Leadership: Character is Key

Whether you want to become a leader, or have already earned your way into a position of leadership, your character is the key component to your success. When placed in a management role, one of two scenarios often exists: A. the manager is a stranger to those they manage, having come in from outside the company, and has prevented other people from moving into the role, B. the manager is known to everyone they manage, and used to be a peer, resulting in a variety of biases, familiarity issues, and again, has prevented other people from moving into the role.

Communicating Your Organizational Values: Maximizing Performance - Nu Leadership Series

Examine how organizational values impact the day-to-day employee. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Mentoring Future Leaders: Five-Step Communication Accountability Formula!

Communication connection between mentor and mentee is critical for a relationship to develop and a mentee to grow into a powerful leader.

The Gift Of Being A Mentor

If you have reached a point in your life where you know you have knowledge and experience to share, why not become a mentor?

Sun Tzu - Ancient Author or Leadership Guru?

How far have we really come with Leadership Thinking? If we go back to Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War', a 2,500 year old book on military strategy, we find that much of its teaching is still relevant to us today.

The Heart of a Warrior

This article describes the advantages given to those who possess a warrior's heart in business.

Leadership Insights from the American Revolution

Could the British have formulated a strategy that would have been successful in achieving the policy objective of continued domination of the thirteen North American Colonies? Did the British use of sea power as part of a cohesive strategy reflect more a Mahanian or Corbettian theory of naval/maritime power?

Corporate Leadership Training

A diverse range of training methods apt for use for various corporate and individual needs are in existence. Corporate leadership training is planned in such a way to ensure the highest achievement without disturbing the scheduled routine of work.

Erasing Bad Leadership with Organizational Values - Nu Leadership Series

Explore the organizational consequences of leading without integrity. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Leading and Transforming Traditional Academic Institutions - Nu Leadership Series

Explore how traditional academic institutions are being challenged by the needs of the marketplace and, more importantly, by the non-traditional students. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

A High Achiever Almost Went Bankrupt Because He Did Not Know This

High Achievers have great strengths. They also have correspondingly great weaknesses. The very leadership style that worked so wonderfully in one situation may be self-defeating in another. This occurs most often when a gifted entrepreneur starts a business that grows quickly--perhaps too quickly.

The Secret of Effective Leadership

So many books and articles on the subject of leadership have been published and theories written that it is often hard to find basic, useable advice on what makes a good leader. In this article the author takes reference from an unusual source to find a vital, yet surprisingly simple secret to effective leadership.

Diversity as an Asset of Empathy

Diversity is an Asset of Empathy. Diversity is rapidly gaining ground as an asset of industry in order to widen their market...

The Creative Possibilities of Diversity

The Creative Possibilites of Diversity: Leaders have a special responsibility toward diversity. Not only must we develop ourselves to handle the many diverse situations that occur in the workplace, we are also required to help create a climate that values diversity and fairness...

How to Better Understand Federal Leadership - Nu Leadership Series

Examine the rigidness of the federal system, and its impacts on employees and performance. Gain this insight from historical perspectives. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.