In preparing for battle I’ve always found that plans are useless, but planning is essential. Dwight Eisenhower
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Talent helps individuals and teams to reach their goals, but is it enough? What about a team where people act for their own purposes, without any common motivation? In one of his articles, Adam Fridman explains how to motivate a team in order to maximize the results it can achieve. In particular, here are seven tips to bring a good team to the next level.
- Respect everyone. Every member of the team is important, and great leaders make sure that everyone is appreciated for his contribution to the common results.
- Offer incentives. Rewards put value and energize progress, not only for individuals but for the whole team.
- Stay plugged in. Good managers stay current with their teams, even if they leave enough freedom and trust to stimulate creativity.
- Lead, don’t boss. People tend to follow a good example more than they obey to an order.
- Make work have value. Working hard is not enough, you must be sure the activity of any member is functional to the goals you give to the team.
- Be genuine. Leaders, as every team member, know who they are and remain leaders in every moment.
- Make goals clear and achievable. Team must know what it must produce, and must be confident it can achieve these results.
Read more here.
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There is a line in Dante (Purgatorio XVII. 25) that reads: “Poi piovve dentro a l’alta fantasia” (Then rained down into the high fantasy…). I will start out this evening with an assertion: fantasy is a place where it rains.
Italo Calvino, Italian writer (1923 -1985)
Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Harvard University Press, 1988.
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In this inspiring interview by Oscar di Montigny, Patch Adams, famous physician and clown, touches on many issues like self-confidence, love, compassion.
Time lost is never found again. Identifying mistakes in your time-management can improve your productivity allowing you to save time for really important activities. But which are the most common time management mistakes? This article contains a list of them:
- Lack of vision
- Failure to delegate/outsource properly
- Lack of a regular time management review
- Perfectionism
- Prioritising urgency over importance
- Lack of perspective
- Overestimating importance
And now be honest: are you making any of the above mentioned time management mistakes? If the answer is yes, it is time to review your working methods, coming out with new strategies meant to correct the flaws in your time-management skills.
Read the full article by Coaching Positive Performance
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The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .
For the month of December the selected quotation is by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – One the founding fathers of the United States of America, a man whose talents ranged from politics to science, author and inventor (including the lightning rod and bifocal lenses).
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams
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Do you have the self belief and confidence to make a difference? Do you “just know” that you’ll succeed no matter what? Do you know what motivates and gets you going? And do you know how to tap into the motivations of other people?
In Personal Confidence & Motivation written by Sean McPheat (Founder and Managing Director of management development specialists, MTD Training) you’ll find the answers to all of these questions and much more besides. You’ll understand how to build your own confidence levels and how to generate confidence in an instant. You’ll then move to the topic of motivation and you’ll be able to really understand this area of personal development.
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Niemand ist mehr Sklave, als der sich für frei hält, ohne es zu sein.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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