Dr. Mary Kay

Leaders are teachers and coaches. Leaders influence people every day through their behaviors, words, and actions. What are the steps to becoming a master at coaching? Masterful coaching can be accomplished by first making sure the coach loves working with people. This may sound simplistic; however, some people that classify

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Dr. Mary Kay

Last week I met with a new customer and noticed the employees working very hard. I went up to each employee and commented, “Wow, you guys are really knocking it out of the park!”  You should have seen their expression – they looked like this was the first time they

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Clare Hawkins

When you’re leading virtual teams, you don’t have the luxury of the ability to reach people with body language and share space with the individuals you’re working with as you would in person. If you’re responsible for organizing communication between individuals through virtual mediums, things become more difficult. You’ll need

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Dr. Mary Kay

Sometimes leadership is not about making extreme changes but coming up with a compromise that works for all parties involved. What is the payoff for developing leadership skills in your team? This was the case in a high-profile, international professional services firm. We were asked to help them with what

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Dr. Mary Kay

People have different ideas of what “holding people accountable” means. Some believe it is employee discipline; others simply say, “I’m holding you accountable,” but do little to follow up. As I have observed leadership qualities associated with accountability, effective leaders create a culture of commitment by defining accountability as making

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Drew Dudley

I’m almost 36 years old, and I’ve been to the funerals of 15 of my friends. I’ve been to only six weddings. I’ve learned a lot from the people I’ve lost. When I was 19 years old, my parents let me host the last-day-of-school party (the one that’s been recreated

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David McCuistion

“I don’t care what you know until I know how much you care.” I’m sure many readers have either heard or read that statement about what employees think of leadership. But do people actually care about what team members say or believe as long as they are doing their job?

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Al Gonzalez

Are you familiar with content curation and content marketing? Use these examples of personal branding to market yourself using content curation and content marketing. These examples can be blended easily and quickly into your daily routine with amazing results. Doing this can help you increase your influence and reach while

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Paresh Dhake

  Over the years, management experts have tried to find a relationship between leadership and intelligence, and the general consensus is that they are closely related. Emotional intelligence plays a great role in maintaining positive relationships with people around you and being a successful leader. Successful leaders are known to

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Dr. Christopher Powell

Business transparency can be defined as exposing as much organizational information, operational process data, and decision-making as possible to internal and external stakeholders. Business Transparency Business transparency can lead to effective and efficient organizational behavior and outcomes. Many leaders suggest that transparency is necessary to achieve a level of success

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