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Leadership for the 18 Year Old

Joel Chue asked: How many 18 year old young adults out there are truly leaders today? Not many and this is a fact! Why do I say this? Well, first of all, I am the product of this education system and from the experience I had in the army, all I met was mostly failed […]

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What Does an Effective Leadership Entail?

Muna wa Wanjiru asked: We can call leadership as a process of leading, an act of leading by one or more entities. Leadership can also be defined as ability or the capacity to change human behavior that can achieve a target assigned by leader. You can refer leadership as an extraordinary quality a man or […]

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Why Your Organization Requires Leadership Now

CMOE Team asked: The economic slump is likely to affect businesses with a recession in the horizon. Because of this, businesses are rethinking operations to provide quality services and products while lessening the volume of workers. Human resource and development centers like the Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness (CMOE) have training options that reflect […]

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The Role of Leadership in Selling

Daniel Sitter asked: Leadership. Webster’s dictionary defines it as the act of leading. Warren Bennis defines it as “a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” John C Maxwell, in his 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, sums […]

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These is What Definition of Leadership Entails

Muna wa Wanjiru asked: Definition of leadership has many aspects yet it agrees that a leader is one whose magnetic personality galvanizes people for some cause.  Great leaders influence their followers not by words but by their actions.  They do what they preach.  They act as a catalyst and their presence is enough to motivate […]

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Women and Leadership

Andrew Sandon asked: Women and Leadership Recent years more and more women have appeared on the international arena as successful political leaders. This tendency shows that women have the same leadership abilities as men and can successfully perform as Presidents and Prime Ministers. This trend is a good sign for leadership in the world which […]

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Meeting Challenges and Leading People Effectively – PhD Leadership Distance Learning Programs

Jim Zorn asked: PhD leadership distance learning programs prepare students to meet challenges and lead people effectively. The aim and purpose of these courses is to create bold, innovative and ethical leaders in different walks of life. The student needs to develop problem solving and research skills that will translate into leadership qualities in crisis […]

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Shrink not — Adjust the Sail and Seek the New Gold Standard of Leadership

Joseph A. Michelli asked: Soaring gas prices and the US credit crunch have many business owners scurrying to reduce costs and “do more with less.”  But this natural and reflexive approach to economic uncertainty is often the worst path a business leader can take.  In fact, while researching my recently released book The New Gold […]

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What Does It Take To Be A Good Leader?

What is leadership? There has been a lot said about leadership and many inspirational thinkers have tried to define leadership. We are told that whereas management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Famous general George S. Patton also made a distinction between leadership and management by saying that a leader should […]

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The Top Five Leadership Qualities

Daegan Smith asked: In history, there have been various definitions of what a leader is. Some theories associate leadership with certain traits that can be observed right from childhood. Some people think that a leader is forged by the fires of need and that great leaders will rise when the situation calls for it. Some […]