Leadership: The Art Of Leadership, Six Key Leadership Skills

Understanding the qualities that make an exceptional leader, are imperative for all business entrepreneurs. Learn six key traits that develop a skilled leader.

Leadership - Leading through Example

An effective leader leads by example. A leader who expects behavior from his subordinates that he is unwilling to model himself will not achieve productive results.

The 8 Quintessential Questions for Leaders

Are you a great leader? Do you get results year after year? Do lead a team that is inspired and reaching higher levels of productivity every year? Is your team communicative, creative, and committed? Do you have the department everyone wants to work for? Well, if you paused ever so slightly when answering these questions, then maybe you need to answer The 8 Quintessential Questions for Leaders. These questions, when answered and acted upon, can make you a leader of unparalleled excellence!

Leadership - The Link Between a Clear Vision and Efficiency

This article explores the relationship between a clear vision and efficiency in an organization. It looks at where vision comes from when it is not being communicated from the top down.

Difficult People: 3 Things You Must Know!

Do you know any difficult people? Have you ever lived or worked with a difficult person? Might YOU be a difficult person? In conducting leadership training around the world, many people confide to me they think THEY might be a difficult person. If you're a manager, supervisor, or in any position of leadership, good people skills will help guarantee your success.

No One to Blame

You have all the authority you need. Don't cop out.

Encouraging Leadership in Children

Children are fascinating to watch in the way they interact with each other whether in the playground or at home. The dynamics may vary, but some will follow what the group do, others will spend their time causing problems between children, but some will stand out by helping their comrades.

Being Authentic - How Can You Be Who You Really Are

Finding who you really are, your true identity as a person, is a key need that people are searching for now, particularly leaders in organisations. Today, if leaders are to bring people with them they need to create resonance, and this is achieved through authenticity. The process of discovery is however an individual one and is often best gained more speedily through self-enquiry and interactions with others, often by skilled help - and developing self-awareness is key.

You Are the Help

How a near-death accident taught one writer the lesson of her life

Assessing Our Ability to Influence Others

In our personal and leadership development workshops we often conduct a 'degrees of control' exercise. We ask participants to come up with examples in the following areas: 1. Direct Control; 2. Influence; and 3. No Control. While there's often lots of debate and not always full agreement, examples under No Control generally include things like the weather, the economy, natural disasters, freak accidents, and the like. Discussions about my degree of Direct Control usually boil down to just one thing —me. However, some autocratic people fool themselves into thinking they have direct control over their teams, kids, or people reporting to them. Many other people are quick to surrender to the Victimitis Virus and declare they have no control or even influence over the behavior of anyone else.

Who do You Blame in Your Life?

When you take responsibility of those things within your control, you become Powerful. When you blame others you give up your power and live in fear. Learn to become a powerful leader.

Servant Leadership: Being Called to LEadership

Paul’s First and Second Letters to Timothy and his Letter to Titus are known as the “Pastoral Letters.” In these “Pastoral Letters” Paul reveals his concern for the future of the church and leadership within the Christian community.

Where Are Today's Hero Role Models?

When did the heroes steal out of your life? If you are an average American you have no living heroes at all. There is no person that you hold up to your children as an example to follow.

The Power of Organizational Culture

The cultural subconscious of the organization sees strengths in differences. Do leaders shape culture, or are they shaped by it? The apostle Paul was a ...