Make Business Decisions Quickly

Now I am not saying that as a business leader you should be rash about decisions, however as Jason Jennings and Luarence Haughton say in the title of their book "It's not the BIG that eat the SMALL, its the FAST that eat the SLOW"

Leadership is about making decisions...understanding what are the decisions that need to be made, asking the right questions to find the best answer, understanding what decisions you need to make and what decisions your teams need to make..

Meetings can be such a blocker to speedy decision making, they also can harm the overall decision by diluting the answer to appease people. Successful companies find a way of making speedy decisions, well assessed yes, but knowing that there will always be an element of risk. If there is no risk then you are probably not leading you are following other leaders or companies.

As a modern leader, time is of the essence....as the authors continue

"The fast thinker has a good memory, learns from previous experiences and always learns from failure including the unexpected failures that occasionally take place"

Carnival of Leadership Development

Developing leaders and indeed ourselves is imperative if business is going to flourish. Here are the latest set of blog articles that will help you develop your thinking, your management style and achieve career success.

Anna presents Leadership, comfort zones and related rant posted at The Engaging Brand

Mike King presents Preparing for your own performance review. posted at Learn This, saying, "These are some specific things that if consistently practiced, will make a big difference to improve your reviews every year."

Warren Wong presents Why You Should Be Careful When Your Business Is Going Well posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Some reasons to be cautious when your business has been doing really well."
GreatManagement presents Get Rid Of Procrastination Once And For All posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "Everyone suffers from procrastination at some stage in their lives."

Norman Morse presents The Serene Toastmaster. posted at The Game of Self.

American Entrepreneur presents Expert Q & A: Creating an Effective Culture for Your Small Business posted at American Entrepreneurship.

Edith presents If a Seven-Year-Old Can Do It, You Can Do It Too! posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Karl Goldfield presents Building a plan part 6e: Execution - Opportunities - Value makes the sale | Coaching Sales Champions posted at Coaching sales champions.

Roger Carr presents What Makes A Great Nonprofit Leader posted at Everyday Giving Blog.

Wally Bock presents Leadership: Developing leaders the natural way posted at Three Star Leadership Blog, saying, "Leaders learn to lead by leading. They don't learn to lead in a classroom. They don't learn to lead from a book. Great leadership development programs provide tools and support to help developing leaders learn faster and more effectively."

Michael Bass presents How a manager can turn employees into a team posted at Debt Prison, saying, "Are you the type of person that intelligent, educated, positive people will want to work for? Are you a happy person that is easy to get along with while still demanding the utmost in satisfaction for your customers? Can you work with a variety of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, leading them in a common goal of teamwork and success?"

wilson ng presents First Things First ? how to Work and Take care of your Boss! posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, "Advancing on the job means working with your boss! Get the boss to be pushing behind for you, rather than try to overtake him. Don’t gain your confidence by putting down the boss. Try to gain it by having the boss pull you up!"

GreatManagement presents What Every Manager Can Learn From Barack Obama posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "What Every Manager Can Learn From Barack Obama"

Warren Wong presents How To Get Whatever You Want From Anyone posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "How to get whatever you want from anyone you want - from money to sex to love!"

Michael Walsh presents Individual Accountability in Business posted at Business Growth, saying, "This is a good leadership development article"

Matt presents Good vs great posted at Life is your Career.

James D. Brausch presents Failure? The Doorway to Success posted at Internet Business Blog.

Mark Riffey presents If Michael Jordan is ok with failing, isn’t it ok for you? posted at Business is Personal.

Mark Riffey presents Marketing opportunities: As perishable as lettuce. posted at Business is Personal.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Maximize the Cognitive Value of Your Mental Workout posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, "Why our brains need constant novelty and learning...doing more of the same in one same domain, no matter how intellectually stimulating it may feel, is not enough "mental workout"."

Joshua C. Karlin presents Powerful Yet Reasonable Goals posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Charles H. Green presents Trust Is the New Leadership In A Flat World posted at Trust Matters, saying, "In a flat world your suppliers and customers are your partners, and leadership requires building trust."

Shawn Driscoll presents 5 Massive Mistakes Keeping You Stuck posted at Shawn Driscoll.

Rich Vosler presents Lessons From The Geese posted at Sales Training Tips.

Mark @ TheLocoMono presents The 7 Lessons of Growth posted at TheLocoMono Website, saying, "7 insights on developing your leadership skills."

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Bounce Back After Failure posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, "Some of the most successful people in the world credit their success to a failure they’ve experienced. Bounce back from your failure and you might become one of them. Learn about the different types of failures and how to recover from them successfully."

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Carnival of Leadership Development

To succeed in business management we need to have a constant learning mentality. So each fortnight, I bring together articles to help with your leadership development - hope they help to inspire your mind.

