Often, employees are promoted to supervision because of their strong technical expertise -- expertise in building a product or providing a service. Suddenly, the new supervisor is now charged with a whole new range of responsibilities, many of which have little to do with technical expertise.

Influencial skills and motivational behaviour are what most people would look for in a leader, but in the workplace is that enough?

Are you empowered in your workplace? The word "empower" has potency and strength. It's used frequently these days and some say "overused." It's also often misused.

An examination of the power of perspective in leadership and leadership development. A simple, personal story drives home the point.

Leadership is a life or death matter for Marines. This article reveals the Marines number 1 technique for developing leaders and offers coaching on how to put it into practice in your office today.

Business are spending more and more time and resources on Leadership training without a real ROI. Set your organization up to achieve predefined strategic goals. Watch how leaders emerge as the people who can make things happen.

Positive deviants make radical change happen from the outside...Their approaches may be different but their resutls are positive and real

Business Coaching is all about doing the best with the best tools.

Specific questions/areas of focus that will take an executive hiring authority unfamiliar with sales process and strategic complex selling a long way down the road to making a solid hiring decision.

What separates a rich person from an ordinary person? The answer to that question is attitude. If one believes that the individual is capable of succeeding, it will happen. All it takes is some hard work and patience for everything to fall into place for that dream to become a reality.

There is a saying that goes, leaders are not born, they are made. This line is very true as it was in the olden times and is still applicable today. Before a King turns over the throne to the prince, the young man is trained in various subjects.

Being a good leader is more than just being able to manage your employees or having better skills than your subordinates. Oftentimes leaders arenít very skillful or very smart, but they earn respect from their underlings and therefore earn their cooperation. Being a good leader entails responsibility and willingness, not just skill and intelligence.

In psychology, a famous doctor said the mind is like an iceberg with only a tip visible above the water and the larger part is submerged. Studies show that humans only use 10% of the brain in doing the various tasks everyday. The other 90% is just kept in storage.

The world today is running at such a fast-pace that those who cannot cope will surely be left behind. And the best way for people to cope is to strive to possess this most important ability that is to lead. Leadership, in common usage, generally refers to the capacity to lead others or simply put, the activity of leading. But in truth, many people who are in leadership positions struggle with understanding what it is really that makes a great leader. Several studies suggest that there are certain qualities that people tend to associate with leadership. These qualities define the leaders among us. Broadly, there are five key attributes and these are focus, authenticity, courage, empathy, and timing. And these five key characteristics of a leader apply across all settings. An effective leader keeps focused on the results he wish to achieve. He provides this "outcome focus" by always accentuating the mission, vision, values and goals of the group. He also builds the group's capacity to reach these strategic goals by emphasizing the need to be flexible, resourceful and innovative.

Being a strong and effective mentor requires very specific behaviors. Most of the time we tell our Supervisors to "go coach" but we do not observe their coaching to determine if they are demonstrating the behaviors that will drive change. Focus on the behaviors of your Mentors and you will change the results of your businesss!

Gives 10 steps to think like a businessman.

There's a difference between being a boss and a leader. Which one are you?

How To Coach Your Employees To Reach Their True Potential... and Achieve Greater Productivity, Better Results and Higher Morale

Identifying and handling conflict early on is a key leadership skill that avoids bigger difficulties further down the line.

Bring back spirit in the workplace and you'll bring back profits