Top 10 Characteristics of Ethical Leaders and Values-Driven Organizations
By Eric Harvey & Al Lucia
1. High Values Awareness
Values are regularly communicated and discussed to ensure awareness and understanding throughout the organization.
2. High Values Accountability
People are evaluated on values-driven practices as well as results—with zero tolerance for conscious values violations.
3. Leadership By Example
Leaders earn the right to expect others to do things by doing those
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Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success
By Chris Widener
Most people think that failure is bad and success is good. I want to help you change your thinking about that if you fall into that category. I will give you that failure isn’t fun and success is, but I think the following is true:Both failure and success are good… if you know
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Selecting the Right Mentor
By Denis Waitley
Finding coaches and mentors is an important mission, and you will no doubt have several over the course of your life. It is critical that you choose them wisely. Your mentor is someone to whom you’ll be committing a great deal of time and attention, and who ideally will take a very focused
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Letting Go
By Hale Dwoskin
One of the main ways that we create disappointments, unhappiness, and misjudgments is by holding on to limiting thoughts and feelings. It is not that “holding on,” in and of itself, is inappropriate. Holding on is perfectly appropriate in many situations. I wouldn’t suggest, for instance, that you not hold on to the
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Avoid Fair-Weather Supporters
by Denis Waitley
When you seek support and feedback, be sure it is from people who are truly interested in seeing you succeed. Don’t seek feedback from fair-weather friends, competitive peers, or any person who doesn’t have your best interests at heart. Neutral doesn’t count. Get feedback from someone who is on your side but will
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The “Ben Franklin Method” For Winning People Over
The “Ben Franklin Method” For Winning People Over
By Bob Burg
So often I make the point about giving before getting, and that is certainly a very important aspect of helping a person to feel comfortable with you, and want to do for you. Whether in social relationships or sales, being the first to reach out is
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Energy Flows Where Attention Goes By James Ray
With examples such as the violence at Virginia Tech, millions of Americans and people around the world are asking, “What’s the cause?”
We are a nation inundated with violence from every angle. One manifestation of this is the current ever-increasing popularity of violent horror films. In fact, according to an article I recently read in a
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Personal Development – The Plan By Jim Rohn
As we all know, our results are only as good as our plan. Mr. Shoaff taught me that it’s not what happens that determines the major part of our future, because what happens, happens to us all. Instead, he taught me that the key is what we do about it.
If we start the process of
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Being an Extraordinary Leader Through Tough and Challenging Times by Chris Widener
Tough and challenging times will surely come. That is a given. The question is what kind of leadership we will demonstrate during those time. Those who are weak leaders will see lasting damage done, if not see the organization fall apart completely. With Extraordinary Leaders at the helm, however, an organization can actually become stronger
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Create That Winning Feeling by Bob Proctor
I believe we would all agree that having a winning feeling is prerequisite to achieving outstanding results. A person can’t possibly expect to win if they’re constantly focusing on failure! The real secret here is to capture that winning feeling of success as often as you can to create the environment necessary to succeed.
If you’ve
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