Leadership Advice & Tips

Have you come up with any worthy New Years' resolutions yet? Are they already broken? If not, or if so, relax and stay positive. It's never too late to make a few career-focused resolutions.

If you examine the rise of a typical leader, the ability to look and listen decreases as power increases. That's a trend you need to be aware of. At the outset, a future leader often rises out of a (Dr.

Some of the most exciting and rewarding sessions I delivered this year were the ones I facilitated with sixth graders at a local school.

 

During the sessions, follow-up conversations, meetings and graduation, I was intrigued by many of the comments made by the students as they shared their views on leadership. I made it a point to capture some of their most meaningful observations.

Here are a few priceless comments from these wise leaders:

~Leadership is doing something special or hard

~Seeing the best in others instead of being mean

~Keep in mind a person’s strengths even when they make me mad

~If I am wrong, I learn something

~Social responsibility is being loyal to your friends

~Leadership is getting things done and having fun

 

~Doing my best work and being OK when I am not at my best

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Forbes asks if it’s “the new productivity killer;” Cachinko calls it “the silent killer of employee morale;” CNN says it’s “the new stress.”

[...]  It’s not that people have nothing to do at work – they might be busier than ever. But the real question is… busy with what? “Often with layoffs,” he says, “the type of work that’s doled out you wouldn’t need additional training to do. If it’s boring work, it just becomes more burdensome.” Indeed, the cost of such extreme boredom is not just discomfort. Results range from personal dissatisfaction and reduced productivity to making substantial errors and major accidents.

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