Fostering a working relationship is critical for your and your organization’s success. Don’t tell me you don’t have time to diddle-daddle and that you have more important things to do. Successful leaders understand that they need to connect with the people who contribute to their deadlines and help get things done on their projects. Why should ...
The leadership styles of the 2016 presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, are distinctly different -- no surprise, huh? But, what's more, surprising is that there are similarities. Harvard Business Review published an interesting non-biased article that was refreshing to read without attacks and accusations from either party. Gianpiero Petriglieri at HBR.org in "Hillary Clinton, ...
Savvy leaders know that a way to inspire employees is to extend credit to individuals. Recognition contributes to employee motivation and produces job satisfaction. Sounds simple, right? But what usually takes place is managers don’t recognize workers. Management doesn’t recognize the people who came up with a concept. They overlook those workers who helped a program grow and blossom into a company success. Certainly, a worst ...
The art of using influence makes good leaders better. Most leaders don’t understand that leadership is a responsibility, not a privilege. Some people let authority go to their heads and they become conceited and arrogant. In the following article, John Maxwell explains to get influence instead of borrowing it from the position. The Key to Gaining Influence is ...
A vision statement distinguishes good leaders from plain bosses. What is an organizational vision? It's a plan to success that can be reached in two to ten years. Effective leaders know it's not wise to create a vision for success in isolation. Instead, they include team members to develop their company's roadmap to success. Why? Because, ...
Do you think you need to improve your listening skills? Even if you don't, check out this factoid -- we spend 65% of our interactions with others listening to them, yet we retain only 25% of what we hear. Wow, what does say about our listening? And, why are we not listening? One reason may ...
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