2012

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A Leadership Paradigm Shift

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Today's successful organizations have transcended the old style management paradigm. Today's leaders are constantly receiving input and feedback from their employees , so they can better understand the problems and issues one might be challenged with to be more productive at work. . The "greatest generation" example of one job-one career was supplanted by Baby Boomers who averaged 11 jobs between the ages of 18 and 44.

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Are You a Strategist?

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A New Understanding of Strategy. An essential component of the strategy-making process that has been ignored for decades is: You. The leader. The person who must live the questions that matter most. This is about gaining a new understanding about what strategy is, why it matters, and what you must do to lead the effort. Does your company matter? That's the question every business leaders must answer.

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How to Overcome Poor Presentation Skills

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The higher you go up the corporate ladder, your technical skills become less important and your social skills become more important. Why is that? If your operational management was in a technical area, you now have the ability to delegate the data gathering and analyzing tasks to others while it is your responsibility to educate the leadership of the organization and industry why, what and how action must be taken based upon what the analysis reports.

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Leadership Requires Followership

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It's not really about the products made, the technology developed or the financial instruments that are bought and sold. It's all about the people. A leader must have deep capabilities in the "solutions business," charting a course around and through the obstacles ahead to reach the desired goals. For Peter Drucker, leadership is about communicating with people , uniting them behind a shared mission and values, and mobilizing energies toward accomplishing the mission or purpose of an organizat

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First Impressions Win Hearts and Minds

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Leaders can't succeed if they aren't good communicators and more often than not, leaders don't even know that their communication skills need polishing. Afterall, who's going to tell them? In many cases, the skills that get leaders to the top of their organizations are not sufficient to do the work at that level. The higher one goes in a company, the more success is measured in winning hearts and minds rather than in the mastery of some technical skill.

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Disciplines for Success

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"Street Smart Disciplines of Successful People: 7 Indispensable Disciplines for Breakout Business Success" by John Kuhn and Mark Mullins presents straight-talking, street smart guidance and best practices mined from successful people and businesses. Street Smart People Skills and Strategies Despite.

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What Makes a Perfectionist?

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Not a psychological disorder itself, perfectionism underlies many, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsiveness and eating disorders. Families apparently pass it down through genes and expectations, but individual experiences also shape perfectionism. It isn't necessarily "hard-wired." Therapy, personal coaching and learning to accept mistakes can help.