Work on Your Three Levels of Leadership

Another leadership development bit? Yup. But if you have no time or are impatient, here are the three levels: visionary, strategic and tactical. Skip or stay, but think about your balance in leadership either way. As a leader, you have to worry over issues from mundane to strategic, constantly reordering your priorities to accommodate competing…

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Build, Encourage, and Recognize Your People

When John David Mann and I talk about “Building Your People” (Key #2 from The Go-Giver Leader) we mean that in a couple of ways: one is to teach, mentor, and coach them to becoming more effective, both in their defined role within the organization as well as in their own ability to lead others. Second is to make…

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Are You the Manager You Think You Are?

“When you’re in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That’s the consolation of philosophy.” ~David Cronenberg The ability to manage employees well is critical in every type…

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How Can Your Business Nurture Intrapreneurs?

It’s no surprise that so many business leaders today want to bring an innovative, creative approach to their already established companies. To do this, they are turning to intrapreneurs—employees with the energy and creativity to turn an entrepreneurial eye towards specific internal issues or opportunities faced by a company. Of course, it’s not as simple…

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Leadership Skills: 5 Key Ingredients of Courageous Leaders

A great leader knows how to get the best out of their people. Through strong, clear guidance, they enable others to walk tall and achieve success in many ways. Courageous leaders are inspirational. That isn’t their ambition. It’s simply a positive by-product of their character and powerful work ethic. By following the example a good…

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Empowerment for Your Staff

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need. ~Gillian Anderson It is becoming more and more important for managers to empower…

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Super Leadership and a Super Bowl

Go-Giver Leaders tend to be less interested in taking the stage than they are in giving the stage. They are less concerned about themselves than they are about their team and the individuals who comprise that team. Rather than, “look how great I am!” they authentically communicate how fantastic those on their team are! And, they communicate this, not just to…

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4 Important Reasons a Leader Embraces Change

There is a distinct difference between managers and leaders—one of them being how they deal with organizational change. A leader has an entirely different vision to that of a manager. Managers fear change because it upsets their carefully structured way of life—while leaders embrace change because they know that change leads to new ways of growth…

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Leadership: Sell the Dream, Make the Reality

As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all of your stakeholders. And that includes potential customers as well as executives and employees. Sometimes growth happens without a leader envisioning it, living it daily, evangelizing it to…

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5 Key Ingredients of Courageous Leaders

A great leader knows how to get the best out of their people. Through strong, clear guidance, they enable others to walk tall and achieve success in many ways. Courageous leaders are inspirational. That isn’t their ambition. It’s simply a positive by-product of their character and powerful work ethic. By following the example a good…

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