Carnival of Leadership Development

Welcome to the August 1, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development.

Krishna De presents How to ensure you ask powerful coaching questions posted at Talking Coaching: changing the world through coaching.
Warren Wong presents Just Do It posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Are you pondering over a task? Are you not sure if you should do it? Here's why you should just do it!"

Louise Manning presents Mediation Leadership posted at The Human Imprint.

Adam Pieniazek presents Leadership Tests posted at Adam Pieniazek, saying, "Discussing the leadership style of Jack Hartnett and Pernille Spiers-Lopez, as well as discussing the relevance of leadership assessments."

Christopher J. Brunner presents Enhance Your Image Through Your Words posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "What you say and how you respond to others reflects upon your capabilities and attitude, so it's important to say things that enhance your image rather than harm it."

Praveen presents Business Lessons From Goldman Sachs posted at My Simple Trading System.

Jim Stroup presents A random climb up the career ladder posted at Managing Leadership,

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents The Millionaire Mommy Next Door Recipe for Success, Wealth & Happiness posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door, saying, "Add ingredients generously and mix thoroughly to blend."

Charles H. Green presents Is Neuroleadership More Than Reinventing Wheels? posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Is neuroleadership doing more than just codifying common sense? Are there any lessons leaders can take away from it?"

George Courtney jr presents The Authentic Bartender Blog: Three Steps To Increase Your Creativity posted at The Authentic Bartender Blog.

Ant presents 5 Distractions To The Nesting Entrepreneur posted at The Beef Jerky Blog.

Ivan Rios presents 5 More Contradictions That Will Make You a Better Leader posted at artofleading.net.

Sue Massey presents The Price Of Ignoring What?s Wrong posted at Business Management Life, saying, "I talk about how it's important for employees to feel good about their job. If you have employees you should read my article."

Bhupendra Khanal presents Top 10 Mantra for Professional Success posted at Analytics Bhupe, saying, "Leadership and success are not luck but decisions."

Rolf F. Katzenberger presents Personal, timeless organization: 4 suggestions for your checklist posted at Evomend | Timeless resources for personal organization.

Katie presents I’m Jobless & Remembering What Mattered Before the 9-5 World posted at Aridni,

Warren Wong presents Taking Risks posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Are you afraid to launch your own business? Are you afraid of losing what money you have? Here's why you shouldn't be."

Debra Moorhead presents Talk is Cheap . . . Or is it? posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Jay Gordon Cone presents Facilitating Trust: What team leaders need to know posted at Interaction Associates - Thought leadership and practical tools for collaboration.

Christopher J. Brunner presents Showing Compassion posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "In this post I discuss how, as leaders, we should show compassions to those who are less fortunate, and motivate others to do the same."

Ianternet presents Top 30 Entrepreneurs: My Input on Each posted at Ian Fernando

Peter25 presents Visualize Your Failure posted at Small Business.

Stephanie West Allen presents Your values: One way to lessen the stress of conflict posted at Brains On Purpose™, saying, "New information on how to reduce stress in stressful situations."

Mike Buckley presents Not So Smart After All posted at Mine Your Own Business.

Jim Stroup presents Clean plates posted at Managing Leadership,

Karl Goldfield presents Building a plan: Performance Expectations - A smidgen of Sun Tzu posted at Coaching sales champions.

Warren Wong presents My Partner?s Not Doing Enough Work! posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Do you find that your partner's not doing enough work and are angry for having to pick up the slack? Here's how to handle it."

Cade Krueger presents 3 Huge Steps On How To Leap From The Security Of A Job To A Home Business posted at Write To Right.

Charles H. Green presents Negotiation and the Short Term Performance Trap posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Leadership requires understanding how the short term very quickly becomes the long term, and how the long term determines short term success."

Charles H. Green presents When Business is Incontinent posted at Trust Matters, saying, "So often we know what we should do, nothing stands in our way, we want to do it... and yet we don't. Why?"

edithyeung presents 7 Phrases Successful People Would Never Say posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Ant presents Are you a Millionaire Yet? posted at The Beef Jerky Blog.

Ivan Rios presents 9 Surefire Ways to Be a Bad Leader posted at artofleading.net.

Chris Tackett presents How to Write a Headline and Grab Your Prospect by the Eyeballs! posted at Direct Marketing News

Eric Hudin presents You Can Make More Working Less posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas, saying, "Time management is a myth. Time doesn’t stop. There is no managing something you can’t control. What you can do is eliminate your wasted movements to become more efficient and effective."

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Positive Thinking

People are attracted to positive people, people are attracted to bosses who see what is possible....

One xmas morning a little boy came downstairs to find a pile of horse manure on the floor....Does he cry, no....he shouts "Fantastic, all I have to do is find the pony"

How do you react to the manure on your desk...do you see the smell of a problem or do you see the opportunity to show your leadership form?

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..

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of
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Do your team need encouragement?

Truett Cathy of Chick-fil-A told an audience at The National Restaurant Association's annual show

"You know how you tell if people need encouragement?"

"They're breathing"

Fantastic - made me smile and also illustrates the importance of motivation at work.

Blog Carnival Of Leadership Development

Welcome to the May 23, 2007 edition of carnival of leadership development.

