In life and business there are two cardinal sins. the first is to act without thought and the second is to not act at all. Carl Icahn
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Month: December 2012 (Page 1 of 2)
Leaders’ personal attitudes and actions influence people around them. They need to be credible with their direct reports. Why should anyone follow an instruction that the instructor is not following himself?
Peter Thatcher’s ‘Leading by example’ , you can download for free at Bookboon.com, provides some suggestions about how to be a good leader behaving with integrity and respect.
Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. Paul Tournier
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Randy Conley, Director of Client Services and Trust Practice Leader at The Ken Blanchard Companies, is deeply interested in making employees more engaged and interested in their work.
In his article The One Indispensable Ingredient for Employee Engagement published by http://switchandshift.com, Conley observes that there is an epidemic of workers who are uninterested and disengaged from the job they do.
There are many excellent strategies that deals with this challenge, but according to him only one strategy can be good: trust!
The TrustWorks! ABCD Model® provides that framework and illustrates the four elements of trust that leaders need to focus on building high-trust relationships:
- Able – Demonstrate Competence
- Believable – Act with integrity
- Connected – Care about others
- Dependable – Maintain Reliability
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Knowledge is power, but virtual learning is brilliant! Keep learning everyone.
This is the message that Janine N. Truitt, a human resources professional, conveys in her article “The Futurism of HR Technology: Virtual Learning” published on toolbox.com
Learning as we know it in HR (but not only) is rapidly changing.
Gone are the days of physically traveling to a venue to sit in a chair and hear a presentation.
Gone are the days of physically traveling to a venue to sit in a chair and hear a presentation.
Learning and training alike have gone virtual and there is no turning back.
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Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ( Anonymous )
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What does it take to be a good negotiator? There are many skills involved in negotiations and they should all be considered by those involved in diplomatic negotiations.
In this illustration realized by Stefano Baldi on the basis of his experience in multilateral negotiations, it is possible to have an idea of the main skills that are required for a successful diplomatic negotiator.
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Elizabeth Gilbert in a recent Ted Talk shares the idea that all of us “have” a genius, an artistic flair.
In this surprisingly moving video she describes creativity like a divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source…
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler
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