Category: Leadership

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10 Workplace Motivation Commandments All Leaders Must Follow

By Roxanne Emmerich on March 18th, 2010

10 Workplace Motivation Commandments All Leaders Must Follow

Unmotivated employees have rightly been called “the black holes of the business universe.” Fortunately, motivation is not something a person is born with or without. Applying these Ten Commandments can go a long way to helping existing employees find their motivation.
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1. Commit with all thy heart so others might follow
Before you ask your employees to [...]

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Why Performance Evaluations Are So Painful

By Todd Dewitt on March 18th, 2010

Why Performance Evaluations Are So Painful

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There are three types of organizations when it comes to performance evaluations. The first type does not use any evaluation or what they use is ad hoc, infrequent and unreliable. Those firms get what they deserve. The second type of organization tries to take the process seriously. Unfortunately, they overinvest in the idea and create [...]

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The Right Five Words are More Important than Five Thousand Words

By Nettie Hartsock on February 26th, 2010

The Right Five Words are More Important than Five Thousand Words

The right FIVE words are more powerful than five thousand. It’s more important than ever to tell your story—you just have to say it in a couple sentences or less. An interview by Nettie Hartsock with Bill Schley, author of “Why Johnny Can’t Brand” and “Micro-Script Rules”

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How to Become the Entrepreneurial Leader of Tomorrow - Today

By Cincom CEO Tom Nies on February 19th, 2010

How to Become the Entrepreneurial Leader of Tomorrow – Today

Leaders deal in ideas. They also deal in ideals. The more relevant and significant the ideas may be, the greater and the more substantial are the opportunities and the challenges and the need for leaders to create the ideals only once merely imagined.

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By Waldo Waldman on February 08th, 2010

Speed is Life

For a fighter pilot in combat, speed is everything. It improves maneuverability, allows faster target engagement, and it can be ‘converted’ to a higher altitude for better situational awareness of the battlefield. By combat-decorated fighter pilot and best-selling author Waldo Waldman.

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Laughing, Learning, Leadership & Leprechauns

By Dr. Woody Sears on February 08th, 2010

Laughing, Learning, Leadership & Leprechauns

Employees in even the most menial jobs will help their managers look good and succeed – if only the manager will give them the opportunity and appreciate their integrity.

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10 Workplace Motivation Commandments That All Leaders MUST Follow

By Roxanne Emmerich on February 08th, 2010

10 Workplace Motivation Commandments That All Leaders MUST Follow

Unmotivated employees have rightly been called “the black holes of the business universe.” Fortunately, motivation is not something a person is born with or without. Applying these Ten Commandments can go a long way to helping existing employees find their motivation.

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How to Enjoy the Recession - An American Archetype in Action

By Dr. G.C. Rapaille on January 22nd, 2010

How to Enjoy the Recession – An American Archetype in Action

Let me be the first to say it: The time to panic is NOW. The mad cow has replaced the French poodle; swine flu has become the H1N1 virus (so we can keep the pork industry political correct); and “foot in mouth” disease has run rampant worldwide, creating an unstoppable global pandemic that …

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Anxiety and Its Antidotes … For Business and Life

By Cincom CEO Tom Nies on January 22nd, 2010

Anxiety and Its Antidotes … For Business and Life

When a person is confronted with some significant event or experience that is believed to be both important and uncertain they may feel anxious. This anxiety-generating situation may be one that is filled with possibility and opportunity, or danger and threat. Either way, anxiety almost always develops when there is significant opportunity – or danger

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Marketing Insights Gained From Military Strategy

By Cincom CEO Tom Nies on January 06th, 2010

Marketing Insights Gained From Military Strategy

Analogies of various military strategies have been used to illustrate marketing and selling mechanisms and means. Certain ideas of military strategy are important for all who are engaged in commercial competitive activities.

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How to Position Yourself as a Leader

By Mark Hunter on January 05th, 2010

How to Position Yourself as a Leader

It’s been said that to be a successful salesperson, not only do your listening skills have to be great, but your closing skills have to be even better. They’re not essential. But being a leader is.

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Leadership Lessons on "The Road to Woodstock"

By Nettie Hartsock on December 07th, 2009

Leadership Lessons on “The Road to Woodstock”

An in-depth interview with Michael Lang, best known as co-creator of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. Michael has produced festivals in East Berlin, the concert at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Woodstock 94 and Woodstock 99. — By Nettie Hartsock

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The Secret to Team Work or Team Building

By Dr. Woody Sears on December 06th, 2009

The Secret to Team Work or Team Building

The “secret” to team work and team building lies in the possessive pronoun “our.” When work becomes ours, obstacles become ours, and our successes are celebrated, people “naturally” become team members. But people — at work or in civic activities — usually need a catalyst, someone who says “our. ”– By Dr. Woody Sears

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Why Left-Brain Management and Right-Brain Marketing Don’t See Eye-to-Eye – and What to Do About It

By Steve Kayser on December 06th, 2009

Why Left-Brain Management and Right-Brain Marketing Don’t See Eye-to-Eye – and What to Do About It

There’s a war going on in American business. It’s a war that causes great ideas and products to vanish. To get lost in the clear fog of logical logic. A devastatingly destructive war that helps bad ideas take root and flourish (albeit briefly) justified by common sense and … logical logic. It’s Left-Brain Management vs. Right-Brain Marketing.

What does that mean? How does it work? What to do about it? Find out in this interview with bestselling authors Al and Laura Ries.

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How to Present Like Steve Jobs

By Carmine Gallo on November 22nd, 2009

How to Present Like Steve Jobs

A Steve Jobs presentation has all the elements of a great theatrical production—a great script, heroes and villains, stage props, breathtaking visuals, and one moment that makes the price of admission well worth it. How does he do it?

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