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Integrity as a Catalyst
Integrity has always been one of the qualities I admire and respect most in others. The definition of integrity is: The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. Simply put, someone who lives in integrity honors their personal values - actions and choices align with an internal code. There is nothing inside that is divided; they are whole. Honesty is another dimension to integrity -- spoken words reflecting the inner world without distortion. Integrity is also about honoring your word and following through with commitments. defi
Success: The Collaborative Win
For some people, success is everything. Winning at all costs is the name of the game. Collateral damage is calculated. If someone is hurt in the process it’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it is. You will hear leaders say things like, “You are either with me or against me.” There is no middle ground. Some people call these leaders good business people. Others call them short sighted. Loyal followers abandon ship when it is clear the collateral damage includes them or when their personal values and integrity collide with business practices as usual. Is there a better way? This article looks at success from a collaborative perspective where winning strikes an effective balance between how work is done and the people who acieve it.

What a Little Boy's Clarity of Purpose Teaches Us About Success
Successful people clarify their purpose and direction in life. Your purpose is your mission -- why you exist. Your direction is your vision -- where you are going in the short term. New Orleans Saints head coach, Shawn Payton's son has a simple purpose in life -- to spend as much fun time with his father as he can. That's why he worried that he wouldn't be able to have his post game catch with him last Sunday -- because the field was covered in confetti. What is your mission in life? What is your vision for the next five years? If your answer is, "I don't know," please take some time to answer these questions. These answers provide you with your clarity of purpose and direction -- a foundation on which you can build to create the successful life and career you want and deserve.
Jumping Hurdles, Leaping Fences, Penetrating Walls and Success
Successful people are clear on what they want out of life. They define what success means to them personally. They create a vivid mental image of their success. And they clarify their personal values. Figuring out what you love to do is the first step in defining what success means to you personally. As Maya Angelou says, when you love something, you recognize no barriers, jump hurdles, leap fences and penetrate walls to do what you are meant to do. When you love something this much, you have a clear purpose for your life.

Part 1 - After the ball is over
The ball is very definitely over. A good time was had by all but what a mess to cleanup! This cleanup has been compounded by the errant behaviour of some of the leaders and organizers of the ball: unbounded greed, ethical standards have been eroded, personal values have been overturned, virtues have been diminished to the point of ridicule, morality has been questioned, integrity has been ignored, trust forgotten and the meaning of life seems to have been lost. This cleanup will be a massive task.

Avoid Hollow Core Values
When you’re defining an organization’s core values, it’s critical to avoid making them sound hollow by inserting, for example, your own personal values for those of the organization, or making the exercise too cute.
Leading the Horse to Water: strategies for managing motivation
You’ve heard the old saying, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”. What causes one horse to step right up and drink deep and another decide to take a pass? Leaders often ask the same question when frustrated by failed attempts to motivate their people. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.
How To Branch Your Business
If you’re thinking of growing your business (or increasing its revenue), focus on your business structure first. I’m not referring to your internal business organization (e.g., marketing, sales, administration, development, customer service, etc.) – I’m referring to your external business conversations.

Is There a Cost to Increased Productivity?
It's been proven again and again in staff surveys and research that it's people and they're happiness quotient in the workplace that makes all the difference in their effectiveness. Yet, when it comes to measuring productivity, many organizations don't pay any attention to staff satisfaction and the happiness quotient when they measure and implement changes regarding productivity. Is there a cost to increased productivity?

