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Leadership Truth #6 - Great Leaders Never Stop Learning
When we stop learning, it is time to call the undertaker. At birth, we are given one body and roughly 80 years - that is what we have. All of life is a series of learning opportunities. Great leaders are like sponges trying to absorb lessons in life, even in the most difficult of times.

Leadership Assessment #15 – Make Good Decisions
There are hundreds of assessments for leaders. The content and quality of these assessments vary greatly. You can spend a lot of time and money taking surveys to tell you the quality of your leadership. There are a few leading indicators that can be used to give a pretty good picture of the overall quality of your leadership. These are not good for diagnosing problems or specifying corrective action, but they can tell you where you stand quickly. Here is one of my favorite measures. It is the ability to consistently make good decisions.

Dysfunction Begets Dysfunction
The daily function of your team is not an accident. Team dynamics are a direct consequence of action or inaction by leadership. Too many leaders ignore team problems with the hope that they will improve over time. Unfortunately, the problem only gets worse and everyone suffers as a result.

Do Not Bring Me Problems Bring Me Solutions
"Do not bring me problems bring me solutions!" That's a phrase I have used several times with just about everyone in my life at one time or another. I never really thought about what it meant. It took me awhile to realize that the one common factor in all of the issues that I have come across in my business and my life had one common denominator: me. That's right; I had to take stock in how I was operating and what I could do to take the burden of running every little thing off my shoulders. What I discovered was a slow process, but the end result shocked me.
Solving Problems
Learning how to resolve problems efficiently is a skill some organizations need to study. We are surrounded by problems that wear different masks. How we react to these not only governs the quality of our working lives, but also determines how effective and profitable our organizations are. This paper deals with some tips on problem solving in the real world.

E-Mail Tip #31 Make Your Point Clearly
A lot of the e-mail traffic cluttering up people's inboxes is a result of prior notes that gave the reader an incorrect understanding on what was meant. To avoid this, heed the ideas in this article.
Avoid Jack In The Box Meetings
This article is about some frustrations that occur in meetings and how to avoid them. It highlights one symptom where people get up to leave a meeting only to be called back into session for another issue. I call these Jack-In-The-Box Meetings.

How Not to Communicate with Your Customers
This article will give you the "don'ts" of not participating with your customers. A must read for all employees and managers.
How to Lubricate Your Business.
All equipment requires preventative maintenance and your business is no different. A little care and consideration will go a long way to prevent problems. The smooth operation of processes makes the success of any venture more feasible. The leaders mindset and attitude affect everything about the business.
How's Your Communication?
In order to be as successful as you want to be, you must have greatcommunication skills.
Merger Miseries Three - Clone Yourself
Part three of the Merger Miseries has to do with what happens to employees when they are asked to assume two jobs after one person is let go following a merger. It is not a pretty sight.
Merger Miseries Four Do Do Diligence
Due diligence is a process used in mergers and acquisitions to reduce the potential for surprises or miscalculations in purchase price. The process is more of an art than a science. One observation I have made is that there is heavy emphasis on the tangible assets like buildings and inventory. Less emphasis is typically placed on the critical human resources assets. I believe that is a mistake. This article explains why and suggests an alternative.

Why Leaders Are Successful In Network Marketing And Others Aren't
All successful leaders have the same attributes and they stay focused on the project at hand. Most people are very fickle jumping from pillar to post and not really knowing why or what they are doing. They tend to blame every other person or thing for their failures instead of looking at themselves and searching for the real problem which usually comes from within. It's not easy having a network marketing or home business, particularly when you're used to answering to a boss. It's very easy to get sidetracked with doing menial tasks that aren't remotely related to productivity for your business because you have no-one to answer to at the end of the day, only yourself. Lets face it you can easily let yourself of the hook if you don't finish a task. Are you going to sack you? Not likely! Here are a few tips that will keep you focused...
Merger Miseries 5 Mini Mergers
Every day we read and hear about the mergers or acquisitions going on between the behemoth companies. They show up on the international radar due to their size and impact. Less visible, but equally impactful in the aggregate, are the hundreds of thousands of small restructurings that go on within organizations every day. This article discusses the smaller mergers and their impact.

