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Defining Leadership

The 24-Day Leadership Lesson

Paul Johnson asked: Leadership is not logical. It’s deceiving to regard leadership as a straightforward skill with a set of sure-fire steps. Sure, you can find books extolling traits of a good leader and attend seminars that teach leadership principles and best practices. Merely learning and applying these practices will leave you flatfooted when it […]

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Feedback and Rewards

Your Team's Most Pivotal Point of the Season – Now

Randy Brown asked: January is decision time for basketball teams at all levels. This key period in the season brings character, perseverance, and toughness to the forefront. All of your team’s preparation, stretching back to the hot summer workouts, is challenged in this difficult period of a few weeks. Your team has three paths to […]

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Traits of a Leader

Graphology at Home – Lesson 12 – How Strong are You?

Joel Engel asked: Pressure is a sign of how forceful the individual is. But first, we have to make sure that the writing tool is the one the writer usually employs. The amount of pressure one uses reflects the libido-the strength of the individual. So if the subject were to use a much heavier writing […]

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Feedback and Rewards

Tips on How To Delegate as a Manager

Court Tuttle asked: Managers of any kind of group have many character traits that are the same and show why they are in their specific roles. Even though there are many things in common in their personalities, leaders are also extremely different in their ways of handling different things. There are several things that separate […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Awaken The Leader In You: 10 Easy Steps To Developing Your Leadership Skills

Sharif Khan asked: “The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.” – Mark Twain Many motivational experts like to say that leaders are made, not born. I would argue the exact opposite. I believe we are all natural […]