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Defining Leadership

Is Leadership Worth the Investment?

Graeme Nichol asked: Leaders are people who achieve results. Leaders are those whose attitudes and actions lead to positive results. Sending your staff to leadership training may not deliver the goods you’re looking for! It helps them build a foundation for achieving the objectives, if they get to implement the knowledge. Big IF, some never […]

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Transformational Leadership

Crisis As An Opportunity To Transform Leadership

Richard Cox asked: We spend our lives preparing for a potential disaster, all the while not living life to the full. When a crisis strikes, what do you then do? Either you can let the crisis run, hold onto your position, trying not to change, or you could use the event as an opportunity to […]

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Improving Team performance

Team Building – The Route To Accelerating Your Business Development

Martin Haworth asked: To accomplish the overall objectives given to them, your ‘team’ must be unified and know where they fit. Above all, they need to be clear on the importance of the overall team’s performance, to the final result of any project. Team Building Is Vital To Achieve Corporate Goals If your company objective […]

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Feedback and Rewards

Employee Motivation Program

maruti asked: Motivating the backbone of the company These myths are: a)    Only you can motivate the employees: This is a very wrong concept since it is very important that the employees try to be motivated by themselves. However, you can provide them with the right kind of environment. b)    Money is the most important […]

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How To Grab Audience Attention

Kevin Sinclair asked: When you are preparing for a speech, the utmost in your mind should be how to grab audience attention. It does not matter whether your speech is to sell an idea, a product or to get people to do something. At the end of it, you need to have convinced them of […]

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Persuasive Speech Ideas – How to Make Your Persuasive Speech a Resounding Success

Michael Lee asked: Speaking in front of a live audience can be quite terrifying, even more so when you’re trying to convince them of something. In situations like this, it’s important to prepare yourself with persuasive speech ideas which will increase the chances of swaying people over to your side. Arming yourself with these persuasive […]

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Teamwork

Flexible Working and Teleworking – Five Strategies For Success

Julian Cowans asked: Flexible working and teleworking are taking the world of work by storm. And they will become even more important in the UK from April 2009 when the Government plans to extend the right to request flexible working to all parents of children up to 16. Many businesses are nervous about the change. […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Managing The Anxieties Of Being A Leader

Stanley Popovich asked: Sometimes, fear and anxiety can overwhelm us when we have to be a leader. Being a leader requires the ability to lead people in doing a certain task. This can sometimes be a little scary. As a result, here is list of ways in how to reduce the fear and anxiety of […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Communicating Decisions – Seven Things to Share

Kevin Eikenberry asked: Leaders know that communication is one of their key roles. In fact whenever I have worked with a leadership team or group the subject of communication always comes up. People want to know how to communicate more effectively, and why people don’t always seem to hear when they do communicate. In those […]

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Oral Communication Success Made Easy

Peter Murphy asked: Some people seem to have it all – good looks, smarts, and to top it off they are well versed in the secrets of great oral communication. Maybe you want what they have – well, your looks can be changed with medical help, and you can become smarter with the right training. […]