Competition vs. Cooperation or Should Coke give its recipe to Pepsi?
By Irene Conlan -
There is nothing wrong with good, old fashioned competition but there’s nothing wrong with cooperation, either. Competition spurs advancement, improvement and creativity and that’s usually a very good thing. However, I have found that helping your competition can be very good for business as well.
Say what?
Yes, helping your competition can be very [...]
Leadership Tips – Five Excuses Real Leaders Never Use
By Tom O’Dea
Are you a real leader? Not if you’ve ever tried to put one of these over on someone.
1. It’s not my fault.
Oh yes it is. The leader steps up to accountability for whatever happens on his or her watch. Did the President personally screw up the response efforts to Hurricane Katrina? No, but [...]
Leadership – The True Height of a Leader
By Mark Bowser
Abraham Lincoln was an exceptionally tall man. He stood an impressive six feet, four inches tall. That is tall even for our day, but in his era, he must have seemed like a giant. He then would wear a tall top hat made of silk. When he had it on, he stood close [...]
Politics as Usual
By Irene Conlan
I’ve been following the presidential campaigns as well as our state campaigns for the U.S. Congress and I am sad to say that the faces change but the rhetoric stays the same. I was once married to a U.S. Congressman so I have a bit of experience in this “campaign stuff.”
Last week McCain [...]
I Vote for Me!
Yesterday was “Super Tuesday” – the largest primary election day in U.S. History and it had a record breaking turnout. At my own polling place, the line was long and slow and the poll workers weren’t prepared for the number of people coming through.After voting I was musing out loud about what to write for [...]
Saying No And Setting Boundaries – Understanding The Process Of Three Strikes You’re Out
ByLynn Marie Sager http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lynn_Marie_Sager
To be effective, boundaries need to do three things: define your expectations, clarify your definition of acceptable behavior, and explain the consequences of disregarding your boundaries. Without consequences, people never learn boundaries. Without boundaries, people never become mature, self-reliant adults.
Here is a technique for setting boundaries called, Three Strikes, You’re Out.
Out of the Box
ByDennis Diehl http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Dennis_Diehl
Boxes are really interesting things. It’s the first thing we see when we receive something as a gift. It tells us a lot about the size, weight and contents of what’s inside. I remember as a kid, picking up a light box for Xmas meant “clothes” and a heavy box generally meant “Toy”, [...]
Coping With Change – Fear or Productivity?
By Kristen Gonzales
A Challenge to Educators to Welcome Change into Their Profession
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”—Benjamin Franklin
The idea of change can evoke a range of emotions from people—fear, anger, anxiety, resentment, excitement, relief or elation. But even for the elated, there is often at [...]
Lessons from the Fog
By Paula Gregorowicz
This weekend I led a bike ride for the local club. When I signed up for it I had visions of cool, crisp autumn air and leaves turning Technicolor. What I got was an unseasonable hot October Saturday complete with morning fog you couldn’t even cut with a chef’s grade knife. I mean [...]
7 Levels of Leadership – Are You A Good Leader?
By Janice Bastani
It is no secret that a company can not succeed without sustainable leadership. Today’s executive leaders must hold the secret on how to be a good leader. One may think they are a respected, successful leader, but are they really? Are they infecting their organizational community with negative energy or building it up [...]
