Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Leading by example
February 27th, 2010
These days it seems some people will say almost anything to get to the top. Then having gotten to the top, they want to make sure everyone knows they’re Top Dog. They fly in private jets, ride in limos, keep their own hours, and never do anything they consider beneath them—unless compelled by subpoena.
But the most successful leaders understand what it means to walk their talk. Take NFL Hall of Fame football coach Chuck Noll.
Leaders say time trumps money
November 6th, 2009
What’s more essential to being an effective leader, time or money? According to the money people, the answer is time.
In a recent survey of accountants by Ajilon Finance and the Institute of Management Accountants, 29 percent of respondents said what leaders most need to be effective in their positions is more time. Only 14 percent said leaders need more money.
How to be a better leader
November 3rd, 2009
For me, working in corporate communications was a little like being the only sober person at a wild party. You learn a lot about what’s really going on behind people’s carefully scripted public personas when you sit on the sidelines watching them get falling-down drunk. And since I had no desire to climb the corporate ladder, my experience in Big Business was equally eye-opening. My long-term ambition was always to become a freelance writer
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