November 15th, 2009
Success in business depends heavily on the competent management of people. With a little effort you may succeed in improving in these skills. Having a natural skill for getting along with people and forging relationships can be an advantage, all the same you can do numerous things that will make this process easier. Developing relationships: Addressing individuals by name can be a good beginning. Speak to staff; get eye contact during a conversation. Show respect, and listen to the other person’s opinion, even if you disagree or have a different viewpoint. Developing the ability to listen is among the greatest things you can do to improve your human resources management skills. Welcome any contributions from team members.
Keep your promises: Don’t make promises you will not fulfill. If a promise is not kept, it can ruin trust, and if they can’t trust you your staff won’t perform at their best. When you say something or give a promise, you are squandering your time unless you act with integrity. The truth is, if you can’t be depended on, they won’t be committed if you truly need them. Encourage feedback: Feedback must be a two way process. Keeping an open mind regarding other’s views is very important in managing employees. Being accessible and receptive proves that your co-worker’s opinions matter to you, your ideas will be appreciated in return. Open discussion in addition furthers creative troubleshooting, ways of achieving goals, and improves the company dynamic. If your team can express themselves, the project will become important to every member. Communication is important: Good communication is fundamental to managing people effectively. Keeping an open door policy, listen intently to people, be open minded, and permit all your employees a chance to speak. Inspire team members not just to communicate to you, but with each other. The creative process depends a great deal on the open exchange of ideas, when the team members communicate efficiently, it becomes easy to spot any issues before they present problems, and corrections may be applied before things get out of hand.
Developing these techniques can require time, however the rewards are worthwhile. By establishing the bonds of a good team and by listening to your team’s ideas, you can easily accomplish a successful business.
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October 24th, 2009
Numerous businesses believe that, by supplying staff with some education in health & safety, they have everything they need to prevent a disaster. The reality is that, regardless your industry, an education in health & safety regulations and risk asessment just isn’t adequate. You need to supply your staff with a capable supervisor, the appropriate equipment, and the opportunity to practice.
All teams must have a professional supervisor to watch over the work area, however this individual must also play another role. Your selection of supervisor must realise the importance of health & safety education and have the ability to get other employees feeling enthusiastic.
In addition to observing all of the rules and laws, the supervisor must furthermore ensure that employees perform all work to the highest standard. This isn’t a simple task. The supervisor must possess an in-depth knowledge of the industry and the product in addition to an in-depth comprehension of the safety legislation, risk assessment, and emergency assistance techniques.
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It just is not sufficient to offer your employees health & safety training. Your employees need to gain practical experience of risk assessment and the identification of problem areas. Employees additionally must have insights into the essential safeguards that they are required to put in place not to mention knowing what to do if anything goes wrong. Your workers are only totally prepared when everything has become second nature.
Training is useless if you don’t have the necessary safety gear. When they are missing items they require, or even notice that equipment is not working correctly only after an emergency has happened, then all the education your employees have undergone will have been a waste of time.
It is crucial to examine all your apparatus on a regular basis to ensure that all the required apparatus is where it should be and also that it is all functioning properly. If an item is in less than perfect condition, be certain to get it rectified ASAP and returned to the right place. Your employees must receive appropriate health and safety education, but in addition they also require good quality gear, regular practise excercises, and an experienced supervisor who gets staff to be enthusiastic about working safely. When you put these ideas into practice you will find all the safety regulations be a part of the staff’s working habits rather than an inconvenience for everyone to remember.
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September 14th, 2009
Numerous human resource managers feel that, by providing employees with training in health & safety, they have got everything they need to prevent a disaster. The reality is that, regardless of the industry you’re in, a basic education in health & safety regulations and risk asessment just isn’t enough. You must supply your employees with adequate supervision, the right equipment, and last but not least the chance to practice.
Every team must have an efficient supervisor to watch over the work area, however this individual must also play another role. Your selection of supervisor really needs to be enthusiastic and see health & safety education as great. In addition to insuring conformity with health & safety regulations, a supervisor’s job also almost always includes overseeing staff performance. This is not a simple task. Excellent industry knowledge is a must for a supervisory position as well as an extensive knowledge of the latest legislation with regard to safety, risk appraisal and emergency assistance techniques. It simply isn’t enough to send your employees to a health & safety training course. To successfully identify a safety risk they must get to put their newly accquired skills into practise. Employees also must have insights into the required precautions that they will need to take and understanding what to do if the unexpected happens. Staff are only totally prepared when everything has become routine. Education is not enough if you don’t purchase the required safety gear. When they don’t possess the right equipment or alternatively if staff find out that items are damaged only after something has occurred, all the education available is not going to help them.
