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The Triumph of a Joy Junky
Sometimes the most positive thing you can do is to leave an organization. I've helped a couple people make the decision to leave this place. If it takes too much from you over time, at some point, you have to realize you can't affect this place without losing your joy.
The Triumph of a Joy Junky
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Awaken the Leader in You
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Psychology of the Hero Soul: Promoting Heroes in the Workplace & Everyday Life
By
Sharif N. KhanMany motivational experts like to say that leaders are made, not born. I would argue the exact opposite. I believe we are all natural born leaders, but have been deprogrammed along the way. As children, we were natural leaders - curious and humble, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge, with an incredibly vivid imagination; we knew exactly what we wanted, were persistent and determined in getting what we wanted, and had the ability to motivate, inspire, and influence everyone around us to help us in accomplishing our mission. So why is this so difficult to do as adults? What happened?
As children, over time, we got used to hearing, No, Don't, and Can't. No! Don't do this. Don't do that. You can't do this. You can't do that. No! Many of our parents told us to keep quiet and not disturb the adults by asking silly questions. This pattern continued into high school with our teachers telling us what we could do and couldn't do and what was possible.
Then many of us got hit with the big one institutionalized formal education known as college or university. Unfortunately, the traditional educational system doesn't teach students how to become leaders; it teaches students how to become polite order takers for the corporate world. Instead of learning to become creative, independent, self-reliant, and think for themselves, most people learn how to obey and intelligently follow rules to keep the corporate machine humming.
Awaken the Leader in You
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How To Deal With Difficult People
Life is all about choices. And so is the way you communicate. You can fill your days with frustrating high stress communication or you can have days of low stress effective communication with your peers and even with difficult people. Now take a moment to learn three secrets to having low stress communication.
How To Deal With Difficult People
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The 20/60/20 Rule Of Leadership
Don't Go Solving The Wrong Problems
Several decades ago, a passenger jet approached a Florida airport with the pilot and co-pilot struggling to fix what they thought was a malfunctioning landing gear. The landing-gear light was on, signaling that the gear was deployed; but both men did not hear it actually deploy. As the men sought to understand whether they had a defective landing-gear light or a defective landing gear -- the co-pilot actually taking up a hatch and getting down into the wheel well -- the aircraft kept losing altitude. Too late, a warning alarm sounded and the plane crash, killing all aboard.
The 20/60/20 Rule Of Leadership
Don't Go Solving The Wrong Problems
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Decision-Making
Trait Vital to Good Leadership?
Many factors distinguish a mediocre leader from a good leader. One of the most important is the ability to make decisions. On the surface it may seem a simple proposition, yes or no; up or down, left or right, but it often the decision can mean layoffs, a dent in the bottom line or even the demise of an organization. And often there is little time for weighing every option.
Decision-Making
Trait Vital to Good Leadership?
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The Successful Manager
There are so many aspects to management! Your staff responsibilities run the gamut from goal-setting to hiring through performance appraisals. Here are 12 tips that will help. Listen To Your Employees Do you listen to your employees? Really listen? Letting employees talk is not the same as listening. You have to work at it, the same way you work at anything else you want to succeed at. Here are some things to remember:
The Successful Manager

Difficult People -- How To Deal With Them
When people behave towards you in a manner that makes you feel angry, frustrated or annoyed -- this is known as a Hook. We can even become "Hooked" by the way people look, how they talk, how they smell and even by their general demeanour. If we take the bait then we are allowing the other person to control our behaviour. This can then result in an unproductive response. We have a choice whether we decided to get hooked or stay unhooked.
Difficult People -- How To Deal With Them

The 5 Keys to Interpersonal Success
In survey after survey, interpersonal communication skills are consistently ranked at or near the top of a list of skills necessary for career success. People who possess these skills enjoy a richer personal life, better relationships at work and more productive interactions with those around them. Teams with members who excel at these skills are more productive and more cohesive. No one is born with these "people skills." They are the result of attention and practice. Here are five guaranteed ways to hone your people skills.
The 5 Keys to Interpersonal Success

Tools For Enforcing Personal Boundaries
Has anyone ever spoken to you in an inappropriate manner? Often people are caught off guard and are not prepared to handle these challenging situations. But, as a leader, whenever you are in a situation that's uncomfortable, it's imperative that you speak up; the person needs to know that the behavior is inappropriate and that you will not tolerate it. Being a leader means that you expect the best of those around you and you hold them to the higher standard.
Tools For Enforcing Personal Boundaries

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