Are you a leader at your work, church or in your community? Do you know how you are doing at leading those who are following you? There are times when a person is put in a leadership position and then they try to become a leader and find that it is difficult. Many years ago … Continue reading
I came across this post from about two years ago and as I read through the qualities that I should possess one jumped out at me, number seven. As a manager I am to be the gate-keeper and protector of the team. I often hear horror stories of how staff members fear their manager. How … Continue reading
Years ago I was part of an organization where the CEO made the decision regarding who was placed in Leadership positions. I had the opportunity to ask him what criteria he used to determine that the people he picked for these positions were the right choices. His answer was very simple; He said “the people … Continue reading
Happy Holidays to you all! I just finished reading a great book by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller called “The Secret, What Great Leaders Know and Do”. As with all of Ken Blanchard’s books this one did not disappoint me. I have read almost all of the books he has written or co-authored and the … Continue reading
Running any type of business is difficult. I personally know this because my husband and I run our medical practice. There are more things to think about each day and take care of then there are hours in our day. Effective leadership is one of the necessary ingredients in making a business run more efficiently … Continue reading
Recently, when working with an employer, I asked him what would he thought that his employees would say about their job and their employer when someone asked them. He really was not sure. He hoped that they would say nice things, yet he knew that some of them probably would not. I then asked him … Continue reading
I found a great article on the Forbes site titled 10 qualities that make a great leader, I really enjoyed reading it. It listed the 10 qualities and then had a small blurb about the quality. The Ten qualities did not surprise me at all, in fact, they are ones that you would automatically think of when … Continue reading
“Leaders without a plan are just dynamic wanderers” ~ Unknown 10/17/14
I was talking with a gentleman the other day from a local business and he told me that he wished his manager would see the good things that he and the other staff members did instead of always telling them what more they needed to do. He said that he had never heard his manager … Continue reading
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