Tag: growth
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Why Great Leaders Need to be Courageous
Great leaders are very often not very nice but we appreciate their harshness because we know it is rooted in a genuine concern for us and it helps us become better.
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Employee Willingness to Change: Maturity and Leadership
I want to explore the issue of how leadership is to achieve this. What can leadership do to unlock employee willingness to change and become more mature?
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Thabo Mbeki on the Leadership for the Africa we Want
I must stress, this clip of Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Benjamin Mkapa inspired me and filled me with admiration for the truth of the words they spoke.
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Look How Far You Have Come
Go on, look how far you’ve already come and look how far you still have to go. Take the time to appreciate your progress and enjoy the journey.
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Giving Negative Feedback
It is necessary to be very careful about the way in which negative feedback is delivered. Use these five tips to give negative feedback during an employee appraisal.
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What Defines a Great Leader?
In light of these initiatives I too the opportunity to reflect on the different characteristics that define a great leader.
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Leadership and Care
The very backbone of any effective leadership approach must be care. A good leader needs to care for his/her charges.
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Strive for Excellence, NOT Perfection
We all want to be the best we can be. One may ask however, “If I strive for excellence, does that mean that I must try to be perfect?”
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The Healing Power of Petty Tyrants
My 13-year-old nephew is what Carlos Castaneda calls my petty tyrant.
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The Challenge of Coaching
The challenge in coaching is to keep direct reports in a state of constant, incremental, change, and therefore growth, even when they might not always immediately understand the value of further personal stretch.