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Leadership: How to Use Your Weaknesses to Gain Influence
I was on my first day at a new job. I had taken my first senior leadership position at a large hospital in Louisiana. I had not slept the night before as I obsessed over what to say and how to present myself to instill confidence in my abilities. A…
Leadership: As Guided By A Movie
I love the movie Remember the Titans because I believe that it is a great example of how leadership can affect an organization. The movie is based on a real life situation and stars Denzel Washington. I want to share why I believe this is a great leadership development story.…
A Leadership Case Study Of the Steward In A Healthcare Setting
Baptist Hospital-Union County is a nonprofit, acute care, hospital that serves New Albany, Mississippi (Baptist, 2009). New Albany is a community of about 8,200 in a county of close to 23,000 (Union County Development Association, 2009). New Albany lies 25 miles to the West of Tupelo, and about 65 miles…
Hidden Reasons For Poor Performance Part 1
When faced with poor performance, a lot of managers opt to eliminate the employee in question rather than to eliminate the reasons behind the performance. Many managers wrongly blame poor performance on lack of motivation or on a poor hiring selection by the company. But, in reality, the majority of…
Leadership: Customer Satisfaction And Wait Times
I have noticed that customer's reported pain levels correlated with increased wait times. Management of wait times, I believe that this is an important factor in improving patient and customer satisfaction. I intend to illustrate this with a review of my experience.
I have over twenty years of successful history…
Leadership: A Researched Assessment
Leadership is an essential part of guiding and encouraging the best of a staff or facility. The characteristics of the leader can influence an organization to reach improved service goals, further financial gains, and a higher quality product (Gandez, 2006). How an individual fills the role of leader greatly affects…
Leadership: Why Trust Matters
"Do you trust me?" I asked Elliott, my director of rehab. Nice opening question, but I thought I could tell him why trust in leadership was important despite his upfrontedness.
"Yes," he said without hesitation. He held my gaze and smiled, "What's your point?"
"Well, you asked me if I…
Hidden Reasons For Poor Performance Part 2
This is part 2 of my reasons for poor performance.
When faced with poor performance, a lot of managers opt to eliminate the employee in question rather than to eliminate the reasons behind the performance. Many managers wrongly blame poor performance on lack of motivation or on a poor hiring…
Management: The Whys And Hows Of Keeping Things Clean
Cecelia, one of my reports came into my office, "Hey, boss. What's up."
I looked up from my computer screen and smiled. "Nothing, just looking at reports. What about you? Anything happening since," I pretended to look at a watch that I don't wear, "About an hour ago?"
"Nope, just…
Leadership Training: What I Would Do If I Were In the Business Of Being Tiger Woods
I was sitting in Elliott’s office thinking of a way to inspire his leadership skills. Elliott is my director of rehab and a physical therapist. He is an affable guy and sincere in his practice of therapy, but a bit weak as a leader. His staff is composed of very…
Giving Constructive Criticism and Feedback
Did you ever hear the saying no news is good news? Well if you take that approach with your employees you’re bound to have high turnover. Employees need to have constant reassurance that the job there are doing is meeting yours and the company standards. Nothing motivates employees more that…
Leading With Integrity is Right
"You want me to what?" she asked.
I inflated my chest and, in deep a baritone as I could muster, responded, "I want you to tell your staff that we will not be paying for overtime from this moment forward."
Her face contorted at first. Then it went slack. Her…
Where Leadership Begins
It’s a simple fact that leadership begins in your own head. It starts with the attitude you take toward yourself and the people around you.
