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Last Updated: Jul 1, 2008 - 9:09:50 PM |
Articles on specific leadership skills.
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Managing Overachievers (video) - Apr 14, 2008 - 2:03:15 PM
Having an overachiever on your team may feel like a blessing – they work twice as hard as others, are very goal oriented, and highly organized. But overachievers can often be near impossible to manage - ultimately eroding organizational performance and undermining team morale. Executive Coach and Consultant, Caty Everett, explains how to spot an overachiever and how to better manage them.
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'Blink' author: How to make better business decisions (video) - Apr 14, 2008 - 1:42:48 PM
At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, the author of The Tipping Point and Blink tells security professionals that too much information can impair judgement. As an example, he said emergency room doctors are much better at diagnosing chest pain accurately when they have only four data points (chest pain, instability, fluid in the lungs, and an electrocardiogram) instead of when they take into account factors such as patient age and whether the patient smokes.
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Present Like Steve Jobs (video) - Apr 14, 2008 - 12:06:09 PM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is well known for his electrifying presentations. Communications coach Carmine Gallo discusses the various techniques Jobs uses to captivate and inspire his audience — techniques that can easily be applied to your next presentation.
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How To Provide Feedback - Jun 17, 2007 - 8:05:28 PM
Imagine if Tiger Woods never received objective feedback on his game. Do you think he could improve? And even if he could improve, would it be sufficient to maintain his champion status?
They say feedback is the breakfast of champions, and I have no doubt that high performers like Tiger Woods would probably agree. But what constitutes effective feedback?
Feedback, when composed and delivered badly, can be devastating. When handled well, it can be truly empowering. Here are some tips for approaching the all important task of providing feedback effectively...
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The Timely Leader - Apr 14, 2007 - 10:57:43 AM
Deliver better value...faster! In this, the fifth and last in the series on Facet Leadership, we explore the part that time plays in executing your leadership focus.
“…I can’t help but think how much better it would have been if I had done it faster. You know at the time everything we did was radical. Who knows? I might have gotten fired if I had worked faster” – Jack Welch in an interview with Robert Slater, April 1999
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The Empathic Leader - Apr 6, 2007 - 7:12:50 PM
Listen Up! Most of us have difficulty in really listening. Although we live in a technology driven world, where the promise of faster, easier and better quality communications is made daily, the reality is that this outcome remains as elusive as ever.
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The Courageous Leader - Apr 1, 2007 - 1:46:43 PM
In our previous articles we spoke about FOCUS and AUTHENTICITY. With your focus already communicated and hopefully understood, it’s now time to work collaboratively with others to ‘make it happen’. This means figuring out the myriad details that must fit together into a coherent plan of action…in fact many plans. It also means keeping options open for as long as possible to allow for changing circumstances, and new opportunities.
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Thinking to Coach? Coach to Think! - Feb 19, 2007 - 8:56:32 PM
Coaching is now regarded as a key competency for leaders to acquire and master. Easier said than done. Many managers struggle with the challenge, some believing that it's in direct conflict with their role of 'managing' people, which requires them to be tough and demanding, whereas coaching seems to be so aligned with 'hand holding'.
Here, from our experience are seven tips that managers will find useful as they embark on the coaching journey...
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