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Famous Quotes On Leadership!
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates
The essence of leadership is facilitation. It’s about being the person who helps others bring their ideas forward for the good of the team and not the one who has all of the ideas or who dictates a specific outcome.
Any Employee Can Leave a Lasting Leadership Legacy
World leaders to CEOs to winning coaches all leave legacies—a stamp they have left on the world or on their small corner of it. However, the desire and the ability to leave a lasting leadership legacy isn’t reserved solely for those with titles.
A leadership legacy isn’t about titles; it’s about the impact one can make.
How to Get from “Not Now” to “Yes”. Why Effective Listening Skills Matter!
Objections are par for the course in Sales. How to get to Yes requires a lot of skill, training, experience and patience! Prospects who may transition from “not now” to “yes” are far more than just warm leads; they are potential long-term customers and referral sources with the ability to inject lifeblood into your business.
Organizational Leadership Isn’t About Getting Everyone to Agree
A lot has been written on the topic of organizational leadership and there are many schools of thoughts on how leaders ought to lead. Getting buy-in from executives and employees for a new idea or heading in a new direction is a subject that every leader will grapple with at the time.
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
For a leader, it is a trap to hold the following opinions…
Curiosity vs. Judgment: Interpersonal Communication Training on How to Provide Critical Feedback That Won’t Shut People Down
Interpersonal communication training can make all the difference to yielding an inspiring, motivated and creative team atmosphere and avoid a reactive, dissatisfied and problem based team.
What’s different about these two statements?
“Why didn’t you get the report done?”
“What is the reason the report didn’t get done?”
Why Honest Feedback Is Key For Effective Executive Leadership Development!
Without honest feedback you simply cannot improve. Whether it is in Sports, Academics, Relationships or Business, honest feedback is key to executive leadership development.
“A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.” — Tom Landry, one of the most effective and innovative coaches in NFL history
Using Employee Assessment Tests For Effective Conflict Resolution
Business lives in language. Getting it right will help motivate another person (or not). The role of a leader is to smooth the road so others on the team are motivated to produce their best work. How is this possible with a diverse workforce? Employee assessment tests can help provide insights into how people engage with one another and how to account for different personality types.
3 Tips On How to Capture & Focus Adults Attention During A Presentation
I’ve been examining some of the critical aspects of training: the techniques and methods that help capture the interest of audiences and reinforce learning. For trainers, engaging audiences—particularly adults—is one of the most difficult challenges we face. How can presenters ensure that they’re hitting the mark? Here are some effective presentation skills and tricks of the presentation trade that I’ve learned throughout my career.