“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston Churchill
Category: Leadership (Page 13 of 19)
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac Asimov
Marching Band leaders during a parade represent a good example of how a leader should try to inspire others in order to support a particular dream or objective. This is because every marching band leader, despite having its own particular style, is committed to keep the band members marching in perfect step and with gusto. Effective leadership is essentially about managing to empower others to stick to their mission. In her article, Terry Klass identifies a few ways which may help leaders in this fundamental task:
- Clearly communicate the dream;
- Ask for input about the dream;
- Stay open in case a course correction is needed;
- Keep everybody motivated.
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Proposed by: Ruben Caruccio
Some believe leadership is a gift. Others think it is possible to learn to be a leader.
For those who wish to strengthen their leadership skills, Laura Entis provides seven points to help you become a better leader:
1. Do not be scared to fail big
2. Banish self-doubt by acknowledging your accomplishments
3. Do not settle for the standard solution
4. Focus on results, not style
5. Always keep improving
6. Learn to act like an introvert and an extrovert
7. Cultivate generosity
Read the full article here.
Do you think you’re qualified for a particular job, fit to lead a team, or entitled to a promotion because you have extensive experience and highly developed technical skills? Well, it turns out that while those things are crucial to your professional success, it is imperative that you also have great soft skills, more commonly known as “people skills.”
Jacquelyn Smith suggests 20 soft skills we need to succeed at work:
- The ability to relate to others.
- Strong communication skills.
- Patience with others.
- The ability to trust others.
- Knowing how and when to show empathy.
- Active listening skills.
- Genuine interest in others.
- Flexibility.
- Good judgment.
- The ability to persuade others.
- Negotiation skills.
- The ability to keep an open mind.
- A great sense of humor.
- Knowing your audience.
- Honesty.
- Awareness of body language
- Proactive problem solving.
- Leadership skills.
- Good manners.
- The ability to be supportive and motivate others.
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Posted by: Maria Del Carmen Taschini Otero
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…
These are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
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What is true leadership? Can it be taught?
During TEDxESCP, Bob Davids – entrepreneur and visionary – explains the difference between leadership and management and stresses the importance of leadership without ego.
According to Mr. Davids, management implies control and if you push people you cannot predict what they will do.
Analyzing examples of famous leaders like Gandhi, he affirms that if you can lead people and get them to follow you, then you have the skills to be a leader.
But leadership is a gift and cannot be bought.
Leadership without ego is thus the most valuable commodity and the rarest in the planet.
Defining the skills and competencies which make an effective leader is difficult.
Nonetheless, there are behaviors a leader should avoid as they do not create value for people.
Jeff Boss, consultant at the McChrystal Group, lists four of them:
1. Complaining
2. Emotional volatility
3. Playing nice
4. Micromanagement
Read the full article here.
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Taking his cue from an article on The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review’s Bill Taylor stages a brilliant takedown of today’s tendency to abuse the word “innovation” and, in general, of the seemingly irresistible need for leaders to apply fashionable buzzwords to all sorts of less-than-fitting situations. Sometimes, as the French like to say, “là où il n’y a pas la chose, il faut le mot”. True innovation does not need to be exposed, just as true leadership needs not be flaunted. By renouncing buzzwords, we just may end up actually thinking more deeply and more persuasively about what we do, rather than resorting to labels that conceal more than they reveal.
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Author: Umberto Boeri
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