When to use the Indirect-Method of Leading and Influencing

October 27, 2011

To use the indirection tactic, those that you want to follow must know what you want. Then, you do something that will influence them to do it without asking for what you want directly.

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How To Use Involvement to Directly Influence and Lead in Corporate settings

October 20, 2011

Knowing this fact, you can begin to understand why American Business Management many times overlooks utilizing the involvement approach as thoroughly and as extensively as the Japanese.

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A Personal Tribute on The Life of Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011

Today, I with much of the valley, take a moment to recognize and remember the remarkable life of Mr. Steve Jobs. It has been a tremendous pleasure to have witness the work of this visionary and to learn from his life. As a leader he was able to not only provide a vision for his [...]

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How to Effectively Persuade In The Workplace

July 8, 2011

how to persuade and knowing how to be effective in its use, can bring the results that your seeking, because it provides for tangible reasons and benefits why someone should do something you want them to do.

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How A Business Leader Uses The Different Tools Of Influence To Lead

June 17, 2011

Today more than ever business leaders need to use the right kind of influence to lead their teams

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What Business Leadership Can Learn From Sports

June 2, 2011

The competitive nature of sports can be fully utilized by business leaders during tough times when morale may be low.

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The Best Leaders Get Out From Behind the Computer

May 16, 2011

The Personal Computer is clearly one of the superlative inventions of all times.  Men, women, students, children all have access to this marvelous tool and in many ways our lives have been tremendously enhanced and enriched as a result. I love the computer, because it helps me in so many ways in day to day [...]

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How To Be Yourself and Still Be an Effective Leader

May 1, 2011

When a leader is caught masquerading his personality to be someone he or she really isn’t, then those who follow are left with the distinct impression that this person is a phony and therefore dishonest in his personality and style.

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How Good Leaders Properly Criticize

April 12, 2011

Mistakes can be an opportunity to correct, learn and grow from. Sadly, many leaders vent their negative emotions on to the one making the mistake in such a negative way, that they end up doing more damage than good

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Taking Personal Responsibility:How leaders Get Their People To Follow

April 5, 2011

A true leader knows that the buck stops with him. He or she has the ultimate responsibility for the organization’ outcomes, and therefore any attempt to deflect the blame, for a negative outcome on to someone else is in a sense not living up to the contract a leader makes in order to become that leader.

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