Regular maintanence of your equipment is a good idea. If something isn’t in perfect condition, be sure to have it sorted out as quickly as you can and put it back in the right location.
Appropriate health & safety training is vital to the health of your employees, but in addition they require the right gear, the chance to practise, and a supervisor who can motivate your staff. When you put these ideas into practice you will find all the safety regulations become part of your employee’s working habits rather than something for everyone to think about constantly.
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March 2nd, 2009
Gasoline costs are rising and as a result, company expenses are spread short more than previously. With an global economy grinds and capital stays scarce, intelligent decision makers realize redundant accounts should slashed. Executives everywhere have to make a few calculated choices to reduce expenses. Perhaps the best way to slash department costs is to cut down on unnecessary travel budgets, and the easiest way is web conferencing.
Online conferencing allow business people to converse with stakeholders virtually in a appointment in another metropolis, on a distant coast or especially in an overseas country. Most online conference calling employ revolutionary web video components. Because that they usually conducted on almost any computer, they merely make additional use of no additional business capital. Only by looking to the Internet, can a business person make a far off conference from just about any office with Internet access. Not only is it everywhere, it can save travel costs five digits or more in a year.
Advancements in telecommunications technology make Internet conferencing calls a good choice for people to exchange information and presentations seamlessly. Conference participants feel as though they were in the same room, even if theyre really on the other side of the planet earth. The quality of the audio, video and presentation is without flaw through the highest standards in streaming video.
Its hard to miss how most businesses would cut costs by using Internet conference calls in place of blowing thousands flying out an employee on a costly trip. You won’t waste money on meals, hotels and even transportation costs. Big savings that matter over a year. Any cost savings is higher flexibility for your organization. Most everyone knows that some businesses are implementing Internet conference calls to slash money on low-priority business trips.
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June 17th, 2008
Despite the best of intentions, most of us don’t use good information management practices - simple filing systems which enable us to keep track of our projects and resources. The mountain of paperwork piles up on top of us like an avalanche, and beyond that, there are PC files, emails and SMS to manage. Not many organisations have standard practices for information management and organising, sorting and systemising information is not something most of us have ever been taught how to do - so it’s hardly surprising that we struggle to find order among the chaos. Far from being a nuisance administrative task, effective information management is essential to your efficiency and productivity. Introducing simple systems and investing just 15 minutes per week can put you in control of your information and help you to become more efficient and productive.
Managing paperwork
Keeping it together. Create a central storage point for everything that requires filing - a box or a folder labeled ‘filing’ - and throw everything into it during the week.
Make time. Allocate 15 minutes each week for filing. Depending on the state you are in at the beginning, you may need to allocate more time than this to get on top of the task - but from then on, 15 minutes per week should be a small enough time slot to find, but long enough to keep you on top of your paperwork.
Set up systems. When using filing cabinets, decide how you will allocate your space to make it easiest to locate your files: for example, rather than mixing all your files together you might decide to keep current customer files in one drawer and potential customer files and marketing information in a separate drawer, or you might choose to store current projects in one drawer and research and reference information in another, or you might decide to file everything in alphabetical order - you get the idea - look at the type of files you have and decide how to logically divide them into categories. Then, label the front of each drawer with the type of files it contains.
Colour it. Use colour coding to further systemise your files and to enable you to identify different types of files at a glance. Choose a range of coloured manila folders and allocate a different colour to use for different file types: for example, blue for customer files, purple for staff files, pink for project files and so on. Make a reference list of what each colour represents until you are familiar with your system.
What colour is today? Now set up a different coloured folder for each day of the week. Use these to file tasks that require action on certain days. Check the contents of your day-file as part of your 10-minute preparation at the end of each day and prioritise the tasks. Make sure you keep your day-files up to date by immediately filing papers relating to your daily tasks in the appropriate day-file, rather than in your ‘filing’ folder where you may not see it again until your allocated filing time.
Managing email
Virtual files. Set up folders in your email to file important information you have read or actioned and want to keep for future reference. These folders might mirror your hard-copy files to make it easy for you to cross-reference printed and online information relating to a particular subject.
Online colour. Learn how to colour code your incoming email so you can identify at a glance which emails require your immediate attention. Again, your colour coding might mirror your hard copy filing system while adding new colour categories for emails from friends and family.