Anna presents Do you see your business as human at The Engaging Brand

Ed Rivis presents Powerful Marketing Tactic. posted at Ed Rivis.

Jay M presents Role of entrepreneurship in conceptual economy posted at 4 entrepreneur, saying, "What is the role of entrepreneurship in conceptual economy?"

James D. Brausch presents Turn Off The Tube & Turn On Your Business posted at Internet Business Blog.

Cindy King presents Consistency For International Business Success posted at Get International Clients.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Fitness/ Training Newsletter: January Wrap-Up posted at SharpBrains, saying, "How can we Maintain our Brains in top shape? Here goes a selection of articles on cognitive and emotional training."

TherapyDoc presents What Faking it Til You Make It Really Means posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying, "You can't be a leader unless you can bring out that hero."

Adam Pieniazek presents Ray Anderson: Personal, Corporate, Societal Leader | Adam Pieniazek posted at Adam Pieniazek.

CMOE presents Executive Leadership Development: Choosing the Right Leader posted at Teamwork, saying, "This is a great article that talks about how to chose the right leaders."

Amy S Quinn presents 17 Ways to Stop Being a Perfectionist and Get More Done posted at Bootstrapper.

Karl Goldfield presents Coaching sales champions: Building a plan part 6c – Execution - Prospects – Climbing the mountain posted at Coaching sales champions.

Mark Riffey presents Righting a wrong: How business owners show they give a rip. posted at Business is Personal.

Galba Bright presents Tune up your EQ : The Most Important Thing Productivity Experts Don’t Teach You About Success posted at Tune Up Your EQ.

Sagar presents The HR Bible: 100 Articles Every Human Resources Pro Should Read posted at Bootstrapper.

GreatManagement presents As A New Manager, Don’t Spend 57% of your Time Dealing With Difficult Staff posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "The majority of new managers waste around 57% of their time dealing with difficult staff? Why?"

James Feudo presents Leadership – How to get experience posted at Overnight Sensation, saying, "Getting leadership experience when you're not in a formal role at your current job can be difficult. Here are some tips for geting this experience outside of work."

Bruce Kuykendall presents The Leadership Compass posted at brucisms.com.

Derrick Markotter presents Time For A Change posted at Online Business Blog.

Wally Bock presents What do you do with the rest of your leaders? posted at Three Star Leadership Blog, saying, "There are lots of leaders who are important to your business but who aren't "high potential." How you develop and support them has a lot to do with your long term profitability and competitive advantage."

Warren Wong presents What Commiting To Something Means And Why You Should Do It posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Here are good reasons why you shouldn't be afraid of commitment."

Rich Vosler presents How to get more belief in yourself posted at Sales Training Tips.

Raj Sheelvant presents Managing Complexity due to Globalization posted at IT Strategy, saying, "Leadership challenge to manage complexity due to globalization"

Dan McCarthy presents New Leader Integration Process posted at Great Leadership.

American Entrepreneur presents The Benefits of Management By Walking Around (MBWO) posted at American Small Business News.

John W. Furst presents Can One Share Overmuch? posted at E-Biz Booster Blog, saying, "Ever being ripped off? You had the idea, but someone else stole it! What's the right balance between sharing and keeping your secrets in today's attention age. Information age was yesterday, but that is a different story."

CMOE presents “Whack -a -Mole” Management posted at Teamwork, saying, "This is a great story about different manager styles. It gives a few great tips on how to be a good leader."

Leon Gettler presents New global management rules posted at Sox First, saying, "Why is it that certain methods like pay for performance fail to catch on in all countries? Why is that cross-border mergers, like the DaimlerChrysler "marriage of equals" , fall in a screaming heap? The global economy is challenging claims of business schools that there is only one way to manage."
Al presents How to Make People Follow You posted at 7P Productions, saying, "You want people to follow you? Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way anymore. Instead, do you want to share a new dream, a new vision of a better world for others to pursue with you? OK, now you’re talking."
Jim Logan presents The importance of customer loyalty and its three element foundation posted at Accelerate Business Group, saying, "It's hard to disagree customer loyalty isn't a strategic success factor for most businesses. So, what makes a customer loyal?"
Joe Hungler presents Orientation-Start with the End in Mind posted at Uncle Joe's Leadership Blog, saying, "We spend a lot of time recruiting the right staff people-but not enough time making sure that they get off to a good start. How can we best position our new hires to succeed and hit the ground running?"
Mindful One presents Why Goal Setting Really Works posted at Mindful Source.

Adrian presents 5 Easy Ways to Fake Your Personality posted at Path to Your Destiny, saying, "Sometimes when we need to lead a group of people, we feel as if we don't have the greatest personality to be most effective. This post goes into five ways to fake your personality and make you more charismatic and likable, for those times when you don't feel quite that way. Enjoy!"

Louise Manning presents The mandate for leadership posted at The Human Imprint.

