Unleashing Talent  Empowering Individuals Have you ever watched a leashed animal? Let’s use the ordinary example of someone taking a dog for a walk on a leash. The dog walks along at the pace the owner sets. The dog can go only so far before being tugged back by the leash. Then what happens ... read more

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Stellar leadership does not happen overnight, it is an arduous process. One of the most important challenges that a leader faces is overcoming their natural inclination to maintain the status quo. A business cannot reach its true potential unless a visionary leader is able to push through the glass ... read more

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What Is Passion And How Does It Apply To Work? Passion describes all of the emotions surrounding love, romance and relationships; a deep, personal feeling most often associated with affairs of the heart. Passion can be said to be a key ingredient capable of exciting the energy which keeps us moti... read more

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Your decision to lead from the bottom up is the decision to be a servant leader. Servant Leadership Theory The phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in his 1970 essay “The Servant as Leader.” Though the idea of leading through service has been around for centuries a... read more

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One of the greatest challenges of making it in today’s competitive marketplace is to find creative ways of keeping employees engaged. There is nothing worse than losing your star employees to a competitor, which can be a blow to any company’s success. This may not only result in lost profits ove... read more

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So, why do talented employees leave? While it is definitely one of the top contributing factors, most research has shown that money is rarely the only reason an employee chooses to leave a company. It is usually a combination of a variety of other reasons that often has the biggest influence on a... read more

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Listening is the manager’s most important leadership skill Therefore… Get off your high horse Get off your computer Get out of your office Get out of the board room and …Get on your feet! If you truly want to listen to your employees, use your feet. Listen by Walking Aro... read more

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Many leaders have made ample use of employee engagement surveys in the past, only to come to the realization that they have failed to sustain a minimal rate of employee turnover at the company. There are many reasons as to why this occurs, many of which will be highlighted in this article. Let’... read more

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A disproportionate number of people are now joining the “lost generation” club – a group of individuals who are becoming more and more disengaged from their workplace and school environment, leading to as much as $4.7 trillion in lost productivity. Disengagement is now a defining trend that... read more

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It is an untarnished fact of life that people want their voice to be heard! Surveys have revealed to us just how much people want to feel praised, while countless philosophers such as John Dewey have also expressed the innate human need to feel desired and important. Why should things be any diff... read more

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