The desire to know when you actually don’t is a powerful force in people. In his book The Leader's Handbook, Peter Scholtes provides some interesting research and observations about opinion. His research data comes from the business arena, specifically manufacturing, where measurable data is available.So, his research is on something other than highly charged emotional issues about religion or politics, ...

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Opinion – Are You Convinced But Wrong?

Your productivity and values increase or decrease based on how you deal with 2 physical laws. Even if you do not know about the laws, they still impact you. So, if your productivity is not good - blame it on Entropy and maybe Inertia also.It is hard to imagine anything you do that ISN'T subject to those two laws. Your ...

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Productivity Isn’t Good? Blame It on Entropy and Inertia

Humility is something people value, but don't see in their leaders. In fact, only 25% rate their leader as humble. That means humility is critical and rare for leaders!In fact, in a survey of more than 1,750 executives worldwide, only 25% of the people in an organization believed their chief executive officer was humble. That comes from research done by ...

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Humility Is Critical, Yet Highly Underrated

Listening takes practice if you want to do it well. But, it is difficult when you allow simple things to prevent you from listening.Few consider listening a critical leadership skill, much less one of the two most essential skills. Do you know why this is important? Without it, you have much less chance to see inside another person's mind. And ...

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Are You Listening? 5 Reasons You Don’t Listen!

The GR8 Leaders' definition of leadership includes 3 key leadership words. These words help the definition be memorable and to the point. More importantly, they help you lead in any situation, especially if circumstances aren't good.Leadership definitions come in all shapes and sizes, good and bad, but too often, they are complex. We have worked to make the GR8 Leaders ...

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3 Key Leadership Words to Define Leadership