Leadership is the one area that every person wants to excel at and use to make a difference. When you are an entrepreneur, running a small business, or leading a group of employees in another company, you need to be on top of your leadership game. Without having leadership abilities and skills, then you will […]
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Focus on What You Want and Not What You Don’t Want – The Secret
I don’t know about you guys, but I never really followed all of the hype for the movie “The Secret” when it came out in 2006. But since I discovered MovieBox and use Netflix, I decided to add the movie to my list and got it over the weekend to watch. IMDB gives the following […]
Integrity – Leadership Qualities Series
The most important quality of leadership is integrity, understood as honesty, strength of character, and courage. Without integrity there is no trust, the number one element in the leader-follower equation. Integrity leads to trust, and trust leads to respect, loyalty, and ultimately, action. It is trust coming from integrity that is needed for leading people […]
Charisma – Leadership Qualities Series
Charisma is a special personal quality that generates others’ interest and causes them to follow. Napoleon makes the point that great leaders are optimists and merchants of hope. Optimism, a sense of adventure, and commitment to a cause are traits found in charismatic leaders. These are qualities that unleash the potential of others and bring […]
Vitality – Leadership Qualities Series
Even if the spirit is willing, strength and stamina are needed to fulfill the tasks of leadership. Effective leaders are typically described as electric, vigorous, active, and full of life, no matter how old they are or if they are physically disabled. Consider Franklin Roosevelt, who had polio, and Helen Keller, who was blind. It […]