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	<title>Leadership Skill Center Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Winners Leaders and a Consolation Prize</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2008/05/19/winners-leaders-and-a-consolation-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the launch of the Leadership Coaching Club - and my 15th business birthday - we recently gave away two memberships of the Leadership Coaching Club.
To find out who the winners were – and collect your free consolation prize if it wasn&#8217;t you – please visit
http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html
If you have ever felt life was getting out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To celebrate the launch of the <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com" title="Leadership Coaching Club" target="_blank">Leadership Coaching Club</a> - and my 15th business birthday - we recently gave away two memberships of the Leadership Coaching Club.</p>
<p>To find out who the winners were – and collect your free consolation prize if it wasn&#8217;t you – please visit<br />
<a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html" title="Winners and your consolation prize" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html</a></p>
<p>If you have ever felt life was getting out of control for leaders and managers in organizations today, you will really appreciate your consolation prize - free, for you just for visiting the Leadership Skill Center blog.</p>
<p>That link again: <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html" title="Winners and your consolation prize" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html</a></p>
<p>And remember if you haven’t joined the Leadership Coaching Club yet, it is never too late.  Every week there is more and more value added.  Don’t delay.  Join now at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com" title="Leadership Coaching Club" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a></p>
<p>Oh, and if you are already a member of the Leadership Coaching Club, you will find this - along with lots of other bonuses - in the Free Ebooks section inside the members area. You can login at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/" title="Members login to Leadership Coaching Club" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/</a></p>
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		<title>Does your team despise that you do this?</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2008/04/23/does-your-team-despise-that-you-do-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Coaching Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First a huge ‘Thank You&#8217; to everyone who has emailed, called, sent a card or posted a note on the Leadership Coaching Club blog with well wishes for my 15th business birthday. It has meant a lot to hear from you all, including so many I haven&#8217;t met face-to-face (yet).
Second - it&#8217;s not too late [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>First</strong> a huge ‘Thank You&#8217; to everyone who has emailed, called, sent a card or posted a note on the Leadership Coaching Club blog with well wishes for my 15th business birthday. It has meant a lot to hear from you all, including so many I haven&#8217;t met face-to-face (yet).</p>
<p><strong>Second</strong> - it&#8217;s not too late to join the party! The celebrations continue until the end of this month. Enter the competition for <strong>complimentary membership</strong> now at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free" title="Leadership Coaching Club Competition for FREE membership" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free</a> and join before the end of the month at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/" title="Join the Leadership Coachig Club" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> - for a huge discount!</p>
<p><strong>Third</strong>, if you have already joined the Leadership Coaching Club there has been quite a lot of new material added recently, including more ebooks, audios, videos and articles, so make sure you login and collect it all. You can login at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/" title="Login to Leadership Coaching Club" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/</a> using your email address and password.</p>
<p>Kind regards, Kerrie</p>
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<p><strong>HABITS EVERY TEAM MEMBER ABSOLUTELY HATES IN A LEADER</strong></p>
<p>There are a couple of habits leaders can have that drive team members absolutely crazy.</p>
<p>In this issue of Leading Well I want to look at one of the top two: Micromanagement.</p>
<p>You cannot grow as a leader until you learn to delegate effectively. Delegating means giving away control even though you retain responsibility, which can be daunting at first.</p>
<p>However, as a leader, there is no way you can do everything that needs to be done personally, so you must develop a positive attitude to delegation - and the skills you need to do it effectively.</p>
<p>Your role as a leader is to ensure your people have all the skills, resources and understanding they need to do a task, and then to let them do it.  For some leaders that&#8217;s the hard bit: letting others get on with doing it!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t micromanage.</p>
<p>Delegating tasks to people makes them feel trusted, wanted and responsible. Good workers like to be given responsibility.</p>
<p>Communicate your objectives and your vision and make them passionate about making it happen!</p>
<p>Guide your people, empower them, and instill confidence in them and they will become your strongest supporters.</p>
<p>More on how to avoid micromanagement and other habits your team leaders hate in the <strong>Quick Tips</strong> below:</p>
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<p><strong>QUOTE OF NOTE</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The ‘sage on stage&#8217; mode of teaching is being replaced by a new model: ‘the guide on the side&#8217;. &#8220;</p>
<p>Art Weinstein (American academic)</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>The Leading Well Bottom Line:</strong></p>