Christine Kane presents How to Get Nothing Done posted at Christine Kane's Blog

Bradley Woods presents Napoleon Hill Rose to Be Uplifiting posted at Conceive, Believe, Achieve, saying, "Story about Napoleon Hill and his rise to success as a motivational writer, speaker, and presidential adviser."

Anna presents The Strategic Jigsaw at The Engaging Brand

Steve Olson presents Ending the Cycle of Abusive Corporate Management posted at Steve Olson.

Jack Yoest presents Is the Manager Obsolete? Or When Does Consensus Stop? posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, "This was the theme of a Wall Street Journal article, Managing: Can a Company Be Run as a Democracy?"

Alexandra Levit presents Just Graduating? 5 Career Tips You Won’t Learn in School posted at Water Cooler Wisdom.

Debra Moorhead presents The Key to Great Customer Service posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Cade Krueger presents How to Notice an Entrepreneur posted at Write To Right.

Christopher J. Brunner presents Online Meetings, The Board Room Alternative posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, "Using technology to make meetings with staff, clientèle and investors a little less hectic."

almomento presents 10 Steps to Better Efficiency in Your Day to Day Life posted at BurstCreativity.

Scott Lee presents Acknowledge Your First Steps But Always Ask: What is the Next Step? posted at Scott Free Thinking.

wilson ng presents Deep Understanding posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, "In todays world, the person who knows how will earn good money, but a person that TRULY knows why is the one who will be sought after!"

Editor - Dave Prouhet presents People Power - 5 Steps to Increasing Employee Value posted at Business Advice Daily, saying, "The HR Value Proposition Model, outlined the five factors for creating value and reinforced how to manage the most important asset—people."

Coach Peter Khoury presents How to Develop Your Will Power posted at InControlCoaching.com.

edithyeung presents The Fork in the Road posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Ted Reimers presents Best Business Schools for the Entrepreneur posted at CampusGrotto.

Laura Ricci presents Intention and Traffic Jams posted at Laura's Winning Ideas, saying, "How does the intention of a leader translate to small changes with big results? This story gives you a way to try out your own leadership growth AND get out of a jam!"

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Blog Carnival of Business Stories and Anecdotes

Storytelling is a wonderful tool in business and each fortnight I want to hold a blog carnival of anecdotes and stories that either motivates you or that you can use as part of your presentations. If you have a blog article to submit for future carnivals then here is the link

Charles H. Green presents Trust Tip 45: The Three-Second Rule posted at Trust Matters, saying, "The three-second rule can help you win your audience before you even begin telling your story."

Anna presents Corporate Diarrhoea at The Engaging Brand

Praveen presents Business Lessons From Goldman Sachs posted at My Simple Trading System.

Heather presents Using Podcasting as a Business Tool posted at Women in Podcasting

Ruth Mitchell presents Creativity Can Lead to Longevity posted at Buy Outside the Box, saying, "Creativity is the key to quality of life."

Alan presents Its all about Family - Keys to Unlock your Inner Potential posted at Made to Be Great.

Jack Yoest presents Mothers Working At Home posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, "More and more women are turning to home-based businesses as a way to find emotional balance with their work and with their children.

Jimmy Atkinson presents How to Ace Your Job Interview: 88 Surefire Tips and Tricks | OEDb posted at OEDb: Online Education Database.

Debra Moorhead presents The Wal-Mart Pharmacist posted at Debra Moorhead.com

Laura Ricci presents Two Steps for Change posted at Laura's Winning Ideas, saying, "Teaching a principle of changing behavior with a story"

Karen Lynch presents Showing up for Success posted at LivethePower, saying, ""Showing up" means more than just physically being there."

Alan presents Risk Taking - Living life to the fullest posted at Made to Be Great

Barbra Sundquist presents Who Pushes Your Buttons? posted at HomeBusinessWiz..

Wilson Ng presents Profits Straight to the Bottom Line posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, "As a business owner, understanding your cost structure in view of optimizing bottom lines, and maximizing price making decisions is a must."

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Business 101: Teaching Myself Entrepreneurship posted at The Digerati Life.

Debra Moorhead presents “The Science of Getting Rich” Evaluated, Part Two posted at Debra Moorhead.com.

Vahid Chaychi presents 7 Common Things Between a Good Website and an Active Volcano! posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, "There are 7 common things between a good website and an active volcano. If your website has these 7 common things, it is a good one otherwise you have to make some changes in it."

Benjamin Yoskovitz presents Always Gunning For The Next Big Score posted at Instigator Blog, saying, "Using a personal experience of being in a cab (and being surprised by it) I try and related those experiences to business and ways of succeeding in business."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of
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Napoleon's lesson for Managers

People need variety in their roles, just like in their life.

Napoleon a man known to have affairs was at a sermon at Notre Dame on marital fidelity. Afterwards he invited the Cardinal to the country for the weekend. He served him with pheasant for breakfast, lunch, tea and supper. The cardinal said "Pheasant is a truly magnificent dish - but always pheasant?" Napoleon looked and said "Always Josephine?"

Now I am not saying affairs are good ! I am saying that no matter how great the job is when you appoint someone to the role, unless you bring variety to it, they will get bored, stale and usually leave.

How do you add value to people's roles? How do you extend their learning's or do you just let them get sick of pheasant!