Email rules. Establish rules for incoming email to help you sort the legitimate messages from the Spam, jokes and junk. Your email software can help you, for example, to send Spam messages directly to your trash, or to send e-zines or newsletters you subscribe to directly to a reading folder.
Read and delete. Many people have a tendency to want to keep emails - set yourself some guidelines for what you want to keep and delete the rest once you have read or actioned them. And, don’t keep emails in your inbox - they’ll only make you feel like you have more work than you really do and increase the chances you’ll overlook something that needs your attention. Be disciplined: read, action then file or delete.
Spring clean. Schedule time to clean out your email regularly, once a month should be enough to keep you on top of it. Empty your deleted items and any unnecessary sent items, and go through any completed project or task folders and ensure that anything you are keeping is essential to your records. Cleaning out your email will ensure you are managing your email files and disk space effectively.
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June 15th, 2008
Leading by example. On the surface it seems like a simple concept. Just do the right thing and others will follow. Unfortunately, we don’t always know what the right thing is or even if we do, doing it is not so easy.
Applying this concept to Internet marketing only makes things that much more difficult. If you don’t already know this, Internet marketing is a jungle filled with more dangers and pitfalls than an Indiana Jones movie. If you’ve spent any amount of time trying to earn a living online you know just how true this is with all the misinformation and outright lies that are out there. And then finally, when you’ve achieved some measure of success, you are confronted with many issues regarding integrity and honesty.
For example. Let’s say for arguments sake that you are selling a product that you later find out is defective. You are making quite a few sales of this product and it is providing you with a nice income. What do you do? Do you turn a blind eye and continue selling it? Why not go the other route and in the long run become even more successful in the process? Make the public aware of the problems with this product. Write articles about it. Submit them to E-zines. Tell everyone you know about the problems you have found. If you don’t think this is going to give you a name that stands for integrity you are missing the large picture here. Those who sacrifice their integrity for a quick buck will ultimately crash and burn in the end. Many successful marketers have gone out of business because of this problem.
It is so easy in this world to be a follower. It doesn’t require much thought and if anyone asks you why you’re doing such and such a thing you can simply answer, “Well, everyone else is doing it.” The question I like to ask when someone says that to me is, “If everyone jumped off the side of a mountain would you follow them?” I have to admit that I did enjoy the one answer a guy gave me to this question. He said, “I would if I was wearing a parachute and carrying first aid supplies I could sell 3 for a dollar.” Of course how many of those people who jumped would still be alive?
The point is, it is so easy to be a sheep, to do what the others do. It is safe, it is in most cases the most profitable, even while only in the short run, and it takes the least amount of courage. But I say, dare to be different from the sheep.
Lead by example!
Let everything that you do in your business (and your life) be a shining example to all.
Do this by being a MOUNTAIN of integrity and never compromising your integrity to make a sale, sponsor a rep, or otherwise “promote” yourself and your business.
It all begins in You.
Do more. Be better. Prove the power of your Powerful potential!
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Margaret Cowles is an entrepreneur and a
veteran Home Based Business Owner and has
trained and coached representatives both
inside and outside of her sales organization.
One of her primary goals is to help others succeed.
She can be reached through her web site at
http://www.ScentsibleLady.com
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June 3rd, 2008
Have you ever snoozed during a presentation? Presentations Magazine finds that
most executives have! In the December, 2005 issue, Presentations reported that
seventy-one percent of 382 business managers reported that they have fallen
asleep during presentations.
And the news gets worse: these managers reported that the most difficult types of
presentations to stay awake for were speeches (35%), followed by training sessions
(23%).
The challenge is obvious. How to ensure that absolutely no one falls asleep during
YOUR presentation or workshop?
Three Rules that Keep Them From Snoozing
1. Own the Real Estate.
This rule is all about ownership: of your physical space, of your material, and of
your state of mind. Let’s look at each:
Own Your Physical Space
In my workshops, we have a name for the physical space from which you will
present. (No, this place is not called “Hell!”) This area is called the Magic Circle. In
it, you must grow larger, more vivid, more animated, and more authoritative. The
Magic Circle is space that you actively take possession of, and own, for the duration
of your presentation.
The actual size of your Magic Circle could be restricted. For example, you may be
required to sit while presenting. Or the area can be more spacious, as in the center
of a training room. The size of the Magic Circle doesn’t matter. How you use it does.
