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Strengths Based Leadership
There is an overabundance of highly educated scholars in the field of leadership that have very little managerial experience. Those having experience managing others did so at such a high level they...
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Assumptions About People and Leadership
While the practice of leadership can very from one supervisor to the next, there are a few basic assumptions about leadership that apply to nearly everyone. People Want to Succeed: I have met very few...
View Article5 Key Elements of Effective Feedback
In a previous article I explained my theory of Proactive and Reactive Feedback and how their use can make or break the productivity of your team. I made the case that feedback is better given when an...
View ArticleLeadership vs. Management
What is the difference between Management and Leadership? This question has sparked much debate among business leaders, educators, and performance coaches over the last 10-15 years. While the terms...
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“It’s Your Ship” by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
In It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff shares his leadership skill in turning one of the Navy’s most underperforming war vessels into...
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Captain D. Michael Abrashoff Guest Lecture Review
Last year I reviewed a great leadership book called “It’s Your Ship” by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff. In the book, Captain Abrashoff shares the leadership techniques he used to turn one of the most...
View ArticleLeadership and the Art of Building Trust Within Your Team
Trust is never given, it MUST be earned. The trust between a leader and her team are continually built over time, day after day, project after project. Unfortunately, it only takes a second to loose...
View ArticleThe 5 Most Important Leadership Qualities
As I mentioned in another article, anyone can be a manger. However, if you want to truly inspire, motivate, and continually improve the performance of your team or organization, you need to understand...
View ArticleModern Corporate Social Responsibilty: A Scrutiny of Two Competing Theories
The following is a paper I recently wrote for one of my M.B.A classes through the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Abstract Over the last few decades, two competing theories of corporate social...
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John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
I’m fortunate to work in an environment where developing one’s leadership ability is not only supported, but is actively encouraged. During the course of a typical work day, it would not be unusual to...
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