Servant Leadership: Communicating Knowledge and Insight

A leader that is willing to expend resources without clearly defined and articulated values is essentially creating a formula for failure. Enthusiasm, excitement, innovation, and zeal can be great traits with proper direction. Values constitute this direction.

Servent Leadership: Self-Discipline

The most basic defining moment demands that leaders resolve the issue of self-discipline, which has serious implications for their future. In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline was their number one responsibility.

Servent Leadership: Shaping Values

Through 1 Timothy, Paul provides his young partner in ministry with qualifications for those called to leadership – Self-discipline, Mentoring, and relationships. He also provides contemporary leaders with resources for success. Paul first gets across the importance of understanding how the leader’s behavior shapes organizational culture – leaders must recognize how their values affect their behavior, which in turns affects the organization.

Leading in the Middle East: A Global Crisis - Nu Leadership Series

Explore the Middle East Crisis and view it from a different viewpoint as it relates to diversity. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Nurturing Your Values & Principles - Nu Leadership Series

Learn how values play a vital role in character building for a leader. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Driving ROI from Executive Leadership Training

Effective leadership is not a function of high IQ or cognitive intelligence; we’ve all known brilliant people who de-motivate and demoralize. Case in point would be Harvard University’s president, Lawrence H. Summers, who was reported by the Wall Street Journal March 16, 2005 to have received a vote of ‘no confidence’ in his leadership by the majority of his teaching faculty.

How Effective Leaders Model Good Behavior - Nu Leadership Series

Explore how effective leaders model the proper values for workers. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Born Leaders - Putting People where they are most Effective

While many leadership skills can be taught, it is important to not overlook the natural inborn tendencies that each individual has and force them into leadership positions when they are more effective elsewhere.

Leadership - The Link Between a Clear Vision and Efficiency

This article explores the relationship between a clear vision and efficiency in an organization. It looks at where vision comes from when it is not being communicated from the top down.

Leadership - Leading through Example

An effective leader leads by example. A leader who expects behavior from his subordinates that he is unwilling to model himself will not achieve productive results.

When Successul Training Fails - And What to Do About It

This article discusses the circumstances of a successful leadership training project that ultimately failed.

Be Quick, Be Creative, and Be On Time

This article was written to address what might be lacking in some of your workers. As managers, it is your responsibility to help your workers understand what you expect from them. These guides will allow you to focus on what is important.

Leadership: Taking Responsibility for Our Choices

Leaders create the workplace, community or family they want by taking responsibility for the choices they make and the actions they take...

To Attract Leaders You Must First Become One

When vision is present, and combined with a great product, service, or marketing strategy, leadership has begun and success is going to follow. However, one of the most important facets of leadership is the leader’s ability to execute

Leadership - Instinctive or Learned

Leadership begins with YOU, driven by your beliefs and your values