Change: To Lead Or Be Led
Posted by Charity Martushev as change management, leadership
Recently I wrote a blog of a co-workers grandson who was able to make the team in tryouts for a premier soccer league. Unfortunately as he was looking forward to his first game, her grandson was given a blow. He is suffering from stress fractures in his back, requiring him to take it easy for [...]
Intention not Perfection
Posted by Martha Rice as leadership, team development, teamwork
Five Years Later
After five years separation, several former employees of a bankrupt company, which I was one of, decided to have a mini reunion. The main purpose of getting together was to find out how our coworkers survived their major life changes. We wanted to know if the others were happy in their new jobs [...]
Gathering Intelligence
Posted by Charity Martushev as leadership
Once there was a boy who found there was a wonderful device, the telephone with a live person on the other line ready to help you. Her name was ‘Information Please’ and there seemed there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anyone’s number, the correct time and as the boy soon [...]
Turbulent Waters Requires Strong Leadership
Posted by admin as communication, leadership, qualities of leadership, team development
The helm or steering mechanism of a ship adjusts the angle of the rudder, and in turn, changes the direction of the ship. In the 18th century as technology increased ships began to increase in size. While this growth was advantageous, at the same time the ships became increasingly difficult to control. Thus a ship [...]
Leading Your Team Through A Reactive Culture
Posted by Martha Rice as Leadership Development, Uncategorized, leadership, qualities of leadership, teamwork
Recently, I was leaving a local arena with my family after attending a hockey game. Our local winter weather tears our roads apart and therefore created some necessary road work to be done that was in currently in progress. Therefore, instead of two lanes leading north out of the parking lot there was [...]
Strong Leaders Needed To Stepup And Take The Helm
Posted by admin as leadership, organizational change
The helm or steering mechanism of a ship adjusts the angle of the rudder, in turn, changes the direction of the ship. In the 18th century as technology increased ships began to increase in size. While this growth was advantageous, at the same time the ships became increasingly difficult to control. Thus a shipmaster needed [...]
Coaching- The First Skill of a Leader
Posted by Eric Mead as Leadership Development, coaching skills, leadership
I’ve been fortunate enough to be exposed to some of the world’s foremost authorities on coaching others for business success. I’ve been able to see firsthand the results effective coaching has in organizations from all over the world. Despite this, when I think back to my first management position at a world-renown advertising [...]
Four Tips For Leading The Willful Group
Posted by Martha Rice as achievement, leadership, meeting management, planning, time management
I was asked to sit in on a religious committee meeting yesterday. As I sat listening to the various disagreements between the members, I noticed that the action items and needs vital for a happy congregation are not that much different than the requirements of today’s businesses.
While I have served on several committees, I have [...]
Leadership Accountability, Where Have You Gone?
Posted by Matt Fankhauser as accountability, leadership
A terrible disease is plaguing society, a disease that in my own medical terms I call “A Common Case Of Untold, Never-ending, Truth Avoidance Behaviors, In Large Increments To You.” If you take all of the bold letters and put them together it spells ACCOUNTABILITY. Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch.
Society has become too [...]
Qualities of Leadership: As A Man Thinketh – Chapter 5
Posted by Mike Dixon - Regional Manager as achievement, character, leadership, qualities of leadership
Previously I had introduced the book, As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen, as a principle of effective leadership. For this entry, I want to focus on Chapter 5 of this book, The Thought-Factor in Achievement.
Allen states, “A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.” How true? A person dwelling [...]
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