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Leadership Training: How to Motivate and Increase Your Employees' WANT-TO-COOPERATE Factor - Are you a leader trying to get your coworkers to change? Then you need to be aware of a basic motivational, psychological truth. People only change when they WANT to. It's like the little prospector who walked into a saloon, wearing clean new shoes. A big Texan said to his friend standing at the bar, "Watch me make this dude dance." He walked over to the prospector and asked, "You're a foreigner, aren't you? From the East?" "You might say that," the little prospector answered. What Does it Mean when the Thrill is Gone? - There is a difference between being comfortable and being in apathy. It is very comfortable to have a smooth running organization when you have a team that knows what to do and does it. It is comfortable to have this group take care of your business and make it expand, and all you have to do is take care of the team. It is comfortable when the staff will actually handle the discipline problems of other staff members and not give it to you to handle. It is, of course, very comfortable to have a consistent flow of new business into your company and not have to worry about it week to week. What is apathy? Perhaps apathy is excuses -- thinking that things can’t change, considering that “this is pretty good” and “I just want everybody to be happy,” but recognizing that they are not. Communicate Like a Team - Coordinating, inspiring, and leading your employees to work as a team is a critical task every business owner needs to do, yet it's also one of the most difficult things for some to manage. Entrepreneurs don't typically go into business because they have a passion for leadership! The most significant professional development experiences take place in the context of relationships. As the leader, you've got to think about your relationship with the team as distinct from your relationship with each individual on the team. While I was coaching Ethan last week, he indicated that he was starting to feel uptight about meetings, like he did at the corporate job he left three years ago. Expand Your Business Repertoire To Build A Stronger Business - Did you ever know someone who wanted to stop doing something but never seemed to be able to fully flip the switch to disengage from that patterned behavior? Maybe they got into a habit of always stopping for a donut or a cheese steak on a certain route back from a trip, when they really intended to do a better job of watching their diet. Or maybe they spent money in their business before it was collected. And even after they got burned a time or two and logically realized that the money wasn't theirs to spend until the check cleared the bank, they still made decisions that left them overextended and at risk. Ron was stuck in a "me first, be first" habit when he hired me to coach him to grow his business. Scars to Stars: The 50 Year Odyssey Of The Star Poster Program - It was 1991, the inaugural year of the Bryan Academy for Visual and Performing Arts (BAVPA), an elementary grades Magnet School in Bryan, Texas, and as I walked down the hall one day behind the principal and a father of one of my third graders, I heard the dad say, "I told my son, if one of the other kids bothers you, ‘Hit him with a pipe!’" That same year I also had a fifth grade student whose brother was stabbed to death on the ninth grade campus. Both of these incidences were disturbing. Obviously, there was a "violence is the solution" mentally in which numerous students in the community were raised. I was compelled to do something, but what? Achieve Great Sucess with Motivational Speakers - Corporate motivational speakers are gurus of business and are treasure houses of profound wisdom about the understanding of human psychology. Equipped with years of business experience, having tasted success and having learnt from failures in their careers and life they are seasoned pros that provide valuable insight in to the workings of a business organization. They are stand up comedians, business consultants, psychologists, and counselors – all rolled in to one. It requires expertise and innate talent. Apart from being gifted with talent funny speakers are trained in the art of making people laugh with jokes, quotes, and amusing anecdotes. Making These Decisions Will Change Your Life - We all make choices every day. In fact, one way to look at your life is to consider it as the sum total of all the choices you have made. Specialty of Outdoor Education Camp - Outdoor education is a special program offered to kids, teens and adults in adventure camps. Outdoor education comprises of organized learning of things which takes place out of the environment. What Do You Expect? - When something goes wrong (anywhere - in your office, at headquarters, in the national news, even around the dinner table reviewing your family's day) have you ever heard (or said), "Well, what did you expect?" Usually that question is followed by a knowing glance, a wistful shaking of the head or an ironic laugh. Yet when something goes right, people don't ask the same question. Instead those successes typically are chalked up to hard work, or even to luck. Is it possible that expectations (i.e. "what did you expect?") play a role in only those things that go bad or less than desired? I don't think so. At some level, we believe expectations matter, or we wouldn't ask the question when things go badly. Empowering Others - Henry Ford: "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.Working together is success." Get the Cooperation of Others Empowering people is the key to building a high-performance team. Can Transactional Leadership Keep Your Team in Shape? - Reward as well as reprimand are the primary motivators of human behavior. These concepts are demonstrated plainly in the Maslow hierarchy. Human social organizations function most efficiently as soon as a clear leadership chain of command is defined. One facet of A job which employees are required to recognize and anticipate is that they have to submit to the authority of the boss to whom they report. The core function of a subordinate is to deliver to the expectations of his or her leader. The chief of the transaction works on creating comprehensible structures, consequently making it apparent to juniors precisely what is wanted, in addition to the rewards corresponding with obliging those requirements. Reprimand is often implicitly declared, but usually understood, with recognized regulation procedures existing. Leadership - Being Likable is an important Business Strategy - Hillary Clinton was told this week at the New Hampshire Caucus that she was not as "likable" as Barack Obama. Being a smart Politian, Leader and Business person she immediately changed some of her words in her next speech in the hopes of seeming more "likable". In the Iowa Caucus, Obama and Edwards took the lead due not only to their politics but because they were more "likable". One Of The Best Stories Ever Told - People who know me, say that I am a very positive person. I've worked hard over the years at trying to find the positive in most situations and pass it on to others. I was recently sent an email by a friend who passed on one of the nicest stories I have heard. So in this season of giving, I'd like to share it with you. The author is anonymous. Strong Leaders are Strong Communicators - "The man who can think but does not know how to express what he thinks is at the same level as he who cannot think." - Pericles, leader of Athens around 450 B.C. It was the dead of winter in the middle of a very cold snap. As we approached departure time, judging by all the activity outside the plane, we weren't likely to leave on time. In a few minutes the captain announced, "You can see a lot of activity on our left wing. This is a maintenance crew trying to replace a defective fuel pump. A Business Strategy That Could Change The Way We Do Business - A friend and I talked about a unique business strategy over a cup of coffee one afternoon. I was so intrigued by the idea so I did a little bit of research on the subject. What Leadership Qualities Does Network Marketing Require - Network marketing is a people business. Unlike affiliate marketing where you sell products online and get paid for your efforts, network marketing requires you to build an organization of people to help you be successful. Importance of Physical Education for Adolescents - For all young adults, adolescents and youths, physical education or physical activity is a must and very important in their lives, as physical exercises help in the holistic development of the individual which help them to make the transition and become matured when they reach their adulthood. Today lifestyles and habits practiced by the youths play a significant role when they enter adult lives. In addition to this, the lifestyle choices which they cultivate now, will be adopted and practiced when they become adults. This is why outdoor activities and physical education helps to develop the character and makes the youth responsible and matured. Business Leadership NOW! - Are you the owner of a small business? A professional in private practice? Or an executive in a small company? If you are any of these and you don't think of yourself as a "business leader," shame on you. By default, when you have decision-making responsibility and authority, you are the leader. A recent Entrpreneur Magazine cover text reads "Who are America's future business leaders? You are. So what does it take to succeed? The best leaders combine bold new strategies with time-tested values. Are you up to the task?" I couldn't have said it better myself. How Much Time Do You Spend Listening? - It's no surprise that people utilize listening a lot during their work day. A survey has shown how much time the average working person spends communicating on a daily basis. The types of communication were broken down into four categories - writing, reading, talking, and listening. (To test your email writing skills, take a fun quiz at our website.) What percent of the time do you think people spend on each of these? The total percentage should equal 100. Writing _________________ Reading _______________ Talking _________________ Listening ________________ Here's the answer. Make This World A Better Place - There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it - Edith Wharton It is looking around the world, at what is happening with starving people and violence, which makes me feel small and helpless sometimes. I can remember thinking about it ever since I was 15 years old, like Atlas, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. I wrote poetry, listened to Joan Baez and wrote John Lennon's words of "Imagine" on my notebooks. Have you ever been asked about the teachers that influenced your life? Well, it has happened to me quite a few times, and I have always given the same answer. Reuben.

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