Alan K Rudi presents Dealing with Difficult People Tactfully | Successful Business Leadership posted at Successful Business Leadership, saying, "Communicating, especially with "difficult" people, is crucial to developing leadership skills."

Joe Hungler presents Employee Engagement and Retention posted at Uncle Joe's Leadership Blog, saying, "A major part of leading is listening. We can't lead our employees until they are engaged. Check out the survey that we use to measure retention and other indicators."

DotLobby presents Neurolinguistic Programming 101 - Rediscover Yourself! posted at DotNLP, saying, "Neuro, meaning mind, and linguistic, meaning language, combine to make NLP one of the most powerful techniques to change the way you see yourself and your world..."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of leadership development using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Carnival of Leadership Development

Welcome to the January 31, 2008 edition of carnival of leadership development. I love trying to develop talent, I love trying to help people see the talent they have inside of the...here is this fortnights look at articles around the web.

Anna presents 10 Social Media Tactics for Finding Talent posted at The Engaging Brand

ioventuresinc.com presents Pull Your Team’s Wagon posted at Teamwork, saying, "This is a great article about how co-workers need to work as a team."

Tash Hughes presents Negative comments and controversary « Word Constructions posted at Word Constructions.

Sagar presents 10 Ways Lazy Stupid Coworkers Can Help Boost Your Career posted at Bootstrapper.

Edith presents How to Maintain a Positive Attitude posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Praveen presents RIP Richard Knerr - Thanks for the Business Lessons! posted at My Simple Trading System, saying, "Richard Knerr, the founder of the toymaker Wham-O, died at 82. His story holds lessons about business success and innovation."

Mark Runta presents Managerial Courage posted at Career Progression, Management & Global Sourcing, saying, "Strong leaders consistently demonstrate the conviction to pursue what is right and important."

Joe Hungler presents Mistakes happen . . .Then What? | Uncle Joe's Leadership Blog posted at Uncle Joe's Leadership Blog.

James D. Brausch presents Your Natural Genius posted at Internet Business Blog.

Sarah presents The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career into Gear posted at SARAHSPY.

Warren Wong presents How To Gain An Edge In Business posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Describes three things you can do to gain an edge in business naturally."

Dave Origano presents The Characteristics Of a Highly Successful Entrepreneur posted at Online Marketing & Exponential Business Growth Blog.

Steve Rosenbaum presents Thriving on Chaos - The Road to Creativity posted at Learning at Light Speed Weblog, saying, "This is a technique that Leader's can use when facilitating team meetings or strategic planning sessions."

Alvaro Fernandez presents Looking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit? posted at SharpBrains, saying, "How neuroimaging and the brain reserve theory support the value of education, lifelong learning and stimulating hobbies"

David B. Bohl presents If You Don?t Assume Responsibility, Who Will? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, "I would rather that I was the cause of a problem."

Frederic Patenaude presents The Power of Rituals: How to Build Positive, Energizing Daily Rituals posted at Frederic Patenaude Talks, saying, "Great blog entry about how to use personal ritual (habit building) to get results regarding personal change as a whole. The What, When and How."
Shamelle presents If You Want To Be Understood....... posted at Enhance Life, saying, "People go to extreme lengths…. in order to be understood. In my opinion, there is one main factor that determines it all. Are you aware of it?"

Richard McLaughlin presents The Manager?s Cheat Sheet: 101 Common-Sense Rules posted at Internet Marketing Tools and Tips.

James D. Brausch presents TMI (Too Much Information) posted at Internet Business Blog, saying, "To succeed, avoid procrastination and analysis-by-paralysis and TAKE ACTION."

Stephen Dean presents Stop Assuming So Much posted at Stephen Dean's Copywriting And Internet Advertising Blog - Copywriter, saying, "In advertising, business, and life in general, your assumptions can cost money. Always test them"

RacerX presents Performance Review Time posted at Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money, saying, "The annual review process is were a lot of new managers fail, both in how they review and how they prepare for there own review. This post gives tips for the manager and the reviewee to follow and build a more cohesive team!"

FitBuff presents Power of the Mind - Much Stronger Than Your Biceps! posted at FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, "The power of the mind is a truly remarkable phenomenon, but don't let books like "The Secret" fool you into thinking it does everything for you. When you add in the ACTION, then amazing things will follow!."

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A Thought on Arguments from De Bono

This year I was lucky enough to hear a speech from Edward De Bono. He talked about how argument is a primitive tool and asked us to think as business leaders of changing our thoughts during a discussion.

He talked about how in an argument we concentrate on the 5-10% that we disagree upon and not the 90-95% upon which we do agree....

If there is one thing that we could do as leaders is play angels advocate......instead of looking for what we disagree upon lets look at the shared agreements...a wonderful thought.

