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Leadership

Leadership

  Leadership is defined by the GLOBE study as “the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and enable others to contribute to the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members” This “influencing others”, is not restricted to...

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What is your most important leadership tool?

What is your most important leadership tool?

  When in a leadership position, whether we like it or not, the spotlight is always on us. Everything we say and do is under scrutiny; the way we walk into a room, the way we stand, our handshake, our eye contact, our smile ……………. our rate of speech ……… the list...

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Comfort zone – the place to be?

Comfort zone – the place to be?

  The concept of comfort zone is attributed to the psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Dodson, who carried out experiments to show that a state of relative comfort generated a constant level of performance Many posts about the comfort zone will tell you...

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Leadership – making a difference

Leadership – making a difference

  "The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” - Robert F. Kennedy One of the hallmarks of leadership is “making a difference”, not necessarily world making differences or even country making differences but simple everyday...

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Dealing with diatribe

Dealing with diatribe

  Diatribe, also known as “Ad hominem attacks” is when someone attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of a person making an argument rather than addressing the substance of the argument itself. Diatribe is the “nemesis” of dialogue; the latter is...

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Mental Toughness Achilles Tendon

Mental Toughness Achilles Tendon

  We all have a Mental Toughness Achilles Tendon I come across a lot of people who seem to be fairly mentally tough but with “specific” issues or weaknesses; and it’s often the weakness that “let’s them down” in difficult situations. Mental Toughness is defined...

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Everyday Mental Toughness

Everyday Mental Toughness

  Mental Toughness is very much in vogue Nadal, Djokovic, Alcarez and others all showed it and lacked it during the French Open The English and French football teams lacked it during the Nations League The Ukrainian Army and people are showing it in their war...

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Leadership& presenting

Leadership& presenting

  As a great colleague of mine often says, “presentations are all about leadership” and, as I often reply, “yes, but leadership is not just about presentations” Making powerful speeches is clearly part of leadership; but leadership goes further, much further MLK...

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Leaderment & Managership

Leaderment & Managership

  Interestingly, we don’t say Leaderment or Managership. This article is an attempt at a definitive understanding of what leadership and management are all about. However, definitive is as definitive goes ……. Leaders & managers are people and leadership &...

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