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…
Respect: It's a Two-Way Street
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Respect and leadership go hand-in-hand. Effective leaders base their leadership on respect and trust. However, those…
What is Values-Based Leadership?
“(Y)our leadership must be rooted in who you are and what matters most to you. When you truly know yourself and what you stand for, it is much easier to…
4 Common Mistakes Made When Changing Organizational Culture
"A company's culture is often buried so deeply inside rituals, assumptions, attitudes, and values that it becomes transparent to an organization's members only when, for some reason, it changes." ~Rob…
7 Common Leadership Mistakes
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ~ Albert Einstein You've heard the saying – Everyone makes mistakes. Mistakes are a natural part of the…
7 Tips to Becoming an Effective Mentor
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ~Benjamin Franklin There are numerous benefits to mentoring for your organization. Mentoring gives junior…
Dealing with Difficult People – It's Not Always About You
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless." ~ Mother Teresa When dealing with difficult people, the word "kind" may not be the first thing…
Dealing with Difficult People: Dealing with Negativity at Work
In conducting thousands of seminars on dealing with difficult people, managing difficult people, and leadership for corporations all over the world, the one type of worker I hear about most is the negativist.…