Carnival of Leadership Development

I am always looking to share ideas of how business leaders can grow and reach their career potential.

Anna presents 10 Skills to Develop the Leaders of the Future posted at The Engaging Brand

Dr. Joe Capista presents A Mentor Can Change Your Life posted at The Success Triangle, saying, "Building a successful business and life does not happen overnight. It can take years to reach the point where you achieve what you want. Often, the journey is one that requires the guidance of someone who can lead us in ways we cannot even imagine.A mentor will show us insights that can shave literally years off our learning curve. Discover how my mentor, a gentleman who is nearly ninety taught me the value and power of goals."

GreatManagement presents ‘Only 3% Of Your Staff Are Talented’ posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "I was at a conference recently, where the CEO of a large UK Corporate stated only 3% of the company’s staff was talented. That implied 97% were not. Poppycock!"

GreatManagement presents New Years Resolution Articles 31 Dec 2007 posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "So what are you planning to better in 2008?"

Alan K Rudi presents Successful Business Leadership » Warren Buffett posted at Successful Business Leadership.

Ralph Jean-Paul presents Hunter,Scavenger or Prey:Which Life Are You Living posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, "Are you actively pursuing your goals or passively waiting around for them to come to you? Learn to how passionately achieve your goals with the skills of an efficient hunter."

Dr. Joe Capista presents Total Success is Determined by Your Thoughts, Beliefs and Actions posted at The Success Triangle, saying, "Many people say they want success, yet they are not willing to do what it takes to achieve their desired outcome. There is success and there is Total Success. Total Success is about having a balanced life, giving back and enjoying what you do. Few people will ever experience what is called Total Success. Total Success requires more then a successful business and a great income. It is about a state of mind, your beliefs and your actions."

Matthew Paulson presents 4 Reasons to Become a Generous Giver posted at American Consumer News.

Sagar presents Against the Grain: 50 Unconventional Ways to Increase Productivity posted at Bootstrapper.

Michelle Cramer presents Good Listening Skills Mean Success posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "An analysis of a salewoman on TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress" reveals what not to do in order to be successful at making the sale."

Life. Money. Development. presents Goals posted at Life. Money. Development..

GreatManagement presents 7 Quick Tips For Managing Your Friends At The Workplace posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "Have you been promoted recently? Is some of your staff also your friends? Do you know how easy it is to loose all respect when you show favoritism?"

Marcus Hochstadt presents First Class Progress, Or The Power Of Deadlines posted at Marcus Hochstadt, saying, "Many of us have encountered times where we are working on a project every day and it seems, somehow, we do not proceed in the way we intended to. What's the cause? Why is that so? In this article, Marcus Hochstadt provides two techniques that can catapult your accomplishments to new heights, once and for all."

Vishal Gupta presents Mike Huckabee and Servant Leadership posted at A Business Professor's Weblog, saying, "Servant leadership"

Louise Manning presents Effective leadership revisited posted at The Human Imprint.

Hueina Su presents The 212 Degrees Attitude posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul.

Jeremy Neal presents Opportunities Make Work Fun posted at Thoughts on Quotes, saying, "Recognizing opportunities when they arise is exciting, and most people are highly motivated during the initial phase of acting upon something new to benefit their lives."

Charles H. Green presents Employee Engagement, Fog Sculpting, and Measuring Love posted at Trust Matters, saying, "The number 1 predictor of employee engagement is how good the manager is, but is that something you can actually manage?"

Vahid Chaychi presents To Succeed As a Business Owner, You Have to Be Tough posted at Weboma.com, saying, "If you have a business owner or you work for the others businesses, you have to learn how to be organized and disciplined. Otherwise you will not have any success."

Carol Bentley presents I hereby give you permission to. . . posted at Carol Bentley.

Jose DeJesus MD presents Motivating Top Performing Employees posted at Physician Entrepreneur.

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A Thought on Listening

I love this quote from Dr Joyce Brothers

"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery"

Remember LADDER as a way of developing your listening skills

L = Look directly at the person
A = Ask questions periodically
D = Don't interrupt the speakers train of thought
D = Don't change the subject
E = Empathise with the feelings of the speaker
R = Respond both verbally and non verbally

Crisis? What crisis?

I love the Chinese symbol for crisis - it combines the characters for danger and opportunity. For me that beautifully describes a crisis. The danger is that you treat it as a MASSIVE problem and worry about what is going to happen. The opportunity is that you see it as a MASSIVE chance to show your strengths as a leader and learn a huge amount about yourself and those around you.

So when faced with a crisis...ask how can you turn these events into an opportunity...

Don't Forget the Quiet Talent

So often the people who get recognised are the ones who are louder, better at self promoting but often there is some real talent hidden away. Your role is to search for that talent and to let that talent shine. Learn from Emperor Claudius!

