5 Steps on How to Set and Achieve Your Goals

Which one is a goal? I will lose 15 pounds I want to run a marathon Quit smoking All of the above None of the above The correct answer is (5) - none of the above. The first three are wishes, not goals. However, you are... Read More

7 AAA Ways To Succeed!

[Abounding Abundant Ample Ways To Boost Your Growth!] This may come as a surprise but there are reliable,effective and powerful ways to improve your ability to learnnew things. If you will allow me to use leadership skills training asour example, you will see how poor learning forces us tosuffer through... Read More

Abraham Lincoln Is Still Alive

Abraham Lincoln Is Still Alive President Jimmy Carter tells in his memoirs that a trip to Gettysburg and a discussion about Abraham Lincoln helped achieve a breakthrough in the Camp David negotiations. The Israelis and the Egyptians had reached a deadlock. President Carter suggested that all the participants take... Read More

Is Your Life Ready For Groundhog Day?

In the hit comedic movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character, Phil Conners, is caught up in a time warp, doomed to live the same day over and over until he gets it right. Hilarious as the ensuing mayhem may be on the big screen, it is a poignant and not... Read More

Helping Others Develop Their Potential

Most of us find ourselves in a position to help others achieve more of their potential than we realize. Sure, as leaders, supervisors, and parents we can see ourselves in that position; but the fact is that all of us are uniquely qualified to help at least one other person... Read More

Unleash It!

On airplanes, in restaurants, in the newspaper and on television, I often hear people saying their businesses are not growing to their satisfaction or that they are not reaching their objectives. The explanations that follow consist of reasons like: ? It's the economy? Our customers don't get it? I don't... Read More

The Metamorphosis of the Successful Executive . . . Overcoming Professional Stagnation

You're a bright, successful business executive making good money and managing a capable staff of accomplished professionals. You are successful beyond your wildest business school dreams. You've achieved much-yet something's missing. On the surface, life is good-yet you feel tired, drained, frustrated, defeated. Intuitively, you know your life can and... Read More

Ten Steps To Effective Leadership

Many people end up in a supervisory position or SOHO ownership almost by default. In today's workplace, if someone stays on their job long enough, they will probably be promoted as others, more senior to them or higher up the chain of responsibility, leave for other opportunities.The prevalence of this... Read More

Professional Organizations: Join or Fold?

All of us join professional organizations for a reason--a friend belongs, we need to for credibility, etc. Many times we let years slide by and we don't stop and review those reasons. Unless something sets off a boundary--lack of funds, the organization runs itself into a ditch, or a leadership... Read More

Rationalize Success Away

I was invited to do a Leadership workshop at a well known Fortune 100 company out in New Jersey. The all day event was geared toward their new crop of interns. At a point in my presentation I talked about the many reasons we come up with for not taking... Read More

In The News:


In ballet, females dominate stage while males direct leadership
MiamiHerald.com
But of the girls who grow up to become top dancers, few have actually graduated into the upper levels of leadership. Right now, the biggest U.S. ballet companies are run by men — with one exception: Miami City Ballet, where Lourdes Lopez is wrapping ...

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Cumberland Regional High School administrator honored for visionary leadership
Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com
The award, presented through the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), recognizes outstanding assistant principals who have demonstrated success in leadership, curriculum and personalization, according to the NASSP.


Male role models focus of black leadership group
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Sharael Alston was proud her son had been chosen as a speaker at the Black Male Leadership Development Institute graduation Saturday, but she wasn't expecting what he said next. "I want to give a special thanks to my mom," said 17-year-old Troy Miles ...


The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)

Leading the Way: You may need to adjust your leadership style
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
I recently enjoyed a couple of great reads about leadership functions and styles that served as a catalyst for some introspection: What are the functions of a leader and how do they perform them? Alex Taylor. In his book, “A Force for Change: How ...


Hard-charging ways bring Mike DeWine leadership praise, criticism as ...
Plain Dealer
But supporters of the Republican attorney general describe his high profile as evidence of leadership. "He's out front a lot and I think he's out front for a reason: to set priorities across the state," said Ashland County Sheriff E. Wayne Risner ...

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Voice of the Free Press: Failure to engage, failure of leadership
vt.Buzz (blog)
President Barack Obama looks to see if it is still raining as a Marine holds an umbrella for him during his joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not pictured, Thursday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.


