When you’re the leader, the person out front, you need to motivate and to achieve a commitment from your people you need more than a vision—your people need to know that they matter and that you believe in them. And they need to know before the fact—you can’t wait until they prove themselves by their actions. You need to trust them before they will trust you; the ball always starts in your court.
The US Navel Academy prides itself on teaching leadership, but the students you’ll see in this video haven’t realized yet that what they learn in class needs …read more

How we deal with misfortune can make the difference between defeat and victory in our lives.
We’ve all heard stories about Thomas Edison.  He went through thousands of unsuccessful attempts before coming up with the filament light bulb.  When his factory was virtually destroyed by fire, he simply remarked that the disaster provided him with new opportunities to start again, and weeks later he invented the phonograph.
How many of us, when faced with misfortune, have that same outlook as Edison?  We view these misfortunes as failures.  We must learn, however, that these failures, properly handled, lead to great personal growth and professional success.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward.  They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
 
 

Don Blohowiak writes an article about the two kinds of organisations – those driven by commitment – to the team to the vision.  Its voluntary commitment, it’s discretionary input and you would even go so far as to say its passion.
Every organisation says that this sums up their organisation and managers spout the rhetoric that accompanies it.
 More often than not the organsiation actually runs on compliance or fear.
I know of an organisation that used to run on passion, energy and commitment.  These days it runs on compliance.
The cause? Some in management decided that cost effinciences were in order and systematically went …read more