Influential leaders almost always are highly dissatisfied with ‘status quo’. They are unwilling to allow preventable pain and suffering to continue needlessly. They are unwilling to waste precious resources and to settle for second-rate productivity and financial performance. Volition enables…
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Say No to the Status Quo
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How Leaders Create Culture
The ancient Greek aphorism, “Know Thyself,” can be attributed most notably to the philosopher Socrates, however, for the more modern generation of folks you are probably familiar with its Latin version that hung above the Oracle’s door in the Matrix…
Tagged with: behaviour, compassionate, culture, Emotions, empathic, engagement, ethics, Influential leaders, leaders, performance, positive presence, purposeful, relationship, self-awareness, success, values
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The Influential Attributes of Leadership
Influential leaders do not identify with a particular title, nor do they have a designated rank in an organization. Influential leaders are people who take every opportunity – every connection with a coworker, every connection with a client, every connection…
Tagged with: Adaptability, Creativity, Flexibility, goal, Influential leaders, knowledge workers, mindset, positive presence
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How Do You Influence Others?
Sometimes you cannot articulate why you like or dislike someone’s behaviour, because often your internal preferences are unconscious. Behaviour preference or style, aka social/communication style, has been around for decades. Basically, everyone falls into one of four styles, frequently set…
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Understanding Emotional Needs In Today’s Chaos
Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal title or role) who possess the mind and behaviour habits that create positive and energized emotions within themselves and around them. They are emotionally aware leaders, and they actively seek information…
4 Traits of Emotionally Aware Leaders
As we move through the knowledge era toward the Age of Connection (aka The Network Society) due to the internet, the necessity for emotionally aware leadership is absolutely critical for organizational success. Research and experts have identified at least four…
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The Trust Quotient
The word trust is derived from the German word trost, meaning comfort. This is an appropriate association because when we trust someone, we are comforted by the belief that this person has our best interest at heart and thus will…
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Trust and Collaboration
No other aspect of effective leadership is more apparent than the loss of trust through bad behaviour. Building and sustaining trust is critical to accomplishing tasks, achieving goals and creating a performance driven culture. This is true for any enterprise,…
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Leaders Create the Culture that Drives their Brand
There seems to be a lot of discussion about generational gaps in the workplace with understanding how millennials fit into today’s organizations. A recent Deloitte survey found that many of the performance drivers once associated with previous age demographics do…
People Are the Heart of Performance
It has been said many times in a variety of ways and deserves repeating here: people never connect to the organization’s mission and vision until they first connect with their leader. Influential leaders are leaders (with or without a formal…