The Best Use of Words Successful leaders lift people; poor leaders drain them. You either bring vitality or you exhaust. Recently a leader from a Fortune 500 company that I’ve worked with reminded me of something I wrote. Who have you encouraged in the last day or week? Encouragement: Encouragement infuses others with courage, hope, and confidence. Express encouragement. Ask people, “What encourages you?” Bonus: Be specific when giving compliments and don’t add but’s. There’s no middle ground when it comes to encouragement. What could you do to encourage someone today? What encouragement tips can you suggest? Like this: Like Loading... 1000 nordmenn til OL | Misjon, teologi, menighet 1000 nordmenn til OL | Andreas Nordli 27. januar 2012 by Andreas For tre år siden fikk vi en vill ide. Vi ville seile et vikingskip til OL i England for å takke britene for at de gav oss evangeliet for 1000 år siden. Som en del av vår takk, ville vi ha med oss 1000 personer for å arbeide sammen med lokale kirker under OL. Siden ideene først kom på bordet, har vi jobbet jevnt og trutt med å se visjonene flytte seg fra tegnebrettet til virkelighet. I går kveld møtte vi med et femtitalls kirkeledere i Newcastle. Nå er det opp til oss å rekruttere 1000 nordmenn til å bli med. Mer info?
13 Ways to Pass the Squeeze Test The people you serve evaluate you like a person buying bread. Do you pass the “squeeze test?” Ever have a bad boss who didn’t realize how bad they were? What if complaints about you are partially right? Experience suggests you may not realize you are a stale, lousy leader. Really lousy leaders don’t know how lousy they are. Lousy leaders: Walk around with their nose in the air and their hands in their pockets.Don’t show-up until something goes wrong.Think problems are somebody else’s.Blab on and on.Keep others on the hook but, let themselves off.Blow up when their ideas are questioned or challenged.Hide behind policy and procedure. 13 qualities of leaders we admire: Always seek the highest good. Bonus: Know they’re on both lists. What positive qualities are most important? What positive behaviors do you aspire to? Like this: Like Loading...
Improve Efficiency Moving a company forward takes more than a well-formulated strategy and good implementation processes: ultimately it comes down to how well each individual executive gets things done. Successful execution at an organizational level depends almost entirely on each individual manager executing his or her part promptly and efficiently. The challenge for business leaders, then, is making sure that all of their managers stay on track and on task. Here are 10 rules that can help. 1. If it's not on the calendar, it won't happen. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. In measuring a company's success we often refer to profits or the bottom line when looking at the big picture. Jacques Horovitz is Professor Emeritus of Service Strategy, Service Marketing, and Service Management at IMD, where he teaches on the Orchestrating Winning Performance Program.
Home Eric is the Principal at New Milford High School located in Bergen County, NJ. He is passionate about establishing and fostering learning environments that are student-centered, collaborative, flexible, and prepare all learners to succeed in the 21st Century. As an educational administrator he firmly believes that effective communication, listening, support, shared decision making, and the integration of technology are essential elements necessary for the transformation of school cultures. Eric has emerged as an innovative leader in the use of social media and web 2.0 technology as tools to engage students, improve communications with stakeholders, and help educators grow professionally. Eric is the award-winning Principal at New Milford High School located in Bergen County, NJ. His work focuses on leading and learning in the digital age as a model for moving schools and districts forward.
Alltid kristen? « "På sporet av sannhet" Publisert: 31/01/2012 av FIH i Uncategorized Av: Arne Helge Teigen Nå vil jeg skrive noen ord til dem som har vokst opp i et kristent hjem, og ikke kan huske noe annet enn at de hele tiden har vært kristne. Det er grunn både for dem og andre til å takke Gud for at de har fått leve sammen med Jesus hele oppveksten. Det er ikke mindreverdig å ikke ha en omvendelsesdato å se tilbake på, eller å si at en ble frelst i dåpen som barn. Samtidig kan det være til hjelp for de som er i en slik situasjon å være klar over at oppvekst og personlig modning fører med seg et behov for å få klarhet i om en virkelig er frelst. “…de som alltid har regnet seg som kristne må ofte gjennom en prosess…” Hvordan den enkelte opplever denne prosessen er forskjellig. Det er naturlig for en kristen å søke seg ut av tvil og usikkerhet med hensyn til spørsmålet om en er frelst eller ikke, og det er særlig viktig å ha klart for seg at bare ordet om Jesus kan gi hjelp og visshet om den saken. Les Jesaja 40. 1 – 2:
5 Ways To Measure The Emotional Intelligence Of Your Boss Research has shown us that more than 90% of top leadership performers have a high amount of emotional intelligence or EI. The higher up the ladder that leaders are, the more people they impact and their EI becomes increasingly important. The person at the top sets the atmosphere that permeates the organization, including the emotional temperature. Not only does a leader with low emotional intelligence have a negative impact on employee morale, it directly impacts staff retention. We know that the biggest reason that people give for leaving an organization is the relationship with those above them. Below are five ways to spot an emotionally intelligent boss. 1. Insecure leaders that demonstrate low EI become defensive and take it personally whenever they encounter anything that appears to them as criticism and a challenge to their authority. 2. Leaders who are oblivious to their own emotions and how they are impacted by them have no awareness of how their words and actions affect others.
Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning - Peter Bregman by Peter Bregman | 11:00 AM May 27, 2009 I was late for my meeting with the CEO of a technology company and I was emailing him from my iPhone as I walked onto the elevator in his company’s office building. I stayed focused on the screen as I rode to the sixth floor. I was still typing with my thumbs when the elevator doors opened and I walked out without looking up. Then I heard a voice behind me, “Wrong floor.” The world is moving fast and it’s only getting faster. So we try to speed up to match the pace of the action around us. But that’s a mistake. Never before has it been so important to say “No.” It’s hard to do because maybe, just maybe, that next piece of information will be the key to our success. A study of car accidents by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute put cameras in cars to see what happens right before an accident. Now is a good time to pause, prioritize, and focus. List 1: Your Focus List (the road ahead)What are you trying to achieve?
What Happens After Teacher Leaders Meet? - Leading From the Classroom On Friday, August 3, the US Department of Education hosted Transforming the Teaching Profession: A Teacher Leader Convening. The purpose of the meeting was to gather teacher leaders from various education organizations to identify priorities and develop strategies to move the RESPECT Project vision forward. I had the opportunity to attend this event in my new position as a Director of Educator Engagement at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and as a former Teacher Ambassador with ED. The RESPECT document has evolved to be an impressive document. There are different perspectives on these issues, and it's critical to have these thoughts articulated in a single document to guide discussions. Us and Them... During the morning part of the convening, teachers and other educators from the various organizations discussed what the US Department of Education (ED) needs to do to advance the components outlined in RESPECT. Then WE & ALL... To be continued....
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