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Leadership Skills

Why most leadership development efforts fail

George was seen as an up-and-coming leader in the organization. People the worked for him liked and respected him. And those in Senior Leadership saw his potential, so he was slated to attend the company’s leadership development workshop. George was ecstatic! He loved the organization and wanted to move up and contribute as much as...
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You are your own president

Congratulations! You are the president of your own nation, and it is called “Imagination”. This particular nation is the driving force behind your life and is the underlying factor for your future. You need to realize that you have an enormous responsibility as the President of this Nation, because you need to always focus on...
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The pygmalion effect

A team does as well as you and the team think they can. This idea is known as ‘the self-fulfilling prophecy’. When you believe the team will perform well, in some strange, magical way they do. And similarly, when you believe they won’t perform well, they don’t. There is enough experimental data to suggest that...
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Vision: how leaders see the invisible

The one thing that distinguishes great leaders from also-rans is the power, depth, and breadth of their vision. Vision is a strange concept. It’s much more than just a goal or purpose. Goals simply state what we aim to achieve. Visions paint a fuller picture describing our most cherished dreams, hopes and possibilities. 1. Seeing...
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Six important managerial skills for leadership

A mark of a good leader is to provide constant motivation to his team to maintain an excellence and quality in results. A good leader is always looking for ways to improve production and standards. Here are six skills you can develop in working to attain quality in the team. 1. Observation This is an...
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Leadership – why successful people arent always successful leaders?

Many people assume that if someone is successful it is because they have good leadership skills. Some people assume that if a business is successful it is because it has good leaders. Leadership isn’t something that is particularly easy to pass on to other people. Sometimes a company is successful because a past leader was...
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Narcissistic leaders

“It was precisely that evening in Lodi that I came to believe in myself as an unusual person and became consumed with the ambition to do the great things that until then had been but a fantasy.” (Napoleon Bonaparte, “Thoughts”) “They may all be called Heroes, in as much as they have derived their purposes...
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Mentoring future leaders: setting the framework for success within an organisation

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men (women) to do what he (she) wants done, and the self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States Where have all the leaders gone? Where can you find...
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Leadership – how can leadership programs be measured?

Perk up your presentation with these facts of leadership. This article on leadership aims at providing you with all the necessary matter you will need to understand more about leadership. So read it well. Leadership matters. Any one person may have an effect on the behavior of others at any time. The nature and intent...
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Leadership: one quick and easy thing you can do right away to improve your results

People who want to lose weight search for a magic program that will let them lose weight without changing how they eat or whether they exercise. Late night infomercials tout systems that will turn you into a millionaire overnight. We crave magical solutions that are quick and easy and produce big results. Well, I haven’t...
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