part I of this series rejects the quick fix attitude of performance improvement] Over one hundred years ago, William James, the pioneering philosopher and psychologist, wrote this on development: Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. After the inner work is done by an [...]
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The Necessity of Inner Work for Leadership Development (and every other type too!) Part I
December 26th, 2007 · View Comments
Question: How do great leaders rise to the highest positions? Answer: They are able to better operate at levels higher than the rest of their contemporaries. How did they get that way? Some had a bit of talent to aid them, but all of them worked for it.
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Animated Leader- My True Self?
December 8th, 2007 · View Comments
PersonalDNA has a personality test which they claim reveals Your True Self. I’m an Animated Leader Animated Leader Here’s an abbreviated version of my report: Your solid grounding in the practicalities of life, along with your self-assuredness and your willingness to appreciate new things make you a LEADER.
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Leadership Starts on the Inside
December 1st, 2007 · View Comments
“Poor leadership results not from conscious malice, but from inadequate leadership knowledge, values, and behaviors. People in leadership positions do not know themselves well enough [to lead effectively].” (from The Leader Within: Learning Enough About Yourself to Lead Others. )
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Future Crisis – The Leadership Gap
October 29th, 2007 · View Comments
IBM Global Business Services recently released their Global Human Capital Study 2008, entitled: Unlocking the DNA of the Adaptable Workforce. It addressed how globalization is impacting companies and their workforces. Over 400 senior HR executives from 40 countries participated in the study. A key finding of the study revealed the overall lack of quantity and [...]
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