When you present from the Magic Circle, you take on an intensified version of
yourself. You should feel your posture become more erect, even if you are seated.
Roll your shoulders into your back pockets; open your chest. Look people in the
eyes. Be direct, calm, and centered, but also be aware of the psychic and physical
space you are taking up. Fill it up! Stake your claim and OWN that space!
Own Your Material
If you haven’t practiced your material, if it’s not “in your body,” you shouldn’t be
presenting. It’s as simple as that. Even a five-minute speech to the City Council
needs to be practiced. No material should ever feel rented, or like it belongs to
someone else. Even if you’re not happy with the numbers or news you must report,
you own them for the duration of your talk. Your own credibility depends on it.
Own Your State of Mind
You may have had an awful day, and now it’s time to present. Or you may be
anxiously hyperventilating about doing a new training session. Your job now? It is to
“get a grip.” In order to release nervousness, breathe consciously. Move about and
shake it out before your presentation. Breathe deeply into your gut, and envision
total success.
By owning your physical space, your material, and your state of mind, you become
more dynamic and animated. You are in charge. The good news is that 51% of the
382 executives mentioned above said the most important ingredient to keep them
awake was “an animated and enthusiastic speaker!”
2. Break the Rules.
(Yes, this is the second rule, and it can be broken.)
Most organizations and systems are creatures of habit. In some systems, people
always use the podium when they speak. In others, speakers remain seated behind a
table. Perhaps the room is always set up in the same way. Or it has become a norm
for the presenters to apologize before beginning–for their scratchy voices, or even
their own nervousness. Or maybe it has become de rigueur to use hundreds of
PowerPoint slides.
Whatever the norms are around training and presenting, it is wise to ask, “Is this
necessary? How might it add to or detract from my ‘owning the real estate’ and
being the best speaker I can be?”
Participants don’t snooze when speakers and trainers judiciously break the rules.
3. Make It So They CAN’T Sleep.
You must make it impossible for participants to sleep. You can do this in several
ways:
• INTEGRATE “Question/Answer” sessions throughout your presentation. DON’T
wait until the last 5 minutes to ask “Are there any questions?”
• ASK the audience questions. They can either answer you or talk with their
neighbor about the issue. Be ready to pull them back to order.
• MINIMIZE your PowerPoint slides. A good challenge is to use only 3-6 slides
for a 60-minute presentation. Instead, distribute and discuss relevant handouts,
objects, materials, case studies, financial reports, etc.
• BREAK THE GROUP INTO SMALL GROUPS to discuss and solve a problem. Don’t
ask for reports from each group3-5 top responses from the entire group may
suffice. Remember, people can often learn as much by talking to each other as they
can by listening to youand they’ll never go to sleep while doing so.
By putting these Rules to use, you’ll make your presentations and training sessions
much more dynamic and compelling. Instead of relying on a whip to keep people
awake, you’ve employed powerful Best Practices from the presentation field.
Guila Muir turns boring experts into great presenters! Sign up for her Training Tips
Resource at Find dozens of free presentation tips at http://www.guilamuir.com.
Article © 2006 Guila Muir and Associates
Guila Muir: “Developing Presenters, Trainers, and Facilitators to Make a Difference!”
Guila Muir is principal of Guila Muir and Associates, a Seattle-based firm
specializing in the development of speakers, trainers and facilitators. Since 1981,
Guila has enhanced the communication and training skills of a wide variety of
professionals. Contact her at or call her at (206) 725-1994.
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June 3rd, 2008
Signs, Signs, Everywhere there’s signs, these lyrics recorded by Telsa reminded me what separates exceptional leaders from the average leaders — the ability to find and read signs. This awareness to signs allows these leaders to think both creatively and strategically.
First, what makes an exceptional leader? In the book Fail-Safe Leadership, the authors Linda Martin and Dr. David Mutchler in 100 pages boil leadership down to the ability to get results within clearly articulated core values. The how of getting results or what some may call performance continues to vex many businesses and individuals.
Examples in history are endless. George Washington read the signs of the future of the America’s by surveying potential land as to what would be desirable for the incoming colonists. From his creative ability to read the signs, he was able to strategically purchase land that he later sold for a profit making him a wealthy man.
