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A Rare Leadership Skill: Dealing With People Who Want Out By Offering Crowns For Convoy
Most leaders eventually have to contend with people who want to leave their team or organization. How you deal with such situations can be one of the most important things you do as a leader. Here is a simple but powerful process, taught by Shakespeare's Henry V, that will help insure you do the right thing.
Are You A B.O.S.S. -- "Boisterous, Omnipotent, Self Indulgent, Sociopath"
People who attain positions of power, whether it is C.E.O., Vice President of Sales, C.O.O., Sales Manager, Branch Manager or another position of authority, reach these positions for a variety of reasons. The reasons are not always a result of competency and hard work; these positions are not always earned. Success is defined by the quality of leadership at all levels in the organization. Acting like a B.O.S.S. is not a demonstration of leadership.
If a company is to survive in this century, meeting all the challenges of today's environment, leadership is critical. It is especially critical and quite clear that the company must have one leader at the top that will take the responsibility and accept being held accountable for the results.
Assertive Communication - 6 Tips For Effective Use
Assertiveness is a useful communication tool. It's application is contextual and it's not appropriate to be assertive in all situations. Remember, your sudden use of assertiveness may be perceived as an act of aggression by others. There's also no guarantee of success, even when you use assertive communication styles appropriately. Here's some useful guidelines to ensure your successful use of an assertive communication style.
Assertiveness Helps Accomplish Everything
An assertive manager is an effective manager. In order to properly run your team, you must be able to communicate well. Being assertive allows managers to delegate responsibility and get tasks completed on time. Understanding how to be assertive is important for any manager seeking success.
Assessing Managers for International Competence
How do you select staff for international assignments? It's an important question because, no matter how effective and successful your employees may be at home, they cannot be guaranteed the same performance in a different cultureunless, that is, they can demonstrate some key competencies.
7 Essential Elements To Every Organizational Change
Dr. Mike Beitler reveals the 7 Essential Elements To Every Organizational Change. This article is based on Mike's special report "Overcoming Resistance to Change."
7 Steps To Hire The Best
The article will teach you a immediately useful step-by-step method to hire applicants who are likely to be superstar employees (1) highly productive and (2) low-turnover.
7 Strategies for Sustained Innovation
The need for constant reinvention is a given in today's business environment. The right psychological environment can help your company sustain innovation and profitability through good times and bad. These 7 strategies will show you how.
Accountability Equals Meeting Success
Teams face this situation all the time. Who is accountable for actions once the meeting has ended? Below are four simple steps to solve the accountability problem in your meetings.
An Honest Look at Your Business
Sometimes, as business owners, we can fall into such apathy that we don't actually use any tools to evaluate whether the organization is expanding or not. We wait until the accountant reconciles the books and tells us whether we did well or poorly. What are those tools?
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