Merger Miseries 6 Bean Counters and Bubbleheads
This article focuses on the lead people who work early in the merger process. They are usually the financial types. I believe this is a mistake. In this article I describe why.
Stop Enabling Problem Employees
Supervisors often lose control of the situation by trying to be understanding and kind about following the rules. They make small exceptions that end up becoming habits, and soon the rules are not enforced at all. It is important to be sensitive to emergency or exception situations, but it is equally important to enforce the rules with an even hand. It is an area where many supervisors struggle. This article suggests an antidote.

Who is On The Bus After a Merger
If you have ever been through a merger, acquisition, or even just an internal restructuring, you know it is a tense time for most people. One topic that fills the airwaves is who is going to survive and who will be let go. This article gives three tips for how managers can keep the right talent in the organization.
Paradise is a State of Mind
We have all heard the phrase, "Mind over Matter." We understand what it means, and we may even agree with the philosophy. The interesting thing is that most of us fail to use that knowledge to help us live happier lives on a daily basis. This article is not very profound, but it may remind you of the power that exists between your ears.

Employee retention – Look after your staff, look after your business
A business needs to know how to look after its people, and have them committed to their work and highly motivated. Its true strength lies in its people. This article gives 10 essential keys to keep your team loyal and enthusiastic about their organization. They are important to build team spirit and engender a desire to ‘give of one’s best’ They are all very simple to activate, but, having worked in industry in an advisory capacity for many years, I can tell you that they are essential for any organization that wishes to build productivity, retain staff and ‘stay the distance’. No business can afford to ignore them.
The 12 Rules of Problem Solving
When we have a problem, it’s uncomfortable, it doesn’t feel good and sometimes dealing with it can be physically debilitating. The fact is most business people are not equipped to handle problems of any kind. It’s just something that’s not taught and many suffer greatly. The skill required in order to be an effective problem solver in business and/or life is a learned skill and a skill that I believe to be essential to long term survival and growth both personally and professionally. In this article you'll learn the 12 Rules of Problem Solving that if diligently applied can change your life.
Strategy Spin Cycle
When it comes to business, sooner or later we all fall into the trap of searching for the formula that will fix our latest crisis fast. On the other hand, there can be the problem of so many solutions swirling around in your head that you find it hard to nail one down. Anytime you search for a strategy that can potentially impact your business in a profound way, it can be a recipe for disaster.
Appreciate Your Obstacles!
Obstacles are absolutely necessary for your growth!

NIQCL is more than 5 cents.
"Many failures in sales initially seem like a success to the rep! They get their perception of the facts, and propose a solution that makes sense to them. The problem is they didn't get the customer's perception of the facts, so their solution may not be sensible to the customer."
Thinking Differently About Problem Solving
All of us from time to time are faced with difficult situations. Sometimes these problems may seem insurmountable. However, there’s almost always a solution. When you can’t figure out the solution to a problem, try to take a different approach to the situation to see your problem in an entirely different light. Looking at the problem from a different perspective can often make the solution obvious instead of impossible. This technique is one of many creative problem solving techniques that can help provide solutions to your trickiest problems...
Tyrant or Bully?
What single adjective would you use to describe your boss? Hopefully it is a positive one, but at some point, you have probably worked for a tyrant or a bully. In this article, I compare these two negative descriptors and give some insight as to how to manage them.

Why Failure Is Really a Victory
When some thing doesn't go your way, what's the first thought that pops into your head? Do you chastise yourself? Or do you reassure yourself that you are growing stronger and wiser with each challenge you face? In reality, it's not the goods results that make you a stronger, more successful person; it's the failures...