Claudius became Emperor in AD41 and far from the obvious choice. He limped, stuttered and was perceived as weak. He had been kept in seclusion as his family was embarassed about him! When there was a huge power struggle, many nobles were killed and left Claudius as the last surviving male. This was the time that Claudius showed his astute ability as a leader...this person who people had perceived as weak proved to be a good leader throughout his 13 year rule with a spate of impressive public works and the conquest of Britain.

Never be fooled by a perception, don't assume......look through the shyness, and assess the ability.

Learn from the Past, Rather than Live in the Past

We should never ignore the past, we should learn from the past and use our experiences to shape our thinking. The danger is that you take that too far and that you live in the past.

The French built The Maginot line to keep the Germans at bay - a series of anti tank traps, observation posts and pillboxes. Great for how the previous war had been fought - static fighting. But in 1940 the line was broken by thousands of well armed German troops who unlikebefore, were highly mobile. Times had moved on, what worked in the past no longer worked now.

This is so true for business. You can have a "lessons learned" after large events, then when faced with new challenges look for the trends on what was important last time and ensure that you have improved your approach as well as updated it for today's world.

Experience the past to live the future!

How to Keep Employees

We live on talent as business leaders so how do we motivate and retain that talent within our organisations...here are a few articles to help

Drew McLellan presents Is your little red wagon stuck? posted at The Marketing Minute.

Anna Farmery presents Leaders Have Great Balance posted at The Engaging Brand

Jay Gordon Cone presents Authentic CSR creates higher employee engagement posted at Interaction Associates - Thought leadership and practical tools for collaboration., saying, "Today's employees expect to care about what they do. If they love their work, they're more willing to give additional discretionary effort to see meaningful projects succeed."

David B. Bohl presents Surviving (Tolerating, Accepting, and Eluding) Negative People, Places, and Situations : Slow Down Fast Today! posted at Slow Down Fast Today!.

Edith Yeung presents How to Read People and Get Your Point Across? posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Jason Rakowski presents How to Deliver the Ultimate in Customer Service Delight posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, "With the right approach you can add wow factor to your customer experiences and develop mutually beneficial long term relationships with them."

Carmen Van Kerckhove presents If diversity training doesn’t work, why do companies do it? posted at Race in the Workplace - how race and racism influence our working lives, saying, "Companies are twice as likely to invest in diversity training than any other type of diversity initiative because their real motivation is to mitigate risk."

Christopher J. Brunner presents Implementing a Wellness Program posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "The cost of health benefits for employers and employees alike is a rising concern, especially for smaller business owners. Though it can’t get rid of the cost all together, implementing a wellness program into your employees’ working lifestyle can save you money."

Tupelo Kenyon presents Make Assumptions Obsolete by Communicating posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "We assume because we don’t know. We don’t know because we don’t ask. We don’t ask because we act as if we already know. Or, we don’t want to appear stupid. So we make an assumption. Then we forget it is merely something we made up, and we behave as if it’s a fact. When the facts are known, it would never occur to us to assume. The solution is clear communication. When we know the truth, assumptions are forever unnecessary."

David B. Bohl presents Fulfillment and Leadership : Slow Down Fast Today! posted at Slow Down Fast Today!.

Debra Moorhead presents Integrity in Today’s Workplace posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Ivan Rios presents Go Beyond Responsibility posted at artofleading.net.

Ivan Rios presents How To Make Your Team Happy posted at artofleading.net.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of how to keep employees using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Carnival of Leadership Development

Welcome to the August 16, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development.

Pete Johnson presents If the picture sucks, is it still worth 1,000 words? posted at Nerd Guru, saying, "An overly complicated diagram in a presentation can easily lose your audience. In this article, the importance of simple graphics are stressed and, when a complex picture is required, a technique for easing the visual burden is discussed."

Aaron M. Potts presents Barriers to Personal Growth - What Service are you Providing? posted at Today is that Day.

Jane Chin presents A Danger of "Too Much Experience" posted at On Careers and Life, saying, "How often are you the victim of your own knowledge and experience?"

rck@TheRoadtoCEO.com presents How to React to Criticism posted at Get More Done with Activity Logs

Jeanne Dininni presents Show 'Em Who's Boss posted at Writer's Notes, saying, "This is a satirical article that actually tells the reader how NOT to succeed in leadership."

Karl Goldfield presents Building a plan: Finding Talent - Unearthing potential and making stars posted at Coaching sales champions.

Matthew Paulson presents How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking posted at Getting Green.

Ivan Rios presents How to Deal With Envy posted at artofleading.net.

Christopher J. Brunner presents The Balance of a Leader posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "Being a good, strong, dependable leader is all about balance."

Ivan Rios presents Mistakes Happen: How Do You Respond? posted at artofleading.net.

Ivan Rios presents When To Lose posted at artofleading.net.

