Effective Leadership for 21st Century Organizations

Traditional leadership styles from the 19th and 20th Centuries tended to involve strict hierarchies, superiority, winners and losers. To lead, people felt the need to prove they are better than everyone else. Leadership was about “power” and its abuse. In the latter part of the 20th Century, there was a gradual decline in hierarchies which is evermore the case in…

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Awaken the Leader In You

Many motivational experts like to say that leaders are made, not born. I would argue the exact opposite is true. I believe we are all natural born leaders, but have been deprogrammed along the way. As children, we were natural leaders - curious and humble, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge, with an incredibly vivid imagination; we knew exactly what…

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The Audience Is Your Friend

For many professional, audiences create the same effect for a speaker, no matter how small they are. Fear and anxiety. From a single person to a crowd as big as the fans in the Super Bowl, speaking in front of a serious listening audience is the true test and baptism of fire. Despite this, audiences are predictable. Audiences listen to…

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Are You a Leader or a Slacker?

Do you claim to be a leader in your business or your field of expertise? I have noticed that many people claim to be Leaders, but I consider them Slackers instead. A Slacker is someone that basically likes to give instruction or direction, but takes no action on advancing themselves or their business. Does this describe you, your up-line or…

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