Definitions of leadership vary greatly. This is the simplest of leadership definition that provided me with great clarity “You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper This serves to clarify the difference between leadership and management. Whilst management might well be managing things through people, it is still concerned with the managing of […]
Here’s an explanation of Leadership Styles from Wise Toast, and, If I were to pitch for one, I would cite: “4. Transformational Leadership Unlike other leadership styles, transformational leadership is all about initiating change in organizations, groups, oneself and others. Transformational leaders motivate others to do more than they originally intended and often even more […]
Leadership Skills: Here’s a link to ‘the top ten leadership skills. What intrigues me is that these skills are STILL referred to as ‘soft skills’. It’s like we need hard skills in most work environments these days?! Yep, on a building site, sure, we will need to get deep-down-and-dirty in order to get stuff done. On a […]
Leadership according to Wikipedia is: “Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to “lead” or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.” and yet leadership is way more complex than that. Simultaneously leadership is way more simple than the above definition too. If you […]
Employment Opportunities: In the current career climate, you need to be creating your own career opportunities. In most sectors, the career for life has long gone. Now we manage our portfolio careers. In taking charge of our own careers we need to become adept at all the skills a small business requires. We must manage […]
I have some employment news. The news I have is information you already know. I would like to remind you of this information all the same because it is all too easy to forget. When we enjoy something, we do it often. We become very good at the things that we do often. Because we […]