February 2011

How To Handle Poor Performance – Salon Takeover

Greetings Leaders! My daughter and I were watching Tabatha’s Salon Takeover on Bravo the other night where one of the hairstylists was obviously a poor performer. She wasn’t great at time management, talked incessantly about herself, disregarded her client’s time constraints, was a poor listener, didnt’ take criticism to heart and was a drag on

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The Five Principles of Effective Project Leadership

Thomas Juli – Contributing Expert Project managers all need and thrive for successful projects. But what exactly does project success mean? Is project success the successful and timely delivery within budget? Or is it the path to glory? Do results always matter the most? What else does project success mean? And what does it take

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The Path of the Honorable Leader – Enlightenment

Greetings Leaders! This is the ninth posting in The Path of the Honorable Leader series. The Honorable Leader searches for enlightenment. He knows that once he feels he has arrived, that he has failed. A Leader’s journey is a never ending quest for knowledge and understanding. Enlightenment. The closer a leader comes to enlightenment, the

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The Impossible Deadline – Managing Expectations

Greetings Leaders! Many of you have been in the situation where C-level executives initiate a project with vague requirements, no resources and… a project end date. Executives are often the underlying cause of many failed projects. They have a vision, or an obligation to move the organization forward. After all, isn’t that their job? They

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