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The Secret to Leadership Development

If you are a senior leader, you have to ask yourself, how committed am I to real change in my organization and what am I doing to create that change? Senior leaders create strategic vision and objectives for the organization.

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The Three Reasons Leadership Development Fails

Go online, stroll through a bookstore, attend another training workshop or seminar and you will see that the topic of leadership is everywhere. We talk about it in political terms, business, sports, and tax-exempt organizations. People are captivated and confused

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Leadership Development in Today’s World

A number of factors contribute to the failure of leadership development programs today. Among these is the limited participation by senior leadership in the training and in holding people accountable for changing behaviour following the training. Limited participation signals a

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Performance Excellence – Continuous Improvement

When behaviour is identified as a critical piece of the performance equation – and studies of corporate success stories have proven its relevance time and time again – it means that behaviour skills must become part of the organizational total

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Performance Excellence – The Skill of Positive Presence

Unfortunately, it is not unusual to see people in management positions that are clueless about how to deal with the dysfunctional situations and behaviours — the “people issues,” that occur daily and could consume upwards of 80 percent of a

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Performance Excellence – The Influential Leader

Behind every high-performing organization is an influential leader who is keenly aware of how thought habits drive individual behaviour, and how behaviour habits affect those with whom you work. And, whether formally trained or not, this influential leader knows the

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A New Twist on Time Management

In to today’s era of ‘Connection’ time management ideas and skills of the past are obsolete. The saying that “Time can’t be managed – it just is” has never been more true … and in today’s age of digital convergence,

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Creating Real Change

Think about all the people who have had leadership responsibility and authority over you. Who inspired, believed, and encouraged you? When I reflect on this question, several teachers— from grade school to graduate school—come to mind. These teachers pushed me

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How Accurate is Your Shot?

Periodically, when serving in titled positions of leadership, it is imperative to self-evaluate your behaviour performance as a means of staying focused and on target to getting the right things done well. Many times we can best accomplish this self-assessment

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Is Technical Competence Enough?

“Is it not enough that I am good at my job?” The simple and short answer to this question is, “no!” In 1627, English poet, John Donne, wrote that “no man is an island unto himself.” No matter where we

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