Successful Team Building Focuses on the Positive
Your Success as a Team Leader Relies on Focusing on the Positive Negativity surrounds us. The news and media are negative. Statistically the majority of the people around you are negative. It’s difficult to get away from, even when you try. But that’s what a successful manager must do if they want to build a […]
Quiet Isn’t Always Golden
Silence or Quiet Can Be Very, Very Bad! Quiet or silence can see like a great thing at times can’t it? But, if you are in management, consider this. Have you ever walked into a room and had everyone get very quiet and just go silent? If so, did you read the signal correctly? No, […]
The Stiletto Network & Changing Business World
The Stiletto Network is changing the face of business In Stiletto Network – Inside the Women’s Power Circles that are Changing the Face of Business Pamela Ryckman offers insight into the unfolding empowerment of women and the impressive doors being opened. These aren’t women who are reinventing “The Old Boys’ Network,” but women who are […]
Love Me, Respect Me?
Forget About Their Love – Go For Their Respect Are you a leader looking for love? In today’s world of social media we all want to be ‘liked.’ We count our ‘likes’ and somehow feel more loved. That’s a fallacy, just like being a manager of a team in business who always wants to be liked […]
Annual Reviews and How to Correct Them
Why Everyone Hates Annual Reviews Annual reviews are dreaded by both managers and employees in business today. They take far too much time for managers to complete, because simple and effective systems for managing data aren’t being used. Employees hate the surprises telling them of the mistakes and failures they experienced during the year they […]
The Top Three Ways Leaders Achieve Results
Being a manager and leader is demanding. One of the best ways to be a results oriented leader is to give your body, mind and spirit the right amount of daily rest so you can retain the energy so vital to this demanding role. Successful Leaders Go on Vacation Remember the last time you went […]
Respect, The Go To Word for Leaders
Desire Respect, Not Friends In business it is easy to spot the person who manages according to faulty beliefs. Because they are now the boss, thinking they can motivate a team and have them be productive simply because they told them is like expecting your children to do something ‘because I said so!’ Neither works. […]
Achieve Business Success with Good Leadership Skills
Back in the day, people would often desire to get into a large company or business firm to allow them the opportunity to live the dream of financial success. They would prefer to gain a stable job where income and other benefits would come in a steady and regular basis. However, people these days have […]
Why Are Rookies So Valuable?
Rookies Lack Knowledge and Aren’t Bogged Down with Experience Rookies, remember when you were beginning your career and you thought everyone around you was more experienced and had all the answers? Well, that’s the problem. Experience and knowledge can bog you down. Rookies come to the workplace eager to learn, willing to explore and offer […]
9 Reasons Leadership Makes or Breaks Companies
Leadership Sets the Tone in ALL Areas of a Business Leadership is the difference maker. Great companies have always had great leaders, ones who clearly understand their role in making the organization successful. When done right, everything looks effortless and awesome. When done poorly, everything is clunky, difficult and awful. If you have struggled with […]