Active Listening For Better Leadership Results

Do you find it difficult to listen to your staff? Do you find yourself switching off? Here are some techniques to help!

People Live Up or Down to a Leader's Expectations

The behavior we get, in those who look to us for leadership, is often shaped by the picture we have of them. They become what we expect.

To Boldly Go Where No Team Has Ever Gone Before

A short but sweet article about a really neat experience I had with an astronaut...

Leadership 101 How An Effective Leader Creates An Innovative Culture

An effective leader in a retail organization will have a summary of specific behaviors and rewards that they are looking to implement. These leadership behaviors will create a culture that other employees look to follow. Behavior models that create a culture of rewardsand direct benefit if certain behaviors are met that create the results that the entrepreneur wants to implement. It does not lead to creating value for the organization.

The Trust Factor

Military history enthusiast Charlie Trumpess examines the importance of trust in developing leadership skills and adaptive, learning organisations such as the elite Fallschirmjager of World War Two.

Trust and Leadership

Trust is the foundation for successful relationships, and leadership doesn't happen without developing and sustaining relationships. This article describes the basis for trust in leadership.

Leadership Starts Within, Then Focuses Outward

A leader often has to start with self leadership, but when it comes to leading others, a leader's focus is often focused on serving those that are following.

The Compassionate Leader — Issuing Orders Without Making Commands

Part of being a manager is having not only the ability to take charge, but also to do so in an emotionally intelligent way. This article describes a process to give orders with compassion so that anyone will follow.

Leadership Lessons from the Dubai Ports Deal - Handling Controversy in the Workplace

Here we take a look at the controversial Dubai Ports Deal. We are in no way taking a position on the issue itself. Instead we seek to discuss how to handle those controversial decisions that we make as business leaders, salespeople, and entrepreneurs.

Leadership for 2010 and Beyond

When is comes to leadership there are absolutes. The absolutes serve leaders well today, tomorrow and well into the next decade. This article touches on the key elements of effective leadership. Leaders in all fields and of all ages will find this article informative, inspirational and thought provoking.

21st Century Leadership Empowers Leaders at Every Level

Historically a new-hire moved from learning the required tasks of their particular job to eventually understanding the goals, strengths, and weaknesses of the business in an orderly way - often having as much to do with their getting older as with their getting better, smarter, or more capable.

EQ: a Key Tool for Success

For many the term ‘emotional intelligence’ (EQ) sounds contradictory, a bit like the idea of a ‘fun run’. But with EQ there’s no contradiction - EQ is a key tool in being able to get your own way. In fact emotional intelligence is the very foundation that great people have built their achievements upon. As such it’s top of the list for anyone striving for success.

Strategic Leadership: Individual and Organizational Strategy

Be a champion of your personal or own strategic leadership role in an organization.

Broken Promises Cause The World's Greatest Accidents

You can't make wrong work. Everything you add to the truth, you inevitably subtract from it. It's discouraging to think that people nowadays are more shocked by honesty than by deceit. Never view anything positively that makes you break your word.