In today’s business world, such leaders as Jack Welsh, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey and Mary Kaye all demonstrated the ability to read the signs before others even saw the signs. Successful entrepreneurs such as industrialist Andrew Carnegie to Fed Ex Founder Fred Smith saw the signs and made millions of dollars when others believed their endeavors would fail. Another example closer to Chicago and Northern Indiana, is local business owner and entrepreneur, Dean White, who followed Washington’s footsteps. He saw his recently purchased hundreds of farming acres supporting businesses in the forthcoming decades. Mr. White is now a billionaire because he saw and read the signs before the intersection of U.S. 30 and I-65 was still a dream at the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Reading signs is not magical, but a developed skill. The first step is to increase your individual awareness to your environment. Taking a course such as Neuro-Linguistic programming, spending 10 minutes a day in reflection and staying current with tomorrow’s business trends will improve your natural awareness. Also, focus should always be on the positive, the possibilities, instead of the negative. Learn to embrace joy first instead of misery.
Next, follow the words of Marcel Prost who wrote that the true voyage of discovery is not seeking new landscapes, but seeing with new eyes. Look at everyday happenings from a new perspective by changing to different lenses or filters. Continually ask yourself if your reaction is one of conditioning?
The signs are all around and many may tell you what to do and what you can’t do. Your challenge as a leader is three fold: Find the Signs, Read the Signs and Possibly Rewrite the Signs.
As The Small Business Coach, Leanne helps small business owners, executives, entrepreneurs and large organizations to double performance in real time. Please feel free to contact her at 219.759.5601. If you truly don’t believe doubling your results is possible, read some case studies where individuals and businesses took the risk and experienced unheard of results.
One quick question, if you could secure one new client or breakthrough that one roadbloack, what would that mean to you?
Then, take a risk and give a call at 219.759.5601 to experience incredible results. You may double your results while just talking on the phone provided you implement the strategies.
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June 1st, 2008
As a business owner, you’ve likely created a hurricane plan for your business and your family, but did you overlook your construction project? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Most people don’t even think about preparing their construction site because it’s not written into their “construction timeline.” But when a hurricane threatens, general contractors usually get panicked phone calls asking about potential damage, delays and cost.
You can save time and frustration by contacting your general contractor to discuss their plan before a hurricane strikes. You’ve invested a lot of resources into your construction project, so insist that your contractor safeguard it the same way that you safeguard your home. Here is a guide on what to expect from your general contractor’s hurricane preparation plan:
1. Preparation Timing - A construction site has infinitely more hazards than a completed building, so it is reasonable to assume that the site won’t be properly secured in one day. Depending on the size of the project, your general contractor should start preparing your site three to five days in advance of the storm.
2. Actual Building Preparation - Your general contractor should complete a structural analysis of your building to assess its weaknesses in the days prior to the storm. Is the roof up? Are any of the frames or trusses exposed? Are the exterior openings exposed? Any work that will help the structural integrity of the building should continue if it can be completed in time (this might include concrete or roofing). At the same time, any work that is highly vulnerable to damage (like landscaping or exterior painting), should be put on hold until after the storm.
3. Exterior Site Preparation - Any lose material like 2×4’s, rebar, scaffolding, and roofing tile could become a dangerous projectile. Your general contractor should secure all of these items to protect your building and to protect surrounding businesses and homes. Larger jobsites might require an engineering consultation to properly secure materials. Additionally, your general contractor should verify any onsite construction trailers are securely tied down, dumpsters should be emptied or removed, portable toilettes should be removed and any deliveries of non-essential materials should be placed on hold.
4. Construction Documents - The same way that you would want to protect insurance documents or a mortgage, your general contractor should be protecting the jobsite documentation in a waterproof container, or relocating it to the contractor’s main office.
5. Builders Risk Insurance - This is a policy that the general contractor purchases on your behalf. It is your policy to protect your investment, so make sure that you read it thoroughly and understand it. Specifically, you should be aware the following:
a. Last year, there were several disputes over who paid the insurance deductible for damage. Since then, some insurance companies have already written that clarification into the policy. If the insurance policy doesn’t mention it, your contract with the general contractor should stipulate whether you or the general contractor is responsible for the deductible.
b. Several buildings that were damaged last year were under-insured, so make sure that your insurance covers the full value of the building.
c. If your project will be completed during hurricane season, consider purchasing a policy that covers an extra month or two so that you are locked into a lower premium rate if your project is delayed. Most insurance companies will allow you to drop the policy if the project is completed early.
d. Builders Risk Insurance does NOT cover flooding or mold. However, you can purchase separate policies.
You’ve prepared for everything else when the storm strikes, don’t forget to plan for your construction project too.