Pushpa Sathish presents The Business Blogging Toolset: 100 Resources for Entrepreneur-Writers posted at Bootstrapper.

Bhupendra Khanal presents Top 10 Mantra for Professional Success posted at Analytics Bhupe, saying, "First decide to lead and then work to make that happen."

Charles H. Green presents Deer in the Headlights Decison-Making > Trusted Advisor Associates > Trust Matters posted at Trust Matters, saying, "When faced with unexpected surprises the way most people react is to just do the same thing - they freeze, and can't adapt."

Tupelo Kenyon presents Facing Fear with Deliberate Awareness posted at Tupelo Kenyon,

SJ Yee presents Talent is never enough posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart.

Gary van Warmerdam presents Being Optimistic With Awareness posted at Happiness, saying, "In the best selling book Good To Great Jim Collins advises us of the perils of being optimistic. That same awareness can serve us in other areas of our life as well. The key is to have the awareness to discern the good optimism from the dangerous optimism."

rck@TheRoadtoCEO.com presents A Motivation Secret of Top Performing Managers posted at Get More Done with Activity Logs

Ivan Rios presents Let Them Think posted at artofleading.net, saying, "How to influence and deal with Analytical people."

Pete Johnson presents Who's in charge? Understanding group dynamics posted at Nerd Guru,

Christine Kane presents What?s Easy. What?s Not. posted at Christine Kane's Blog.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Training the Aging Workforce posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, "A clear trend that will influence HR and training policies."

Jimson Lee presents The Key to Successful Leadership posted at Speedendurance.com, saying, "Are leaders made or born? Read on..."

james presents Overcoming Shyness: Tips for making effective eye contact posted at you shy devil you, saying, "Eye contact is one of the most fundamental forms of body language. Here are 5 1/2 tips on making more effective eye contact."

Jack Yoest presents Watch For Upwarding Leaping Monkeys posted at Yoest.com, saying, "Managers, are there monkeys leaping up on your backs?
The monkey is the next move after the boss and subordinate part after talking — all too often the boss has the next move. The staffer has ‘delegated’ a task up to the boss.An upward leaping monkey."

Matt presents 2 Useful Tips for Improving Creativity posted at Realigned Living, saying, "Being creative is important for any leader - this post goes into two tips I have found to be extremely useful in becoming more creative."

Marenda presents Leadership Development 101 posted at Living life Abundantly Marenda.Biz.

Lousie Manning presents Are You A Good Facilitator? posted at The Human Imprint, saying, "Facilitation is an acquired skill and the ability to facilitate effectively improves more and more with experience."

Chris Russell presents Enhancing Human Performance posted at Productivity Planner, saying, "Knowing why people behave the way they do on the job is the key to gaining commitment to continuous improvement. A manager must understand peoples needs in order to increase motivation and therefore meet the needs of the organization."

Stacey Derbinshire presents Leveling the Playing Fields posted at Starting a Small Home Business, saying, "The lifeplan of school, college, and get a job is the paradigm most are trained to follow. However, only a small percentage of those who follow this plan end up with any level of wealth or financial satisfaction in their secular life."

Ben Yoskovitz presents What's The Cornerstone of Any Great Relationship? posted at Instigator Blog, saying, "Looking at the importance of trust and going with your gut as a leader."

Luke Houghton presents Life skills: an overview posted at Luke Houghton, saying, "The skills you need to make it"

Marc and Angel presents Force of Character: Taking Ownership of Your Actions posted at Marc and Angel, saying, "It’s easy for someone to take ownership of success, but when the headlines read “failure” only those possessing “force of character” have the influential capacity to shine."

Warren Wong presents Make People Comfortable By Greeting Them Right posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Do you know how to make people comfortable when you meet them? Here's a couple of tips to make them feel right at home.

Jay Gordon Cone presents CEOs Know: The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff posted at Interaction Associates - Thought leadership and practical tools for collaboration., saying, "CEOs admitted in a recent study that financial results are only part of the picture of the health of their companies. Leaders must learn a new balanced view of success in order to lead well.

FitBuff presents New York Jets Listen to Mozart on the Football Field posted at FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, "Do you believe in "The Mozart Effect" -- the idea that certain pieces of classical music can increase your intelligence and cognitive abilities?Believe it or not, an entire NFL team does!"

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Carnival of Leadership Development

Here is this months leadership development carnival which looks at articles that will inspire you to achieve your potential
Sagar Satapathy presents Feeling Unfulfilled? 37 Tips to Enjoy Work More posted at HR Lowdown.

Anna presents How I Share My Vision at The Engaging Brand

SpiKe presents What Influences Our Priorities In Life? » Advice on organized and productive living through lifehacks and GTD » Organize IT posted at Organize IT.

