Business Leadership Starts with Mentoring-The Dance of Mentoring

One of the big mistakes systems make is to assume that anyone can be a mentor. WRONG! This mentality often is the same mentality that causes systems to move good technical staff into management positions and then wonder why the new manager is failing. Technical knowledge does not presume possessing the knowledge and skills to be an effective mentor.

To Survive, You Need To Teach Old Dogs New tricks

The sea change that most businesses face today is increasingly becoming the norm rather than the exception. The change is driven by globalisation, technological and social dynamics. Hovering around the status quo is like a cancer stricken person waiting for his condition to get better. If you continue doing the same, things are not going to get better. There is a saying that you cannot teach old dogs new tricks. To survive in today’s competitive market, old dogs need to be taught new tricks.

The Key to Dealing With Change-Focus on The Only Thing You Can Control

Most of the disappointment, anger, and frustration people feel is when they do or say something and expect something specific to happen. When that thing doesn’t happen, their desire for control kicks in and they get all out of whack. When that response doesn’t come, just be prepared to let go, flow, and react to it the best you can.

The Vertical Turtle - Two Lessons About Enabling Change

Effective leadership is all about enabling employees to choose to change in ways that ensure organizational and personal success. Leaders create processes where employees can gain the skills required by our changing environment. They explain the whys behind specific change initiatives and they allow employees to learn from failures. Enabling others to survive change results in productive teaching-learning relationships and strengthens the organization.

M.E.A.T. Your Expectations

I wrote this article to help empower people to begin to expect great things. There are things we do that we don't have to do and we have the power to change.

Managing Change - Dealing with Resistance to Change

When you embark on your change journey everyone wont be on board. Oh some will say they are and others will pretend to the max, but make sure who is with you and who is against you. Read on to learn the four stages of resistance and what you can do about it.

Are Your Business Process Management Solutions Using an Elephant Gun to Kill a Fly?

The old expression do not use an elephant gun to kill a fly is also appropriate for today's business challenges. Are your elephant gun solutions putting more than one hole into your business?

An Office Hierarchy Guideline

Dictator, Imperial or democratic are different types of administration for many different countries in the world. All of them have one thing in common. There is always one person at the top. The difference lies in how the delegation of power is distributed & the structure of its hierarchy.

Discover the Best Work at Home Telecommuting Jobs

Work at home telecommuting jobs are a new trend of jobs that you can work from home. Online telecommuting jobs are the kind of jobs that that range in what you will do but all of them have one thing in common. With this type of legitimate jobs online you will work at least part of the time, if not all the time from the comfort of your home.

Managing Change - Trust, Integrity and Change

One key ingredient to managing change that most leaders forget is their own trust and integrity. Don't let this be you. During times of organizational change communication is key - truthful, accurate and timely communication. Anything less creates a vacuum filled with rumor. Read on...

Are You Driving Your Vision?

Many businesses get bogged down by leaders who want to control everything. Leaders should focus on driving their vision in order to enable their people to perform successfully.

Managing Change - Leading for a Change

Lead your organization for a change. During times of rapid organizational change leadership is a must. And leading with the whole person is vitally important but few people understand what it means. Dont let that be you. Lead for a change and read on to see how!

Leading Change - Getting People on Board

When you are leading change you have to start by engaging the people. They arent going to get behind you and follow you like sheep because you are so wonderful. No, its going to take a lot more than that to get your change moving. Read on and see why there is no such thing as organizational change, its all personal ...

The Four Myths of Crisis Management

All business managers have been warned against operating in an environment of crisis management. To be a more effective manager and leader, you'll want to know that there are prevalent beliefs about crisis management that need to be understood and discounted. To allow us to examine beliefs that have been assumed for many years, I've described these prevailing ideas as the myths of crisis management in the text that follows.