Cyndee Woolley is the Marketing Coordinator for Professional Building Systems. http://www.pbscontractors.com/
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April 25th, 2008
You can greatly improve your job and career performance when you embrace leadership as a sacred calling.
The global marketplace is creating historic changes in human circumstances as broad and deep as those originated by the Industrial Revolution. But one significant change that observers are overlooking involves leadership.
From the outset of the Industrial Revolution, order-giving has been the standard of leadership. The word “order” comes from the Latin root meaning to arrange threads in a woof. In the Industrial Revolution’s early years, workers were “ordered” or ranked like threads in a woof of textile production lines.
But globalization is creating a need for new leadership. Instead of ordering people to go from A to B, the new leadership has people want to go from A to B.
This simple, even simplistic, difference illuminates an enormous leadership opportunity. Clearly, people who “want to” are more competitive than people who are simply responding to orders, given their skills are commensurate. Your arousing want-to in others can be accomplished most effectively when you see your leadership as a sacred activity.
Sacred is commonly defined as being devoted or dedicated to a deity or some religious purpose. But the emergence of the global marketplace has necessitated a new meaning for the sacred. The sacred I speak of is not connected to any principle exclusive to a particular denominational religion. If it were, it could not be applied universally throughout the global market’s interplay of many languages, cultures, and religions. Instead, the sacred aspect of leadership is based on the undeniable fact that all humans everywhere are interconnected through their relationships in profound, practical ways. The sacred flows from the wellsprings of those deep, human relationships.
Paradoxically, this “new” leadership has been manifested since time in memorial. After all, when people needed to accomplish great things, a leader had to first gather them together and speak from the heart. In that gathering, in that speaking, in that sharing something truly sacred was established.
To examine the sacred, we must understand the stuff that leaders’ activities must be made of: results. If you’re not getting results, you won’t be a leader for long. Results come in countless forms and functions. But one thing all results share is they are the outcomes of the relationships people engender to take action.
The word “relationship” comes from a Latin root meaning to “carry back.” To be involved in a human relationships is to both give and get. Such relationships are best realized in leadership when you engage in what I call the Leadership Imperative. The Imperative states: “I will lead others in such a way that we together not only accomplish our needed results but we grow professionally and personally.”
The Leadership Imperative is the rough, organizational equivalent of the Golden Rule that most religions, in one form or another, urge; but don’t confuse it with a guide for conduct exclusively; it’s also a way of getting great organizational results. When people understand that your leadership will improve their lives, their jobs and their careers, you’ll establish a sacred bond with them, and they’ll be more likely to be motivated to accomplish extraordinary things for you.
(An important tool for actualizing the Leadership Imperative is a methodology I’ve been teaching to leaders worldwide for nearly a quarter of a century. See my website for my information on the Leadership Talk.)
In our time, order leadership has held sway in all sectors of business and government. However, order leadership has nothing sacred to offer. Orders are sent, orders carried out or not. Deep, human, “sacred” connections are superfluous, even antithetical, to giving orders. And because order leadership can’t get the consistently great results that the new leadership triggers, the order way of leadership is destined for history’s scrap heap.
Don’t be put off or discouraged if you can’t immediately see the sacred in your leadership today. First, align your words and actions to conform to the Leadership Imperative. When you do, you’ll see the sacred in the very practical necessities of your daily life. It’s been there all along, waiting for you to find it and realize it. You may be in a bureaucracy that at first blush seems to have nothing to do with the sacred. But I submit that no matter what organization you’re in, what job you hold, you’ll get the best results when you work to manifest the sacred in your leadership. In fact, the sacred is the true reality of what you do, where you do it.
When you’re realizing the sacred calling of the Leadership Imperative, everyone you encounter, every challenge you face, is invested with special meaning that can boost results.
The exigencies of the global economy are demanding a change in the standard of leadership. Your understanding and realizing the new leadership but also its sacred dimensions will notably advance your job and career performance.
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2006 © The Filson Leadership Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
The author of 23 books, Brent Filson’s recent books are, THE LEADERSHIP TALK: THE GREATEST LEADERSHIP TOOL and 101 WAYS TO GIVE GREAT LEADERSHIP TALKS. He is founder and president of The Filson Leadership Group, Inc. - and for more than 21 years has been helping leaders of top companies worldwide get audacious results. Sign up for his free leadership e-zine and get a free white paper: “49 Ways To Turn Action Into Results,” at http://www.actionleadership.com
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