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Leadership Secret – a Key to Leadership Success

Jason Osborn asked: If you are a leader or desire to be a leader, there will be times in your life that define you as such. Leaders are people who dare to take on the challenges and tasks that most people never will. That’s why people will be willing to follow you. They will see […]

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These are Some of the Most Noble Leadership Characteristics

Muna wa Wanjiru asked: Defining leadership characteristics is not simple. This is because each leader has his\her own characteristics. However there are some common features required for an exemplary leader. A typical leader should know how to influence his team members to work harder and committed to achieve the overall organizational goals. A leader can […]

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Servant Leadership: Creating Space for Others to Learn

Lynn Rousseau asked:    ** What is Servant Leadership? **  Servant Leadership emphasizes collaboration, empathy, and the ethical use of power.  At heart, the individual is a servant first, making the conscious decision to lead in order to better serve others, not to increase their own power.  The objective is to enhance the growth of […]

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Anioma: the Need for Identity and Leadership

Emeka Esogbue asked: That the Anioma people have not woken up from slumber is emphatically a fact that will remain a burden ever to ever slow down the slow pace of the people until the people decide to rouse, seek and discover the solutions to their own problems. Major catalysts to the realization of this […]

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How To Define Yourself As A Leader In Your Organization

Tony Jacowski asked: A leader has multiple attributes that distinguish him as different from the masses and that he can be looked up to by members of his organization. Companies that employ the Six Sigma methodology need employees with leadership aptitude. Defining Yourself as a Leader Do you remember any incidence when you thought of […]

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Thought Leadership Can Move your Company to the Head of the Class

Gene Young asked: Senior executives have years of experience in management and often have spent their career within their present or primary industry. Because they have been through the cyclical ups and downs and are intimately familiar with the trends and dynamics that affect their industries, they are often sought out for their clear insights […]

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Transformational Leadership: Inspiring to Change

Akhil Shahani asked: Say the word “leader” and most of us envision a knight-like figure charging headlong, inspiring his troops and generally leading from the front. That’s the dramatized version of a special type of leadership called “Transformational Leadership”. Transformational leadership is probably the ideal interpretation of leadership, and the most romanticized. Leaders of this […]

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4 Steps To Activating Personal Transformational Leadership

Richard Cox asked: Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of leadership, and therefore of transformational leaders, is personal leadership. The ability to define what you want out of life and how you are going to get there is the first step in developing leadership. With that being the starting point, it all seems pretty local, however […]

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Leadership: Motivation Magic

Wally Bock asked: Motivation sometimes seems a lot like magic. Some people can do it. Other people can’t. Your boss tells you that you need to “motivate your people,” but doesn’t tell you how. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “motivate” as “to give someone a motive.” It goes on to define “motive” as something that causes […]

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Leadership is Performance not Position

lucid leagueltd asked: Today morning I was thinking about leadership. Nearly 200 business gurus and management leaders have defined leadership. I had also observed very minutely leadership in 18 countries. “Change in the leadership style.” is seen and feel by all of us. Leadership was very different in 1970 and in the year 2008, leadership […]