How do you think of yourself? Do you see yourself as someone who tells people what to do and sees that they do it? Or…
Leadership Development From Life Situations
Leadership during tenuous times requires resolve, fortitude, and the ability to display and encourage a sense of hope for a better tomorrow. Leadership positions are more than just what happens on the job. The following is an example of how you can use situations that happen in your life to…
Business Management: When is Too Soon to Put Out A Product
"It was late," I started. "But I got my first article written and submitted about ten o'clock last night. I had to help the get the kids to their after school activities, then with dinner and their homework, and finally to bed." I had not yet checked to see if…
Leadership: Guiding the Head, Heart, And Hands Of Employees
"Are you asking me how I intend to lead?" I asked. I tried to hide any sign of incredulousness at even being asked. I have been a manager and now senior leader for over 20 years. I came into the working world when most new employees just seemed happy to…
Team Charters: The Importance Of Establishing Mission, Vision, And Value Statements
Establishing collectively agreed upon team charter of mission, vision, and value statements with your team or business group is of great benefit. A common culture of accountability and singular focus can help a group's performance. I have had over twenty years of successful experiences as a senior leader in health…
Leadership: Whch Employees to Spend Your Time And Energy On
I was sitting in Natalie's office. She is a direct report of mine. It was Monday and we had just run the gambit of how her son was doing at his first year of college. I had opened the conversation by sharing my fears for my daughter who was heading…
The Art Of Motivation.
Implementing the three “R’s”
Responsibility, Recognition, Rewards
Are you a good leader? If you have never asked yourself that question, now is a good time.
Let’s be honest. No matter how talented you are, your organization would definitely benefit if you made some improvements. When you move up in the…
Leadership: How to View Failure And Losses As Opportunities
Failure and loss can be a great opportunity to learn and grow. It is just a question of addressing the failure with the right mindset. I have over twenty years history as a successful senior leader in health care and as an entrepreneur. I have experienced failures and losses of…
Behave Like You’re In Business For Yourself
Your employer want more that your body, more than just your arms, back and brain. Your employer wants you to act like an owner.
Why is this? What does it mean?
Organizations are reshaping themselves in an attempt to become more entrepreneurial. They want to get closer to the customer.…
Is Investing Into Film&media; Industry Useful?
Today, film&media is the most successful industry worldwide. Whenever, a film casting your favorite actor is launched, an appeal to see the movie is in your mind since the day you have seen its promo or ad over television or at any other source. Film industry has a special section…
Why Lean Training Videos Are Necessary?
The world of business management is all about Lean these days. But what does it mean? Well, it’s a philosophy derived from the Toyota Production System, and so it also centres in adding value to the final product by eliminating all possible waste from its production. The application of lean…
Great Benefits Of Deadline
One of the things that people often forget in setting their goal is “deadline”. They often focus to what they wish to achieve. They do not set a precise time when they wish to their goal come real.
The most popular goal setting methods, The SMART Goal Settings method gives…
How Big Data is Monetized In the Telecommunication Companies?
Data monetization is a process that assists any company in producing profits by utilizing the data which is available to them. In this procedure, the data consumers, producers and aggregators trade or exchange data. The data involved in the business operations and the data related to the electronic devices is…
Corrado Santini: Career And Professional Training Of the Senior Partner Of F2i
Senior Partner of F2i - Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture since 2010, Corrado Santini has consolidated experience in the field of financial investments in major national and international contexts.
Corrado Santini: training and working experiences of the Senior Partner of F2i
Corrado Santini graduated in Economics at Università degli Studi…
Team Building & Dysfunctions
Aspiring leaders have studied the number of years in which understanding organizational management and its complexities have been the topic of many board meetings. According to the “Looking forwards: discursive directions in organizational change” article, obtaining mainstream management textbooks which address company change and challenges has continued to be a…
AGT The Safe Money People - New Job, Older Worker
There are numerous reasons why a person may wish to assign an “attorney-in-fact” role to an agent to make financial decisions and/or conduct transactions on his or her behalf. Say you’re purchasing a second home in another state, but can’t make it to the closing. You can grant your real-estate…
Time Management-the Basics
Time management is probably one of the key areas a manager has to develop if they are going to be successful. Time management is basically the ability to get a certain amount of work done in a specific time period.
We have all heard the expression “boy what a long…
Five Things to Know About Scit
Located in the Oxford of East as Pune is often called, SCIT comes across as a premier institute when it comes to pursuing an MBA in relatively niche domain like Information Technology. Carefully putting together a curriculum that is inspired from the latest and most relevant events of the industry,…