December 2007

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4 Steps To Activating Personal Transformational Leadership

Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of leadership, and therefore of transformational leaders, is personal leadership. The ability to define what you want out of life and how you are going to get there is the first step in developing leadership. With that being the starting point, it all seems pretty local, however there are [...]

The Leader Next Door Needs Written Goals

You’re the leader next door and have heard over and over that you need to set goals and write them down. You sit down in front of the computer to make a list of what development you want to take place in your followers. Maybe you are a manager and they are your sales staff [...]

Do You Call Yourself A Leader? Do Your People Call You THEIR Leader?

Leaders, in order to be effective, must inspire confidence in order to have followers.Unless leaders have followers they aren’t leading anybody are they?
Effective leaders are those who inspire confidence in their followers because they consistently lead them and the organization in the right direction.
How do leaders know what the right decisions are, that will lead [...]

Improve to the Nth Degree and Reap Exponential Rewards

Improve your accounting and you’ll get the good or bad news about how you are performing a little faster and more accurately. Improve your new product development process, and you’ll grow faster and make a lot more money.
Most choices about what to improve aren’t so clear cut as that comparison suggests. For example, [...]

Use a Schedule and Plan to Implement Your New Year’s Resolution to Make Breakthroughs

Many people feel overwhelmed when they first think about learning how to accomplish 20 times as much with the same time, effort, and resources. Some assume it will take years to master this new discipline. That’s not the case: Most people will be able to create their first breakthrough solution (accomplishing 20 times as much) [...]

Be Wise Like an Owl in Choosing Your Breakthrough Directions

Owls are wise. They hunt at night when few others can compete with them for food. During the day when all the other birds are busy competing with one another, owls enjoy a nice snooze. As a result, owls always eat well.
I want you to be wise in the same way by [...]