Jason Rakowski presents Cellular Retailers Must Greet Customers within 30 Seconds - Study posted at Learn Good Customer Service

Christopher J. Brunner presents Using Your Business to Serve the Community posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "Taking community service a step further by giving more than just a donation to charity."

Charles H. Green presents Non - Linear Leadership Thinking vs. Behavior posted at Trust Matters, saying, "The most succesful leaders are able to hold two contradictory ideas in mind at the same time."

Jim Stroup presents Pay attention or pay a price posted at Managing Leadership"

Debra Moorhead presents The Power of Leverage posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Raj Dash presents Bootstrapper » Seven Characteristics of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs posted at Bootstrapper.

Randy Nichols presents Learn to Invent and Reinvent Your Future posted at Career Advice by Randy, saying, "Learn to invent and reinvent your future with carrer advice from Randy."

Christopher J. Brunner presents Differentiate Your Business With Quality Customer Service posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "What you can do to provide quality customer service and make your business stand out in the crowd."

Brad Trnavsky presents Choose your attitude! posted at Brad M. Trnavsky - Sales & Management Blogger.

Tupelo Kenyon presents How to Keep Your Word posted at Tupelo Kenyon, saying, "Celebrate life through the creative power of your word."

edithyeung presents I Have Confidence posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Debra Moorhead presents Accept Responsibility posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Lori Prokop, Blog Manager presents Building Relationships as You Are Selling posted at J Mark Walker - Sales Training, saying, "Would this be of service to your readers?"
CA presents Business life lesson - Don’t let anyone steal your dream posted at Atlantic Canada's Small Business Blog, saying, "Dream BIG. And don’t ever let anyone tell you, you cannot achieve it. Your dreams are yours to achieve. But you have the dream to begin with."

Ivan Rios presents Self-Confidence to Be a Leader posted at artofleading.net.

Ivan Rios presents Why be a leader? posted at artofleading.net.

Jimson Lee presents How to build a winning team posted at Speedendurance.com, saying, "7 Critical steps to teamwork and leadership"

edithyeung presents When you turn 30… posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

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Here is our latest collection of articles that will help you to create success both in your career, your team and your company. Enjoy and then make an action list of ideas.

Billy Smith presents 3 Books for the Young Developing Leader posted at The Organic Leadership Blog.

shazad mirza presents How to win a Conversation and get your point across posted at Islamic facts, islamic info, islam general.

Hueina Su presents Homecoming to You: Re-connecting with Your Authentic Self posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul

Ernie A. Cevallos presents Thoughts on Leadership posted at BIZ-THINK, saying, "Great development article for those looking to understand what leadership is all about."

TherapyDoc presents Commencement posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying, "Well, you know, you do have to start somewhere."

Becky McCray presents What is an entrepreneur? posted at Small Biz Survival.

zenofeller presents People's Fault. posted at zenofeller.com.

Carmen Van Kerckhove presents Diversity training doesn't work. Here's why. posted at Race in the Workplace - how race and racism influence our working lives

Jim Tobin presents Life is Marketing: What Makes a Good Advertising Client posted at Life is Marketing

Jim Stroup presents Eyes glazed over posted at Managing Leadership

Brandon Peele presents Psychology vs. Philosophy posted at GT.

Pushpa Sathish presents HR Lowdown » To Drink or Not to Drink? And 99 Other Social Norms for Business posted at HR Lowdown.

Ed Rivis presents The 3 Secrets of Exponential Growth. posted at Ed Rivis.

wilson ng presents The Solution to the Problem posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife

Christopher J. Brunner presents Buddy Networking: A Clever Way to Expand Your Network posted at GreatFX Business Cards

Nigel Griffiths presents What makes a successful leader? posted at The Enfys Acumen Blog.

Bhupendra Khanal presents Are you really paid enough? posted at Analytics Bhupe, saying, "First be your own leader, then lead the world."

Jim Stroup presents Leading leadership posted at Managing Leadership

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Welcome to the April 24, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development. I would like to thank everybody for supplying such great links. Development is important for growth both personally and financially - hope these help you.

The Engaging Brand presents Environmental Leadership posted at The Engaging Brand

PicktheBrain presents The 5 Types of Books that Increase Intelligence posted at Pick the Brain.

Erek Ostrowski presents Creating a Culture of Productivity and Success posted at Verve Coaching, saying, "When I work with organizations, I focus on helping them create a culture of productivity and success. Here are three areas I go to work on:"

SpiKe presents How To Delegate posted at Organize IT.

Andrew Michaels presents Chasing Arete posted at Lifecrafting, saying, "This article is about improving your life by making the pursuit of excellence an integral part of your life."

Christopher J. Brunner presents What Makes Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men? posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "How women entrepreneurs are different from men in the way they handle and run their own businesses."

Joshua Dorkin presents Don’t Just Teach Your Friends to Make Money Online. Partner with Them! by TimeForBlogging posted at Time For Blogging.

