Smart Guy, Dumb Decision!

Why do smart people make dumb business decisions? The biggest barrier to solid business decisions is emotions. Robin J. Elliott addresses how to get over some common hurdles.

Leadership Takes GUTSS

Leadership can be one of the most rewarding things a person experiences in their life. The exhilaration of knowing you orchestrated a team that came together and accomplished some worthy objective. Leadership can also be one of the most frustrating experiences in life when the objective is not met or when people on your team let you down. Ultimately, it takes guts to step into that position of leadership. Apply these GUTSS principles and your likelihood of leading successfully goes up dramatically.

Self-Programming For Leadership Success

The best security you have in this world is you. Your efforts, your leadership and your ability to develop others as leaders.

The Leadership Challenges in Family Businesses

Leadership presents challenges in any business and is key to the on-going success. Family businesses have their own special set of challenges and the need for good leadership skills (and effective leadership development) is vital.

Leadership Insights from the American Revolution

Could the British have formulated a strategy that would have been successful in achieving the policy objective of continued domination of the thirteen North American Colonies? Did the British use of sea power as part of a cohesive strategy reflect more a Mahanian or Corbettian theory of naval/maritime power?

How to Build Loyal Followers

Legitimate Power, also know as earned or respect power, is a combination of respect, reputation, and your history. Reputation is the sum total of how you have conducted yourself in your professional and personal affairs. If you have shown respect, integrity, and character in all your dealings, people will know it.

The Art of Decision - The Power of Deciding

Decision making is an art. Making decisions is a critical skill and although it is not taught in schools or professional education courses, it can be learned. There is an inherent power in decision making - the power to completely change your life or anything about it - right NOW!

Handling Disagreement Between Leaders - Nu Leadership Series

Explore what to do when leaders don’t agree. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Cultivating Leadership

Over the last two decades I have consulted to, provided workshops for, and delivered keynote presentations on leadership to a variety of restaurant chains and individual restaurant managers. I contin...

Leading without Abusing Employees - Nu Leadership Series

Discover how to not make the mistake of neglecting your employees and destroying team chemistry. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

8 Steps Toward Becoming The Leader You Need To Be To Succeed

If you follow these eight action steps not only you will be a better leader but also lead yourself to a more successful life.

Strategic Leadership: The Million Dollar Solution?

A lot has been written and said in recent years about strategic thinking and strategic leadership.

Follow the Leader

Father's Day is soon approaching and it's a day to recognize the leadership that our own father's had in shaping us into what we are today. For many families, a father hasn't been a major role in their lives and without this strong example to follow, many children don't know and may never know just what it means to have a father and what it will mean to become one. God made fathers to be like Him, an upstanding man who instills good morals in his children so that they too may leave a legacy for future generations. A father should be a leader and someone we are proud to follow.

Malcolm Baldrige Values and Concepts Part 1 -- Visionary Leadership

The author write this TQM article based on this hands-on application experience in a local conglomerate. He share his research on how these companies implementing TQM using the Malcolm Baldrige Values and Concepts as a benchmark. His research findings are written in the form of case studies of actual situation. He also provides areas for improvement as a way forward.