Leadership can be taught. With enough training, anybody can be a leader. The theory is that leaders are made, not born. Or are they?
The other day a woman told me that she sees definite leadership traits in her son. I asked her how old he was. “Six,” she replied. Too young to have been through [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Leadership can be taught
Posted in Leadership, Management, Motivation, tagged Leadership, Management on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Email @ Work
Posted in Workplace Culture, tagged email, etiqutte, professionalism, work on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The poor, neglected SUBJECT:
o When writing a subject for your email, remember how they are used. They are in a long list, with dozens if not hundreds of other messages. If you use the subject “Question” you are not giving any clue about the contents. “Please send latest pricing for widgets” is [...]
A bad attitude could be killing sales
Posted in Management, Marketing, Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged Failure, Marketing, Sales on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Self-limiting beliefs could be holding your salespeople back, stopping them from making sales. New research shows how the deeply-held beliefs of sales people can affect their performance.
Your people’s attitudes towards clients, the market, competition and even themselves, can lead to unproductive sales behaviour.
For example, if a salesperson has a fear of rejection or failure, their [...]
Finding Satisfying Work
Posted in Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged depression, job, work happiness on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you long for meaningful work?
Are you bored?
Are you feeling drained?
Are you restless and don’t know why?
Do you feel like you are just putting in your time at work?
The solution is Alignment, and there are three steps:
1. Discover what you are designed to do.
2. Do it.
3. Minimize everything else.
The idea is to align your work [...]
Email Etiquette
Posted in Workplace Culture, tagged email, etiqutte, professionalism, workplace on August 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
1. Be concise and to the point.
Do not make an e-mail longer than it needs to be. Remember that reading an e-mail is harder than reading printed communications and a long e-mail can be very discouraging to read.
2. Answer all questions, and pre-empt further questions.
An email reply must answer all questions, and pre-empt further questions [...]
Who You Are is Who You Attract
Posted in Leadership, Management, tagged Leadership, Management on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Effective leaders are always on the lookout for good people.
But who you get is not determined by what you want, but by who you are.
In most situations, you draw people who possess the same qualities you do.
This truth: who you are is who you attract
Every leader has a measure of magnetism.
A leader’s magnetism [...]
Organizing your Work Strategy
Posted in Management, Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged innovate, Management, Motivation, wor on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Work where your strongest – 80% of your time
Work where youre learning – 15%
Work where you are weak – 5%
Don’t’ be afraid to INNOVATE. Be different.
Focus on the Present
Posted in Management, Motivation, Uncategorized, tagged Management, Motivation on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Focus on the present
By John C. Maxwell
JUST AS YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR focus off yesterday, you shouldn’t have it on tomorrow. If you’re always thinking about tomorrow, then you’ll never get anything done today. Your focus needs to remain in the one area where you have some control—today.
What’s ironic is that if you focus [...]
