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Leadership Development and Jumping Out of Airships
A German silent film melodrama depicts an airship bombing London during World War I. Lit up by searchlights and strafed by fighters, the crippled airship loses altitude as the captain frantically jettisons dispensable gear to lighten weight. Even...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Brent Filson
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It Begins Like This
Jonathan was drunk multiple times before ever completing elementary school; his father fed him bourbon so Jonathan would resist less while being sexually molested. On the night his mother was released from jail, Jonathan rode eagerly by his father...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Esther Smith
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Leadership - Passion, Purpose, Profit - Its Not That Hard
Go to any educational institution, look at airport bookshelves, shopping centres and open your eyes to the myriad of products available today and you could be forgiven to thinking that the art of leadership was beyond mere mortals.
After many years...
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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 2, Multiple Conversations
Side conversations ruin meetings by destroying focus and fragmenting participation.
Approach 1: Ask for cooperation
Start by asking everyone to cooperate. Look at the middle of the group (instead of at
the talker) and say:
"Excuse me (pause to gai...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steve Kaye
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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 3, Drifting From the Topic
Although new ideas lead to creative solutions, they can be a challenge when they
interrupt or distract the work on an issue.
Approach 1: Question the relationship to topic
When new ideas seem inappropriate, say:
"That's an interesting point (or qu...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steve Kaye
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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 4, Quiet Participants
There are many reasons why someone would decline to participate during a
meeting. For example, the person may feel reluctant to speak out, may disagree
with the approach endorsed by others in the meeting, or may just be tired.
An effective meetin...
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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 5, Dominant Participants
While dominant participants contribute significantly to the success of a meeting,
they can also overwhelm, intimidate, and exclude others. Thus, you want to control
their energy without losing their support.
Approach 1: Ask others to contribute
A...
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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 6, Deadlocked Discussions
Although a meeting is a vehicle for resolving differences, it can break down when
the participants become mired in a disagreement.
Approach 1: Form a subcommittee
Ask for volunteers from the opposing viewpoints to form a subcommittee to resolve
t...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steve Kaye
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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 7, Personal Attacks
Personal attacks hurt people, mar communication, and end creativity. If they
become part of a meeting's culture, they drive the participants into making safe and
perhaps useless contributions.
Approach 1: Speak to the group
Set the stage for the ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steve Kaye
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Five Things Smart Leaders Do to Lower The Barriers To Change
Smart leaders understand that they don’t “make” a change happen. They recognize that the people in their organization do the work, change behaviors, and, ultimately, make the change happen. They understand that their role is to make the change me...
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Develop a We Focus And Not a Me Focus
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"There’s only one thing more contagious than a good attitude – and that’s a bad attitude…Most bad attitudes are the result of selfishness.” -John Maxwell – The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork
"A man wra...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Guy Harris
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A Call to Men to Live a Strenuous Life!
Any man would be justly proud to claim even a portion of what Teddy Roosevelt accomplished in just one of his fields, whether politics, hunting, writing, military, or family. He was an extraordinarily accomplished man with an enormous appetite for...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Mark Cole
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The Essence of Leadership
What is more important, leadership or teamwork? Leadership or consensus management? Today we hear frequently about teams, team-building, and teamwork on the one hand and management by consensus on the other. Although both teamwork and consensus...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : John Di Frances
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The Six Essential Leadership Attributes
Leadership is the foundation for all organizations, whether corporate, nonprofit or government. Leadership is a high calling and responsibility, upon which all else the organization is or does rests. Moreover, leadership is always top down, never...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : John Di Frances
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The Personality of Leadership
Have you ever wondered what type of person or personality makes the best leader? Most would consider the answer to that question to be the person that has the greatest success, the largest organization, or the best staff. Conversely, have you ever ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Earlywine
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From Failure To Victory; The Cats Out Of The Bag!
Did you ever think that all of the great heroes we read about may not have been particularly great men in and of themselves? They may not have been born with any great skills, talents or abilities. But, each of them did have one special quality tha...
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Would Socrates Be A Celebrity Today?
Last week, as I was standing in the checkout line of my local grocery store, I found myself staring at the dozen or so magazines on display. As I gazed upon the various photos and headlines praising or trashing the celebrity du jour, I got to thin...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Maya Talisman Frost
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Leading In The Face Of Disaster
The date was Saturday, April 11, 1970, the time 13:13 CST. The event to take place was to be one of NASA's finest hours; the launch of Apollo 13. Apollo 13 was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro area. However, an explosion on board forced the crew t...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Earlywine
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Five Surprisingly Hip Politicial Ideas From Plato
Don't you love politics?
Me, neither. But I do like thinking about politics. And wouldn't you know it? Just when you think you've come up with a dazzling opinion, you find out someone else had that same idea hundreds of years ago. So much for ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Maya Talisman Frost
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Extraordinary People in Mediocre Times
My grandfather used to speak of the days when people drove the world. It was a time when people were proud to contribute and move society and industry forward at full steam. But, people were proud of themselves! However, before he died, one of h...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Edward Toupin
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Mentor? Who Needs A Mentor?
Who needs a mentor. . .everyone who is truly serious about achieving more of their true potential, personally and financially. In fact, Richard Brooke says:
"If you're someone who wants to break out and do something extraordinary that you would ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Charles Lalonde
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Reveal the Leader Within
A Leader is not a certain type of person or position of power. It is not the one at the top of the golf leader board at any specific time or the person at the top of an organisation. It is YOU. In this article we want to show you how to reveal the ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Graham Harris
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Evil, Hostile Grumpy Listeners? Think Again
I hated Kyle Sisk*. A notorious bully, Kyle punctuated my grade school years with misery. He would tease me about my weight, purposely rattle me with shocking language, delight in making me look foolish at every opportunity. Kyle had scary, penetra...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Melissa Mayers Lewis
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Why You Should Ignore This Advice
Doesn't make too much sense does it? Am I really going to give you some advice that asks you to ignore the advice I'm giving you? Well, that's not strictly true. I am however going to show you how to qualify the advice you are given, so you can sor...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steve Shaw
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