Moving from Buddy to Boss
“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” ~ John C. Maxwell Friendships with your employees – when, if ever, is it…
Improving Staff Retention
There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.~Mary Kay Ash Hiring great people is a critical part of ensuring your organization's success. However, if…
Top 7 Tips to Improve Your Presentation Skills
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives.~ Lilly Walters You have amazing information to present and are…
6 Tips To Build a Better Team
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.~ Henry Ford As Halford Luccock once said, “No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole…
Stop Procrastination – Now!
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder. ~ Mason Cooley Procrastination is that sinister and seductive stealer of time. We have projects we know need to get done; however,…
Leadership Presence: What It Is and How to Get It
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in…
Caring: The Stepping Stone from Managing People to Leading People
“People don’t mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart.” ~ Ken Blanchard Indira Gandhi once said, “I suppose leadership at…
6 Leadership Styles and When They Should be Used
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. ~ General Montgomery…
Five Final Tips to Becoming a Better Communicator – Part 3
The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every human being is unique and of value.~ Unknown It's our ability to communicate, relay and store information and…
5 More Tips to Becoming a Better Communicator – Part 2
Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others.…