Basic Branding Techniques For Do It Yourself Online Success
Branding is all about how your customers perceive your business. Think of your brand as promise you make to your customers. i.e. Wherever they see your brand they can be assured of both its desirability and reliability. Your goal in developing your brand is to create an emotional spark, a strong connection with your customer that creates a warm and positive feeling resulting in product loyalty. If you are not sure where to begin, or especially if you think you already know everything there is to know about building your brand read on....
Values: Your Compass for Life - Part II
While there’s no guarantee that your offspring and heirs will follow your example in life or wholeheartedly embrace your beliefs, methods or values, don’t underestimate the impact you can have on your family. It’s always worthwhile to make the effort to pass a compass for life to the next generation. Here are some practical ways you and your loved ones will benefit from living by clearly defined values.
Your Money or Your Life? - A Financial Crisis Comment
Which do you value most - your money or your life? Terrorism, climate change, and wars are being pushed aside in the rush to beg for mercy at the stock exchange shrine. But after we're gone we'll be remembered for what we did in life, not what we spent. The financial crisis is causing increasing numbers to take a more philosophical approach to what 'quality of life' really means.
Using Assessments with Coaching
The astute coach helps the person examine gaps between what they believe they do and what they actually do. This is fertile ground for personal growth and development, but is also the area where people become defensive and resistant. Assesments are a great tool to help identify real needs.

Are you an emotionally intelligent leader?
Every organisation needs a leader. In fact, every individual within an organisation at some stage will be called upon to display leadership qualities. It is not the exclusive domain of the Chief Executive Officer. It begs the question what qualities make for a good leader? According to Kouzes and Posner authors of the widely acclaimed "The Leadership Challenge" there are five practices of exemplary leadership.

Small Business Tips: Mid Year Business Review
I love the end of the financial year and that is not because I spent so many years at the Treasury Department! In January we set New Year’s resolutions but we often set them without clear indicators of success. If this is you, consider that money is one very tangible indicator of success - it is by no means the only indicator, but it is an easy one to measure. Where you are financially is a direct result of where you are emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Success from The Inside Out
Everyone wants to be successful but few people take the time and effort to define success on their own terms. We are bombarded by messages about what success looks like: owning the right car, living in a certain neighborhood with a certain size house, closing the big deal, becoming well-known, or growing your company to a certain size. While these are certainly fine goals, they offer only a restrictive view of success. To complicate the issue, many of us also get the message that our level of success means something fundamental about who we are – about our worth and value as human beings. Rationally we know that this is ridiculous; however, so many of us operate as if it’s true and as a result, we try harder and harder to prove we are successful according to these superficial standards. There is a better way.
A Wealth Plan That REALLY Works
The question people ask me most often is, "How do I do a plan for getting out of the rat race or expanding my wealth?" My answer is, "Make one up." Then, I feel the confusion creeping into their mind.
Your Goals for 2008: Staying On Course
How can you insure that your professional objectives for 2008 are not only more realistic than they were in 2007, but also bigger and more in line with your personal values and beliefs?
How to Stop the Money Tug-of-War
When your self-concept is at odds with how you feel about wealth, it's hard to imagine yourself building authentic wealth. It can feel like you can either be true to yourself or become wealthy. No matter what you choose, you lose. Even when you know in your mind that a person is both able to live her personal values and be wealthy, you may still feel that you don't or can't experience wealth. All the affirmations in the world won't change that. What does work is to drop the rope. Find out how in this article from the author of The Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur.

Personal Responsibility and Work
As the work world becomes more complex personal responsibility is also becoming very important both for the individual and for the organization he or she works for. We live in an age of excuses for our action and see them played out in our news constantly. Yet in the "knowledge" workplace individuals need to become a company of one, held to the highest standards of responsibility, if we are to remain competitive.
Your Dream Job - Go For It! (Even if You Currently Have a Good Job)
Do you have a good job but wonder if you can have your dream job? The difference between a good job and the right job may seem small, but it can make a huge difference for your long-term career satisfaction and for your health and happiness.
Work-Life Quality and Balance
Work-Life Quality and Balance is probably the greatest challenge most of us face today. We refer to "work-life" as the holistic view that work and personal responsibilities, in practice, cannot be conveniently separated. Therefore, a new paradigm of self-management becomes necessary. The basic premise of this paradigm is "don't attempt to manage time, learn to manage your most important activities." Read on to learn more!
Why Is Business /Life Coaching So Popular
A skilled experienced coach can be the catalyst that moves you forward to success and happiness. By developing a personal vision, identifying goals and creating an action plan, a coach can help you focus on achieving success. By keeping you on track and encouraging you to think outside the box, a coach can propel you forward and move you to the next level of success.

