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Leadership – Ten Ways To Be Better At Leading Teams

Martin Haworth asked: Leadership is a fascinating art. A balance between getting things done and having enough about you to maximize both the motivation and engagement of all of your people for now and the future. In any business there is a need to lead teams, unless there is just the one of you. So, […]

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Leadership Styles

Effective Leadership Styles

Bill Gorman asked: No matter the individual or the reason at hand, all effective leadership styles have one thing in common- they all contain the “Four C’s”- Character, Communication skills, Consistency, and the Creativity needed for successful problem solving. Of course, within each of these four traits, variances of extreme proportions are noted by those […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Better Communication Skills — for Better Leaders

Tom O\’Dea asked: Introduction   The challenge of better communication skills has spawned books, seminars and many a consulting company.   How can it be addressed in a short article like this?   Treat this, and other articles like it, as a tip.  This is a brief education in a couple of important aspects of effective […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Communication and Autism

jANINE asked: Astonishingly up to 50 percent of autistic children will never develop speech, whilst the others will develop some form of early communication skills. However, autistic children rarely engage in effective communication. When we think of speech – language we refer to the body of words, the formations of sounds, as well as the […]

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Conflict Resolution

Marriage is a Balancing Act

Alex Ellorde asked: “Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long , intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.” —- Amy Bloom Norman and Samantha are celebrating their 9th wedding anniversary. The past nine years cannot be called married […]

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Leadership Styles

Insights on Effective Leadership

Daegan Smith asked: An organization no matter how small or big it is calls for a leader. The leader on the other hand cannot just be someone. He has to be an effective leader, so to speak. Anyone can become a leader but only a few can exhibit effective leadership. Now there is a big […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Communication Skills – 4 Excellent Ways To Fine Tune Your Communication Skills

Abhishek Agarwal asked: Communication has been a part of society since times immemorial. It is shocking then, that people still fail to understand each other correctly at times. How often do we argue with somebody simply because we misunderstood what they had meant in the first place? It is definitely a myth that some can […]

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How to Have the Habit of Success – Ten Top Tips

John Bell asked: There is one key message in this article. Here it is: When you do what successful people do, you will be successful. For many years I have worked as a motivational keynote conference speaker with professionals in a range of industries to help them achieve greater success. I have discovered that the […]

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Traits of a Leader

Authenticity

Ann Golden Egle asked: Great leaders have many traits in common, one of which is authenticity. What is an authentic leader then? It is clearly seeing and knowing all of ‘you’–the good, bad and ugly. It’s you accepting the ‘you’ that you want to ignore or even hide. When those who seek to be leaders […]