Just because someone is successful doesn’t mean they are going to be a good leader. Many successful people thrive in spite of their poor leadership skills not because of having good skills.
The Best Managers Are Leaders Too
I was flying home several months ago from a management-leadership program I was teaching for a company in Phoenix, and I struck up a conversation with the gentleman next to me on the plane. During the conversation, I asked him if he considered his boss to be a good manager, and he said, Yes, he is. I then asked him if he thought his boss was a good leader, and after thinking a moment, he said, No, he isnt.
This man was not alone in the way he thought. According to a s…
Leadership And Team Management
This article is designed to provide guidance for managers who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations.Here we look at the actions that successful leaders must take in order to create and establish a management teams network to successfully support the organisations strategies.
Train Your Leadership – Realise Your Full Potential
Leadership training is a great way to develop your potential and really make the most of your talents. Effective leadership is essential in any organisation and is highly sought after by employers. With open learning you can gain these valuable skills without having to disrupt your current lifestyle.
Leadership Crisis – How A Crisis In Leadership Can Ruin Your Business
Todays businesses are experiencing a worrying lack leadership, not only to lead current businesses forward into growth and expansion but to mentor, support and encourage leadership with in the business for the future. Managers will continue to just manage if they do not have positive role models to learn from and aspire to be.
Decisions, What You Haven’t Been Told About Them
Have you ever sat there trying to make a decision yet, you just couldn’t.
“If only I had more information, or a proverbial crystal ball”, you think to yourself.
Many times when you are avoiding making a decision, it stems more from being afraid of making the wrong decision. This has become an epidemic in many places and organization. Yet, there is a solution.
Leadership Development
This article focuses on leadership in the workplace, for both aspiring leaders and those managers who are taking on leadership roles.
Leadership Development – Secure The Future
Terence Traut from Entelechy, Inc. interviews Dr. Jay Conger for leadership development strategies.
Leadership Skills: Delegating Responsibility
Here we look at how leaders should allocate roles, responsibilities, and authority, to other senior managers and specialists, in order to ensure that the action taken and decisions made by the senior management team is effectively supporting the organisations strategies.
Act on Some of the Facts
Making any decision without having all of the information and facts beforehand can be very tough. I spoke with a young man recently and he told me that some of his professors had changed the rules on him in the administration of his classes. The syllabuses of a couple of his classes had been altered, which switched exam dates. He was also notified of these changes after the semesters grace period. The grace period in which he could get his tuition money back after dropping a course had passed. Because of the changes, he would have two to three exams on one day.
Can Leadership help Your Career?
The author asserts that presentations and speeches are the least effective means of leadership communication. There is a much more effective way: the Leadership Talk.
Abe Lincoln: An Extraordinary Leader
Perhaps noted as one of the greatest United States presidents of all time, Abraham Lincolns early life may not have reflected his potential greatness. He failed in business. He lost election to the state legislature, Speaker of the House, nomination for Congress, appointment of land officer, U.S. Senate twice and nomination for Vice President. After those eight major failures, Lincoln was elected President of the United States. How many of us would have kept going like Lincoln did?