How Human Resources can Resource Humans.
Despite our best intentions so much of what we practice in Human Resources, including training and development, does little more than reinforce that the organisation views its people as resources first and humans a distant second.It doesnt have to be this way.
Managers Where Are Your Ethics?
The U.S. workforce is very tight and finding good employees is extremely difficult. Are your managers contributing to higher turnover because of poor ethics?

The Real Cause of Business Management Failure is More about Ethics than Skills
There is an adage that people leave managers not companies. A recent study confirms this, but the real cause is not management skills. What do you think it is?

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Its All About Values
Whether you recognize it or not, values are at the heart of what you’re doing and where your business is headed. Think of it as being like gravity. Whether you believe in the concept of gravity or not, it is going to impact everything you do without regard to your belief. We are all driven by our values, so, it only makes sense to figure out what your values are and then see how they match up with those of your employees. Of course finding out what their values are is another story that requires yet another type of effort. For now we will just look at YOUR values and those of your company.

EMBODYING THE VALUES
CARRY OUT A PERSONAL AUDIT:To identify your most important values , you need to carry out a personal audit.It means that you have to take stock of what type of world you want to live in, what will induce meaning and purpose in life. Once you have found your most important values, you need to pursue and embody them in your life.The exercise which follows will help in practising your values.
How Magnetic Are Your Goals?
Having a strong vision for your personal and business life is crucial in attaining your goals. But before setting that vision, I’m here to challenge you to first identify your values and then set goals in alignment with those values AND your vision. Goals that honor our values get results!

Some Common Misconceptions about Values
Although values are at the core of leadership, many people may not be completely faithful to the notion of leading according to their personal values. Oftentimes situational demands and inter-value conflicts can cause leaders to spend considerable amounts of time of doing non-values related activities, and doing so can result in diminishing levels of effectiveness.

How great leaders use values to drive performance
Great leaders instinctively know the importance of values. Values create the organizational culture. When articulated and implemented consistently, values reduce the need for close supervision, engender trust and co-operation with suppliers and customers, and raise performance. Great leaders recognize this. That is why they commit substantial personal time to articulation and implementation of values. They are also good at mastering paradoxes of values.
Successful People Build Their Brand on Integrity
Successful people create positive personal impact. Creating and nurturing your unique personal brand should be your first step in creating positive personal impact. Regardless of how you choose to brand yourself, you should build your brand on integrity. This means saying what you think. The video, "Ouch! Your Silence Hurts," suggests that you should become a "pro-active ally" instead of a "silent colluder" or "passive bystander" when you encounter a situation that doesn't fit with your values. This video is a wakeup call. It tells us that we shouldn't let words and actions that conflict with our values go unchallenged.

Your Values and Your Success
Successful people clarify their purpose and direction in life. Your personal values are an important part of your clarity of purpose and direction. Values are guides to decision making in ambiguous situations. They center you. They provide you with a touchstone when you are trying to make important decisions. If you have not already clarified your personal values, I suggest that you do so -- the sooner the better. You'll find that clarifying your personal values is time well spent.
Use Meetings to Communicate Your Values
It is important to have a list of personal values, and it is just as important to share your values with others. This article focuses on the process of generating personal values and sharing them in a meeting format.

What Are Your Values?
Here's one approach to taking your personal values inventory. It may not be a perfect recipe for you (people do vary), but it's sure to start you reflecting on what's important in your life, and to help you find your own way to clarity around your values, your mission, and your passion.
Pathways and Pitfalls to Clarifying and Living Personal Values
Develop a comprehensive list of all possible personal values. Now rank each one as "A" (high importance), "B" (medium importance), "C" (low importance). Review your A and B values. Are there any that you feel are essentially the same value or one is an obvious subset of the other? If so, bring them together and rename it if necessary. Rank order the remaining list from highest through to lowest priority. You should now have your top five core values. Focusing on your core values: o Ask yourself whether these are your true, internal "bone deep" beliefs or an external "should" value. These are very tough questions to answer. We often don't recognize a lifetime of conditioning that has left us with other people's belief systems. Replace any "should" values with your own.

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