The 5 Strategic Actions of Leaders

Leadership is a set of actions and the demonstration of skills that helps one build strong working relationships, inspire team collaboration, and influence others to great RESULTS. These five strategic actions will firmly establish you as a leader and help you position your team or organization for success.

Coaching Your Coach: How to Deal with a Boss

Having a supervisor, boss or coach is a reality in most businesses, organizations, teams or other group endeavors. How you deal with that person can make your life miserable and unsuccessful or exciting and propel you toward greater opportunities. It is all about how you coach your coach.

Revolutionary Leadership in Today's Economy - Part I

...The revolutionary leadership stance is one that guides people through psychology and deals with cultivating the best characteristics and attitudes in each individual to create empowered teams, then replicate those attitudes throughout the organization. Only through awareness of the human condition and culture management can leaders have the influence necessary to accomplish this task...

Cultural Concerns and Leadership

There was once a time in business when organizations were recognized by origin of country. The management style was written and practiced by Americans, and proved to be very successful. That may all be changing.

EQ: a Key Tool for Success

For many the term ‘emotional intelligence’ (EQ) sounds contradictory, a bit like the idea of a ‘fun run’. But with EQ there’s no contradiction - EQ is a key tool in being able to get your own way. In fact emotional intelligence is the very foundation that great people have built their achievements upon. As such it’s top of the list for anyone striving for success.

If You are Only Looking Out for Yourself - Look Out!

Egotism is the only disease where the patient feels well while making everyone else feel sick. Those who sing their own praises seldom receive an encore. The truth is, no one makes it on their own. Don't become a legend in your own mind.

Are you a Limitarian?

When faced with a new situation how do you react?

Leading in a Heart-Driven Fashion - Nu Leadership Series

Examine how you can gain confidence with your employees. Build a stronger relationship and increase organizational performance. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership. Written in an easy and entertaining format, this column provides a sense of academic elegance that gives each reader an advantage in life.

Leading A Winning Team - Nu Leadership Series

Discover what it takes to lead a successful team. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership. Written in an easy and entertaining format, this column provides a sense of academic elegance that gives each reader an advantage in life. Unlike other columns, each reader can enjoy finding references, quotes, and provoking thoughts.

Discover How to Effectively Lead a Virtual Team - Nu Leadership Series

Discover the concerns of using a virtual team and gain the insight to effectively lead them. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership. Written in an easy and entertaining format, this column provides a sense of academic elegance that gives each reader an advantage in life. Each reader can enjoy finding references, quotes, and provoking thoughts.

A Leader’s Flaw: The Alienation of an Employee - Nu Leadership Series

Discusses how a leader can make a critical mistake in flavoring one employee over another. Examines how to foster better leader-follower relationships. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership. Written in an easy and entertaining format, this column provides a sense of academic elegance that gives each reader an advantage in life. Each reader can enjoy finding references, quotes, and provoking thoughts.

Ethics: A Doorway to Effective Leadership - Nu Leadership Series

Exposes the results of dealing with an unethical leader. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development. Learn how to manage the new workforce of Generation X and Y employees. Written in an easy and entertaining format, this column provides a sense of academic elegance that gives each reader an advantage in life. Each reader can enjoy finding references, quotes, and provoking thoughts.

Discipline

To be the best that you can, be a self-disciplined person, and you will be an outstanding leader.

Don't Argue - Ask Questions

If your goal is to reach a solution and create a win/win outcome, arguing isn't the route to take. Instead the best way to reach a collaborative conclusion is to ask questions.

Qualities Of Leadership

Although there are many qualities necessary to be a leader in a specific situation, these qualities should be common to all.