Leadership & Group Dynamics: The Historical Perspective - Nu Leadership Series

Gain a better understanding of leadership from the historical perspective. Learn how concepts such as group dynamics are not new management initiatives. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development. Learn how to manage the new workforce of Generation X and Y employees.

Leadership Rules You Absolutely Need To Know

All the extraordinarily successful owners of companies such as Google, Microsoft and Dell have empowered other great leaders to support their company and vision.

Seven Ways to Improve the Results of Your Leadership Development Efforts

This article outlines seven specific things you can do to improve your leadership development efforts. Implementing any one of these suggestions will prove a valuable supplement to what you are already doing. Implementing most or all of them will yield or more confident, competent and prepared leaders than your existing development efforts by themselves ever will.

The Five Levels of Leadership

We can, over a period of time, increase our leadership potential if we can understand and accept the five levels of leadership.

Leadership Through Being Yourself

Real leaders are not only prepared to reveal their weaknesses, because they know they are not super-human, but to use them to their advantage. Obviously this doesn’t mean revealing technical weaknesses or functional failings as this would fatally flaw their performance. Instead, what is meant is that leaders can and perhaps should, reveal their personality quirks – maybe they are bad tempered in the morning, are somewhat shy with new people or even a little disorganized. Such admissions show they are human and this resonates with others confirming that the leader is a person – not merely a role-holder.

Lessons from My Grandmother

My Grandother is till teaching me lessons on her 98th birthday.

Today's Leader's Decision & One Life to Live - Nu Leadership Series

Examine how effective leaders are good decision-makers. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership.

Change Management: How Your Leadership Can Separate Business Symptoms from Problems

Leadership is the vehicle that drives change in any organization. Before change can be implemented, leaders must clearly identify the real change management issues facing the company. Learn how your can construct your own leadership audit to begin to separate the symptoms from the problems.

How to Lead Employees in a Postmodern Culture - Nu Leadership Series

Explore the cultural impacts of postmodernism on your employees. Discover what Postmodern culture is and isn’t. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership.

Mentoring Future Leaders: Setting The Framework For Success Within An Organization!

Where have all the leaders gone? Where can you find a real leader today?

Leader, Have a Love Affair at Work: Gain Approval - Nu Leadership Series

Explore how you can create an exciting workplace through building a better relationship with your employees. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

What Leadership Is Not

Leadership is not being condescending to lesser. Leadership is not using emotional triggers to trick people into doing it your way. Leadership is not manipulating others. Anyone can do that and become a Catholic Priest. Leadership is not lying or telling stories or coaxing someone into your way of thinking.

Communicating Your Organizational Values: Maximizing Performance - Nu Leadership Series

Examine how organizational values impact the day-to-day employee. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

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!