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Leadership Lessons From Pope Francis

Pope Francis has exercised humility by questioning the mission of the church in the world. This has contributed to his popularity with Catholics as well as those of other faiths. He also exhibits many management and leadership competencies that are applicable in the capitalist world.

1. He lives by example.
Jesuit priests take a vow of poverty. He declined to move into a lavish papal apartment, but lives among the other people inhabiting the Vatican community.
2. He ...

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JUN
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Get the Most From Your Employees

  • Match people’s skills and abilities with your organization’s needs
  • Create realistic but inspiring plans for growth
  • Customize your approach to each individual
  • Provide the support your employees need to achieve peak performance by providing them with the tools they need to do the job
  • Give them timely feedback they can  apply
  • Identify  and tap into their learning styles to make greater progress
  • Engage your employees and foster their independence
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JUN
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Being Grateful: How it Helps Improve Leadership Skills

Being grateful can sounds like an Oprah Winfrey chant, but research has shown how this helps leadership performance.

There are three reasons for this:

1. You are helping other people
2. You are focusing on what you have rather than what you don’t have, and
3. You are more patient.

Click on the link below to learn more.

“How Being Grateful Can Change Your Life”

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10
JUN
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Tony LaRusso on Leadership

The first big assignment for Tony LaRussa, the newly appointed chief baseball officer for the National League Arizona Diamondbacks, was to visit South Bend, Indiana; Visalia, California; Mobile, Alabama and Reno, Nevada. These cities are the locations of the club’s minor league affiliates, and showcase the high potentials for promotion to the big leagues.

By visiting the clubs, LaRussa gets baseline knowledge without embellishment or withholding of negative news. This brutal honesty reaches him firsthand without the skewing that can ...

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8
JUN
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MBTI Training Tips: Communication

The MBTI ( Myers Briggs) is the most widely used personality type in the world.  I provide MBTI workshops  focused on leadership and communication  to improve  individual and team performance.  Participants in these workshops leave with tools to improve their leadership and communication skills.

When interacting with others, individuals tend to initially filter and interpret what they hear and see differently based on their type preferences. So, the more you know about a colleague’s type, the more quickly you can learn ...

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JUN
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Technology and Engagement: Is it Dehumanizing?

At a workshop for senior leaders a few months ago I was asked what I thought about the effect of technology  on future generations.  These baby boomers were clearly concerned about a possible lack of social skills and emotional intelligence that comes from a focus on technology instead of face -to- face or even telephone communication.  Yahoo recently changed their policy of telecommuting, hypothesizing that in person contact was necessary for optimal innovation, creativity and collaboration.  So what implications does ...

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3
JUN
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Employee Engagement Strategy Part Two

Drivers of Employee Engagement

What is important  to one group for full engagement may not be important to another group.  A one size fits all approach does not work.  Groups are not just departments and positions in departments, but also demographics such as age and gender. The specific drivers for high potentials, a job with chronic turnover or high productivity may all  require different engagement strategies to be effective.

Gallup  states that engagement is based on:

1. The clarity of expectations for employees ...

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MAY
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Developing an Employment Engagement Strategy – Part One

Research has shown that engaged employees perform better in unique ways. High levels of engagement are also related to important business outcomes including customer satisfaction, employee productivity, company profit, employee turnover and occurrence of safety incidents.* To gain the best results, employers should create a strategy that goes beyond measuring engagement results from surveys. To be effective the results from surveys need to be interpreted correctly to create action items for improving employee engagement.

There are three parts ...

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MAY
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Are You an Introvert and a Leader or Manager?

Being introverted can present some management issues. But as an introvert you also bring strengths to the process.You are probably a good listener and you lead by example, rather than with a directive style. But there are also some challenges, as discussed by the personal experiences of this author in a Inc. Magazine article.
“Introverts’ 6 Biggest Management Challenges”

1. Confronting a Difficult Employee
You can’t let what seem like little conflicts escalate. They should be ...

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28
MAY
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Honoring our Veterans

This weekend we take time to honor our veterans, those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom and security.

My Mom and Dad met while serving in WWII. My Dad was in the Army Air Corps and my Mom was in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Also serving were my Aunt Yvette Quiriy who served in the South Pacific with the WAVES. The WAVES was established on 30 July 1942 as a World War II division ...

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MAY
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