Lead with Patience

January 17, 2010

You probably became the person you are today because somebody had patience with you at some critical points in your life…When you are patient with a person, you make a long-term investment in them.- Blaine Lee
On November 25, 2009, I posted an article titled Leaders Pay Attention to the Details. It stressed that there [...]

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The Five Elements in Performance Agreements with Employees

January 16, 2010

Sometime in November 2009, I wrote an article on the Five Tips to Remember When Setting Performance Targets with Employees.  This is to guide you in effectively managing performance of your employees.
In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey shares with us the following five elements to be present during performance [...]

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The Digital Camera as an Indispensable Tool

January 12, 2010

In his book, Developing the Leader Within You, John Maxwell says, A leader’s main responsibility is developing others to do the work. In order to be an effective people developer, a leader must first know the names of his people, especially if he is new to them and the people he is handling are 400 [...]

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How to Maintain Harmonious Relationship with Other Managers in your Company

January 10, 2010

Efficient operation in any business depends upon cooperation among managers.  If you ponder on it, you’ll see why it’s essential to get along with your peers.  You don’t have to be close friends with all of them, but you should at least make it easy for them to lend a hand to you whenever it [...]

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Leaders Must Use Mistakes at Work to Advantage

January 9, 2010

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. Plutarch

As a leader, one of the challenges you must face in the workplace is handling mistakes, especially those of your people because control over others is not as [...]

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