Greetings Leaders! Before revealing the most important leadership attribute, we need to define leadership. There are obviously a lot of definitions out there, but let’s define it this way: Leadership is the ability to lead others in making the world a better place to live for all. It shows no favoritism towards race, gender, age, […]
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Greetings Leaders! As a consultant, I’ve had the pleasure of working in many distinct environments and cultures. There was the US Navy where a strict chain of command was obviously enforced. There were large corporations such as IBM and HealthNet. Government agencies include the State of California, California State University and Sacramento County. I also
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Greetings Leaders! While coaching someone recently I had to impart the difficult concept that as leaders, sometimes doing the right thing, can be the wrong choice. The situation that came up revolved around perfection and the stance being taken was it was wrong to release software to the client, if it wasn’t perfect. While the
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Greetings Leaders! Over the past few months, I witnessed a few situations that made me realize that people need some guidance on who should be promoted. Here are Ten Promotion Leadership Tips. Don’t promote someone just because they… have been there the longest (longevity means nothing) are technically competent (technical competency does not equate to
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Greetings Leaders! As I look at successful businesses, they hall have one thing in common, they know how to plan, and then execute the plan. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Yet if it were so simple, every business would thrive, which we know is just not the case. Assuming that most business owners know how to
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Greetings Leaders! I went to Google’s Insights for Search to see what trends people were searching on, and Team Building was amongst the top of the list in the HR/Business Category. I pondered what value I could bring to those that are searching and then it hit me. People are looking for tips and tricks
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Greetings Leader! I came across this article in the Wall Street Journal Today, Only the Employed Need Apply. This is definitely old school thinking. The basic premise of the article is that in today’s tough economy, if you have a job, you must be good. If you don’t have a job, you must be in
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Greetings Leaders! This is the fourth posting in the series, How to Run Better Meetings. The first posting dealt with executive sponsorship The second with having meetings with purpose The third with inviting the right people This posting will address the mechanics of running a meeting. Before you actually start your meeting, establish Ground Rules
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Greetings Leaders! I recently read Wally Bock’s blog where he commented on Bob Sutton’s blog on a NY Times article written by Randy Cohen titled, “When Layoffs Are Immoral“. The article and the responses were thought povoking to say the least, and I wanted to add another perspective. Randy Cohen raised some very interesting points
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Greetings Leaders! I look around at the world and think, what the @#$! So much is wrong with the world. Murder, Corruption, Drugs, Prostitution, Child Abuse, Wars, Genocide, Religious Fanaticism, Terrorism… the list goes on and on. I look at our civic leaders both locally and around the world,
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