Coping With The Unexpected - 6 Practical Tips
Always expect the UNEXPECTED. We never know what's around the corner. It's part of life. Sudden change can be stressful whether we perceive it as negative or positive. This article contains 6 practical tips on how to cope with the unexpected.
How To Avoid Business Operating Cash Flow Problems And Improve Financing Success
Information on operating business cash flow and solutions on how to improve business financing problems and challenges .

Punctures On The Road To Success
Problems with the quick-fix approach - and the teachings of Hang Sen.

Don't Do A Survey
Many leaders turn to an employee satisfaction survey to identify improvement opportunities. I believe there are more accurate and direct ways to gather the needed information. This article explores the dynamin and offers a soultion.
Counselling - Who Needs It?
Most of us don’t give a second thought to our mental health until a crisis hits. When should we seek the help of a counsellor? How can counselling help us? What should we look for in a counsellor?

Other problems Related Articles

Finding Solutions To Things That Slow Us Down
It is not that successful entrepreneurs have fewer problems or different problems, it’s just that they cope better with problems and don’t allow them to stop their forward momentum.

Problem Solving
Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our value to our employer.
A New Perspective Of Organizational Culture
One cannot help wondering sometimes whether major problems in organizations are due to lack of effective communication at all levels. These problems can range between bad morale, declining performance, non-compliance with safety regulations, or destructive conflicts. The root cause may be the same for all these complicated problems: miscommunication.

SEE THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR CUSTOMERS EYES™
There is a competitive nature to business today, which often causes companies to sing the praises of their own product, service, or technology, as though it were the single answer to all of the world’s problems. But as we have learned, one size does not fit all. And one Seller’s product, service, or technology does not solve all problems across the board. In fact, most Buyers feel that their problems, their industries, and their businesses are unique, and Sellers run the risk of insulting them by implying otherwise. Too often, Sellers are presumptuous, acting like the cavalry riding in to save the day. Why do they do this? Certainly, they want to help. And naturally, they want the work. But we feel that this is a shortsighted way of establishing one’s business as a solution to another business’s problems.

Franchising Mistakes and how to avoid them
COMMON FRANCHISING MISTAKES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Use this list to get ahead of the learning curve and avoid problems before they happen. Franchises have been around for a long time. If you are starting a new franchise business, you’ll often be confronted with problems and situations you’ll have to work very hard to solve. But don’t worry, you aren’t reinventing the wheel here. The kinds of problems you are most likely to encounter have been handled by people just like you, and you can learn from their mistakes. We’ve come up with this list of some of the most common franchising problems so you can avoid them before they happen.

Problems=Solutions
Problems are just a part of life for every person. Although you can't avoid the inevitable, you can learn how to address and deal with problems more effectively. To cope with problems you need to develop a system for solutions.
10 Key Problem Solving Tips For Managers
We all have problems to solve in the management we do. Our roles evolve to overcome the problems and move forward. Yet if we make some changes in how we view problems, they might just go away...

How You Deal with Problems Can Impact Your Success
Running a business means dealing with problems, just like any other part of your life. You’ll run into problems with technology, client problems, marketing problems, problems with your outsourced help or employees and life problems that take time and energy away from your business. How you deal with those problems will have a big impact on your success.
Therapy Should I or Shouldn’t I?
When I tell people that I’m a therapist/counsellor I usually get a couple of different reactions. One stereotype that abounds is that I deal with ‘crazy people’ and I work like the psychotherapist in the ‘Sopranos’. Another thing that happens is people start to tell me about ‘their friend’ who is having problems but doesn’t think it requires a therapist because their problems are that of ‘normal people’s problems’. This could not be farther from the truth.
Discussing the common PC Problems
Like other machines a PC may also face some problems over a period of time. The nature of problems may be of two types i.e. hardware problems & software problems. In any of these problems, taking expert Online PC Support advice remains the best option which is available 24x7.

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