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Lift Your Leadership Lid Through Daily Actions Part 2
In Part 1 of Lift Your Leadership Lid Through Daily Actions, I talked about ways you can increase your leadership skills by always being a student and studying people. This week, I’m talking about not just how to be a more effective leader but how to be an all-round...
Lift Your Leadership Lid Through Daily Actions Part 1
Best known for his internationally best-selling book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, author and leadership expert John Maxwell writes that your leadership ability is the lid on your level of effectiveness and success. To reach a higher level of effectiveness,...
The Power of Vision – What Great Leaders Have That Sets Them Apart
The one thing great leaders have that sets them apart from the rest is vision; a certain ability that enables them to see what lies ahead of them. A vision goes beyond setting goals, as it inspires new possibilities and ways of thinking about what’s possible. A vision...
Five Undeniable Truths of Successful Leadership
There is a wide variety of different interpretations on what it means to be “a leader”. A countless amount of literature has been written about leadership: how to recognize it, how to improve upon it, and what leaders around the world have done that others can learn...
Creating a Culture of Engagement, Alignment, and Excellence
Many of us spend more time with our coworkers than we do with some members of our own families. For us to be content and fulfilled people, that time must be valuable in more ways than just to pay the bills. We don't just want a job. In addition to an honest wage, we...
How to Delegate More Effectively and Increase Your Productivity
Delegation is one of the most important skills any leader, from CEO down to shop floor manager, can master. Unfortunately it is one of the more difficult skills to learn. You need to know how to delegate. You need to know when to delegate and you need to know how to...
Delegation – How To Stop Doing and Start Leading
You’ve made a difficult discovery - there's not enough time left at the end of the day no matter how much you work. And of course, your bucket list of things for you to accomplish never gets shorter either. Anytime you wish your days were longer, it's probably a sign...
The Benefits of Coaching: 9 Ways It Makes Your Organization Excel
Does your business need a boost? Is there a lack of good communication or does your company's culture need uplifting? Leadership coaching may well help get things back on track. This type of training helps employees develop their leadership skills which in turn helps...
Strategic Change Management: Leading Change in Your Organization
Managing change in an organization is a tricky process. Our culture and our working practices are often deeply embedded into our organizational DNA. We are all creatures of habit. We like what we like. We have a routine that we are comfortable with and we avoid change...
The Secret is Out: Organizations That Grow Leaders Grow
Leaders are responsible for allocating company resources. These resources include money, people and other resources. However, the most important resource is people. Organizations with leadership development programs for their people can't help but grow. Outstanding...