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Transformational Leadership

Team Work- How To Co-Ordinate?

CD Mohatta asked: Talk to any person who has worked as a member of a team. You will get to listen some statements like- 1. Nobody will allow you to work in the team. 2. One person wants to take credit for the whole work. 3. I would have completed the job on my own […]

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Improving Team performance

Two Confidence Killers That Sabotage Peak Performance

Patrick Cohn asked: There are two bad habits that many athletes today engage in – and they do it without even thinking about it. The habits I’m talking about are *not* drinking or smoking. The two bad habits I am talking about, which kill confidence are: 1. Setting unrealistic expectations 2. Engaging in self-doubt I […]

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Feedback and Rewards

Develop the Discipline to Get Things Done – Step 3

JamesSkinner asked: In the previous steps, we have primarily concerned ourselves with that which we are attempting to discipline ourselves and our organizations to do. What do we need to do, when does it need to be done, and what are the guidelines for its actual execution that must be followed? From this step onward, […]

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Traits of a Leader

Build Your Self Esteem – A Starters Guide

Louis Bonaventura asked: Imagine yourself as a dart board. Everything and everyone else around you may become dart, at one point or another. These darts will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you. So which darts should […]

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Transformational Leadership

Strategies for Success: Offsite Team Building

Daiv Russell asked: Janet was a manager for an insurance company and she complained, “We don’t work together as a team!” Larry, her human resources consultant said, “Everyone just seems to do their own thing, they don’t share information, don’t try to help each other, and just don’t seem to care about anyone else’s problems. […]

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Leadership Mistakes

How to Learn from Your Leadership Mistakes

Steven Sonsino asked: We learn most from our mistakes. It’s true. But problems occur for us when we forget this. Or when we deliberately deny that we made a mistake. And – if we’re honest – most of us do this, from time to time. So in this article I want to share with you […]

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Leadership Styles

A Winning Spirit Inspires Leaders and Employees to Achieve Greater Success

Randy Gilbert asked: Many employees dread going to work each day. They are miserable, spending their entire week just waiting for the weekend to arrive. Their work suffers; they don’t work up to their potential, feeling unappreciated. It is a vicious circle causing management to be unreasonable and demanding while employees become more unhappy. Lisa […]

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Leadership Mistakes

Leadership – The Power of a Clear Vision

Mark Shead asked: Many inexperienced leaders fail to sufficiently convey a vision to the subordinates they lead. If you are not skilled in telling everyone which direction to head you’ll have confusion. Worse yet, you’ll have a situation where people start creating their own direction. For some leaders their deficiency comes not from a lack […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Theory Based Communication for Leaders – Failure to Communicate

Rick Hubbard asked: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” From the movie Cool Hand Luke. You are the leader the next door and you have to give a speech, make a presentation, write an advertisement, or simply carry on a conversations in a social networking opportunity. How do you insure that you […]