Sat.Sep 17, 2011 - Fri.Sep 23, 2011

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Why Is Dignity the Essential Role for Leaders in Highly Charged Emotional Events?

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By Guest Author Donna Hicks, Ph.D., an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and author of " Dignity: The Essential Role it Plays in Resolving Conflict ". The most common and consistent leadership failure I have observed in the workplace is when executives dismiss a negative reaction to a policy decision by subordinates as “ just emotional.” .

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Why Leadership Checklists Matter

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by Guest Author Betty Shotton, author of " LiftOff Leadership ". Before every flight, professional pilots pull out a pre-flight checklist and go through it from top to bottom. Even if they have flown the same plane and gone over the same checklist thousands of times, they never assume that they know it all and skip that critical practice. Professional pilots know that their responsibility to the lives of their passengers is too great to risk by possibly forgetting a critical go/ no go check.

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How does your personality affect your decision-making?

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Guest author Jeffrey Kennedy shows you how your psychological strengths and weaknesses determine your ability to "live long and prosper" in fast-moving markets. Do your decisions rely on data, or do you go with your gut? Think about your most recent auto purchase. Was it based on meticulous consumer research or did you go with a model that "felt right"?

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Planning the Sales Call Checklist

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As leaders we must develop our salesmanship and leadership ability to achieve the success we seek. My career focus has been to coach people to greater self-awareness , purpose , personal strengths and a sense of well-being that often translates into greater compensation, job satisfaction and practical use of skills and abilities. Developing commitment in a world of employees, peers, free agents and volunteer talent is not an easy assignment and requires the development of our leadership skills ;

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

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Social might is now moving toward your community, state, nation as well as global corporations. We have entered the age of empowered individuals, who use potent new technologies and harness social media to organize themselves. Most are ordinary people with new tools to force you to listen to what they care about and to demand respect. The institutions of modern developed societies, whether governments or companies, are not prepared for this social power.

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