Charles Feldman presents Afraid to Give a Speech? Don’t Be! Take Charge. posted at The Feldman Blog.

Shama Hyder presents From Generic to Best Seller- 5 Steps to Changing your Personal Brand Name posted at SHAMA HYDER. com.

Debra Moorhead presents Keep Moving to Succeed posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

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How to be the greatest

Michael Jordan practiced 3 hours before each game - why? Because he wanted to be the greatest player of all time.

Question for the day - how much time do you spend on both yourself and your team each day on learning and honing the skills that are needed? Leadership and management are skills that need constant learning and practice to be at the top of your game!

Inner Values

Recognition of inner values is very important....

"In 1957 a group of monks in Bangkok had to move a 2.5 ton clay Buddha to make way for a new road. After starting the manoeuvre via a crane it started to rain. The chief monk was concerned as it began to crack, so stopped the crane and covered the Buddha up overnight. That night he went out to look at the crack to assess the problem. As he shone the torch a gleam came from under the crack - the Buddha was really made of gold - a protective layer had covered up its true value"

Mmmm how often does that happen at work, how often do we see someone's protective layer rather than the hidden talent - the treasure, inside them. Teams are made of very special people, they have chosen to work for us - what a compliment! Each one is unique and their value is worth protecting. How closely do you look for the gold?

Creating Change in Business

You can create the behaviour that you want as a leader.

"One evening an old farmer was walking along a country lane. He looked into a field and saw a group of young women bathing naked in a pond. The woman noticed him at about the same time as he noticed them.
One woman shouted "We're not coming out till you leave"
The farmer replied with a grin "Oh, I'm not here to watch you ladies swimming naked or running round the meadow naked....I'm just here to feed the alligator"

The farmer created the potential for a change in mindset. He thought about the context, the situation and thought of something that was valuable to the women - their life. What are your alligators?

A leaders role - Finding the angel inside

Talent is the lifeblood of the business. We aspire to be a manager and then get bogged down in the some of the tough tasks that managers have to do, we can forget why we wanted to be a manager in the first place. Here's why....

"Michelangelo, when asked by a young boy why he was hitting a large piece of rock with his hammer and chisel replied, "Because there's an angel inside and I'm helping him to escape"

For me that is what management is about, we all have mundane work to do but we should never lose sight of our purpose - to find that talent in our people. We are here to create the future, we are hear to find the angel inside....

Carnival Of Management Tips

Welcome to the January 30, 2007 edition of carnival of management tips.

Derek presents On Leadership (Part I) posted at hopeisnotaplan.net

Anna presents The Link of Information, Knowledge and Success at The Engaging Brand

David Maister presents Passing It On posted at Passion, People and Principles.

lorenzo presents Channeling Inspiration posted at RealitySeeds

Jane May presents 8 Things Employers MUST Do To Find New Talent posted at Rich Dad Says, saying, "Great tips for business professionals looking to hire new talent."

Daniel Scocco presents What do Google, Apple and Harley Davidson have in common? posted at Innovation Zen.

David Lorenzo presents Are You Lazy? posted at The Business Advisor.

David Maister presents What a Company Needs Most posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, "What are the most important key ingredients for a company?"

Benjamin Yoskovitz presents Should You Exceed Expectations or Not? posted at startupspark.com,

Charles H. Green presents The Perversity of Measuring Trust posted at Trust Matters,

Praveen presents 5 Business Writing Tips From Hemingway posted at My Simple Trading System.

K T Cat presents Why Lean Six Sigma Works Only Sometimes posted at The Scratching Post.

David Maister presents Earning Trust - new careers podcast posted at Passion, People and Principles,

Charles H. Green presents I'm OK, You're an Idiot posted at Trust Matters

Laura Young presents Do You Deserve a Vacation? posted at Dragon Slayer, saying,

almomento presents The Hidden Power of Mastermind posted at BurstCreativity.

Murad Ali presents Marketing is about Messages; Not Sales. posted at The New Business World.

Mike Buckley presents Marketing Magic posted at Mine Your Own Business.

Daniel Scocco presents Competitive Advantage: Introduction posted at Innovation Zen

Murad Ali presents All the Online Marketing Methods: Increasing traffic and sales. posted at Online Business Concepts.

Emmanuel presents How to Manage Your Business posted at Comments on: There is a science to get rich.

John presents Value of Your Work: Get What You Deserve! posted at OhCash.com,

Rob presents Top 25 management tools for 2007 posted at successful-consultants.

Rob Llewellyn presents IT Management Life; Risk management culture posted at Rob.

Christopher J. Brunner presents Learning from Google HR Techniques posted at The Small Business Buzz,

Debra Moorhead presents The Meaning of TEAM posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Wilson Ng presents Making Employees Productive posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife

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