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Friday, October 15, 2010

Executive Leadership and Business Performance

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Efficiency and productivity are strategic imperatives in every corner of industry—from energy consumption to business processes and everythi...

Failure Is An Essential Part of Process

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Outsourcing giant Wipro chairman, Azim Premji fosters an environment in which workers feel safe taking risks.
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Helping Women Climb the Corporate Ladder

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Most company employees will be familiar with the colleague who talks a lot at meetings, frequently in the first person: 'I have done thi...

Chile's Heroes Have a Lesson for Rio and Co

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If the stream of remarkable footage from Chile can teach Rio Ferdinand and his bungling England football comrades anything, it is in its ult...

Women and the Transition to Senior Management

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Here is some advice from Positive Leadership on how women can best make the transition to senior management: Anticipate transitions. At a...

Treating Customers and Employees Well

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Most of the U.S. airline industry is under assault from skyrocketing fuel prices and a sluggish economy, but the message that Southwest Airl...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Positive Leadership is an Effective Motivator

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A recent McKinsey & Company research study, titled, “ Motivating people: Getting beyond money ” , has found that positive leadership att...

Create Candor in the Workplace

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Jack Welch, former chairman of General Electric and author of   WINNING tells his audience to foster honest feedback: "If you reward c...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Attitude

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Maximising the Value of Investment in Leadership Development

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Here are a few ideas to make sure your investment in becoming a positive leader is optimised: 1. Make a public declaration Share your plan...
Monday, October 11, 2010

10 Aspects of Executive Presence

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Genuine . Open, straightforward, comfortable in your skin; no sugar-coating. Passion . You love and feel strongly about what yo...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Fear

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A lot of people are afraid of failure, but do you know anyone who's afraid of success? Let's talk about this rather common problem....
Saturday, October 09, 2010

What Drives Our Leadership Impact?

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“Where others see hierarchies, the new leaders see connections” , writes Emmanuel Gobillot in his book, The Connected Leader: Creating Agile...

Why Good Boards Aren't There When You Need Them

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There has been a lot of talk about governance in the wake of the financial crisis. People have been wondering: where were the directors when...
Friday, October 08, 2010

Four Presentation Tips from Obama's U.N. Speech

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In many ways, when President Obama stood up to deliver his address to the United Nations on September 23, he faced challenges similar to a b...

Managing in the New Economic Order

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Here are some thoughts on how to manage in the new economic order post recession: Stay flexible. Managers will need a flexible organisatio...
Thursday, October 07, 2010

Ryder Cup = Passion

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Talent Showdown

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Boasting about rigorous recruiting policies has been sport at the city’s premier financial firms for decades. Even Oxbridge graduates aren’t...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Building a Positive Leadership Team

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Once the leader is committed to the process of building a positive business, it is essential to then build a positive leadership team that s...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Passion (v 2)

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Ian Poulter, who secured Europe's first point in yesterday's Ryder Cup singles by defeating Matt Kuchar 5&4, was delighted to ta...

Passion (v 1)

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Performing Under Pressure

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'I had a massive lot of emotions going through my head. That was the most difficult nine holes of golf I have ever played in my life. I ...

Team Spirit

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After the loss of the 2010 Ryder Cup to the Europeans, Hunter Mahan of the U.S. team was overcome with emotion. He was taking the brunt of t...

Passion and Desire

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