Leadership  

To Decide or Not to Decide – that is the Procrastination

One of the most important skills to develop on the road to becoming highly successful is the ability to become proficient at making decisions. Interestingly, this is not a skill that is taught, let alone focused upon, in formal ...read more

There are many ways to talk about another person or to write articles and perhaps a commercial piece of copy in which we use the personal pronoun “You.”

Used correctly, that single word can open up a lot of doors for us. But used improperly, it can become just another item ...read more

Is arrogance a bad thing? Well it depends on what you call arrogance, arrogance you see? For instance someone with an extremely high-self esteem, hell of a resume and lots of self-confidence may appear to be arrogant to someone who is less achieved, weak in personal character and is either ...read more

Most organizations abound with acolytes for the status quo. The status quo is simply the existing state of an organization. What's wrong with the status quo? A great deal. In fact, the status quo of any organization is usually wrong.

The trouble with the status quo isn't that ...read more

Do clothes really "make the man"? In certain instances, yes, they do. When you wear a uniform to play a certain role, that uniform evokes power over others. People create impressions or even illusions of power with what they wear. When you wear the right clothes ...read more

We are all suckers to titles. When we hear "doctor" in front of a name, it automatically registers in our mind that this person is important, powerful, and intelligent. We don't even ask if he or she graduated at the bottom of their class.

In the ...read more

Legitimate Power, also know as earned or respect power, is a combination of respect, reputation, and your history. Reputation is the sum total of how you have conducted yourself in your professional and personal affairs. If you have shown respect, integrity, and character in all your ...read more

Former heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott was training for a fight against a boxer who had a ferocious left hook. Asked if he was worried, Jersey Joe replied, "Nope. I'll take his left hook and put it in his pocket."

Walcott's low key, wry, confident attitude matched his ...read more

During the most extreme stress and trying times we often find true leaders. During that time of need when things look hopeless we often find natural leaders and there seems to be a gene for it and in any group of 20 people you will generally find 3 or 4 ...read more

When seeking to get more creativity and innovation into an organization, it is important to have an understanding of the different levels of influence and at what level you are operating. The language that people use and the emphasis that they put on certain words reflect these different levels.

The emphasis ...read more