Newsday

Speaker Silver's protection of Vito Lopez should cost him leadership post
The Journal News | LoHud.com
The bigger question is whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who went to great lengths to shield the accused serial sexual harasser from public exposure and accountability, should lose his leadership post. He likely won't but most certainly should.
Sheldon Silver's leadership imperiled by Vito Lopez scandalRochester Democrat and Chronicle

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David Warner has disqualified himself from cricket leadership
The Australian
AUSTRALIAN opener David Warner desperately needs to develop a defensive side to his game. Especially when he is on Twitter. Learn to drop the ball at his feet and get down to the other end. Or just let the ball go through to the wicketkeeper. Not ...

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ABC News

Military leadership must improve
Richmond Times Dispatch (blog)
To someone watching from the sidelines, it seems that with each erupting dilemma, the more military leadership attempts crises management, the more things spin out of control. In the past few weeks, many have begun to wonder if the Pentagon is waging a ...
Gillibrand urges more leadership from Hagel in sex assault casesThe Hill (blog)
Sex assault crisis will test Chuck Hagel's leadershipOmaha World-Herald

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Christian Post

Faith and Work: Author Shares Life Lessons, Leadership Skills From Ronald ...
Christian Post
Margot Morrell/LeadershipLives.comMargot Morrell, international speaker and author, directs a leadership development program, Leadership Lives, to help people ascertain their God-given talents and strengths and harness the traits presented by Ronald ...

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10 Attributes of Effective Strategic Leaders!

Did you know that people who lead strategically resemble fine-tuned... Read More

Effective Leaders are (#1) Conceptual

SEE INTO THE FUTURE CREATIVELY AND PRACTICALITY: Planning day-to-day is... Read More

Top Skills Of Extraordinary Leaders

1. Good Communicator. Extraordinary Leaders are those who can take... Read More

Leadership Training: The Bit They Didn?t Tell You About Changing!

A willingness to change first is one of the major... Read More

Leadership Tips From My Dad

Lee (L.B.) Weiss (Sept. 21/25 ? April 30/82)My dad has... Read More

On Being A Born Leader

"Leaders are born, not made." Right? Let me ask you... Read More

Fighting the Gravitational Pull of Positional Leadership

A little on leadership?Many people enter the leadership world through... Read More

Give Your Valentine A Very Special Gift - Empowerment

Delegating is a commonly misunderstood concept. Delegating is not about... Read More

The Four Laws Of Leadership (Part One)

Leadership is motivational or it's stumbling in the dark. After... Read More

Five Things Smart Leaders Do to Lower The Barriers To Change

Smart leaders understand that they don't "make" a change happen.... Read More

Ask Yourself Whats In It For WE?

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working... Read More

Having Fun In Leadership

"Don't measure your life by your goals, but rather by... Read More

Leadership Styles and What We Need For the Future:

By definition a leaders leads a team to take action... Read More

3 Ds For Leadership Action... Dedicate, Direct, Dialogue!

"...And winged hope, with heart of fire, To gain the... Read More

None of Us Arrived with an Owners Manual: A Fresh Perspective on the Drive to Lead (part 2)

Why didn't I get an Owner's ManualAfter a little while... Read More

Two Leadership Traps: How To Get Out Of Them and How To Avoid Them (Part 1)

You've heard of the Peter Principle: "People are promoted to... Read More

Leadership

Webster's defines leadership as : "1. the office of position... Read More

Are You Playing or Practicing Leadership?

Anne was a new supervisor, and like many new supervisors... Read More

The Three Faces of Leadership

This article was published in the Nov. 2003 edition of... Read More

Wanted: A Dictionary-Perfect Leader

Answers are often before our very eyes or in front... Read More

Leadership Skills: Four Ways of Overcoming Perfectionism

We pay a high price for perfectionism. "What perfectionism?" we... Read More

Leadership ? Push vs. Pull?

At your next staff meeting consider leading your team through... Read More

Weakness, Struggle, Fear, Knowledge, Growth, Courage, Leader

Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most remarkable men in... Read More

Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 3, Drifting From the Topic

Although new ideas lead to creative solutions, they can be... Read More

Blowing Your Own Leadership Horn

There are two streams of competitiveness running through every organization.... Read More