<p>You can have your own ‘guide on the side&#8217;. Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/" title="Join the Leadership Coaching Club " target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> for details.</p>
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<p><strong>QUICK TIPS FOR AVOIDING MICROMANAGEMENT:</strong></p>
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<li>You can become more comfortable with delegating to your team members by being selective about what tasks you assign, particularly initially.</li>
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<li>As you delegate more complex tasks, arrange for regular progress meetings to ensure everything is going smoothly. If you make this an expectation up front - and don&#8217;t offer advice unless it is requested - the progress meetings will be focussed on coaching and encouragement rather than micromanaging.</li>
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<p>PS. You can find out what the other main habit is that drives team members crazy, at the Leadership Coaching Club. Join before the end of the month at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com" title="Join the Leadership Coaching Club" target="_blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> for special rates.</p>
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		<title>So was I a Fool?</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2008/03/27/so-was-i-a-fool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday next week is an important date - for me and I hope for you. You see, on April 1st, fifteen years ago I launched my own business as KMG Consulting in a very off-line world.  It took me a long time to admit to anyone that I started out on April Fool’s Day!  And, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Tuesday next week is an important date - for me and I hope for you. You see, on April 1st, fifteen years ago I launched my own business as KMG Consulting in a very off-line world.  It took me a long time to admit to anyone that I started out on April Fool’s Day!  And, at the time there were some people who thought I was a fool for going out on my own.  A lot has changed since then.</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">But now 15 years later things are better than ever and KMG Consulting is still going strong - I think it’s time to celebrate!  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">So, this is no joke!  Next Tuesday will be the official launch of the Leadership Coaching Club with special bonuses and even a special price that you can lock in for as long as you remain a member, and more&#8230;</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">I’m just finalizing the sales letter, some extra Core Modules that are yet to be added and a special Bonus Pack now.  So watch out for all the details early next week.  I know you are going to love everything that’s included.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">It will be great value at the regular price, but to celebrate my 15th business birthday, if you are quick you’ll get an unbelievable special deal. </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Some of you have been my clients, friends and supporters since way back then, so I am determined to show you how much I appreciate you.  Watch out for more details soon.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Kind regards, Kerrie</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">PS.  If you just can’t wait, you can have a sneak peek here - but remember there’s even more to come soon - <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/earlybird.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/earlybird.html</span></a> </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">QUOTE OF NOTE</span></p>
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<blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal">“Knowledge and human power are synonymous.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal">Francis Bacon</span></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">The Leading Well Bottom Line:  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">You don’t have to do it all on your own.  Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/earlybird.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/earlybird.html</span></a> for details of our special early bird offer.  And of course, all our early-bird members will get all the special bonuses when they are ready! </span></p>
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		<title>Weakness and Leadership</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2008/03/05/weakness-and-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[“What does weakness have to do with leadership?” I can hear you ask. 
Well, the answer is quite a lot!  

You see we all have weaknesses, even exceptional leaders.  So as a good leader you need to know your own weaknesses so you can deliberately overcome them.  

We will always have gaps in our knowledge or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal">“What does weakness have to do with leadership?” I can hear you ask. </span>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Well, the answer is quite a lot!  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">You see we all have weaknesses, even exceptional leaders.  So as a good leader you need to know your own weaknesses so you can deliberately overcome them.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">We will always have gaps in our knowledge or experience, our understanding of another culture or even our customer’s reality.  We will always have better skills in some areas than others.  Sometimes the very habits or attitudes that have allowed us to succeed in one situation can become a weakness in a different situation.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Have you given thought to what your personal weaknesses might be?</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">When we interview an applicant for a new position we often ask them what they consider to be their greatest weakness.  Someone who has considered the question and has a reflective answer that explains how they have overcome it, is likely to be a good employee.   </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Similarly, as a leader you need to consider what your weaknesses might be in different situations and how you might overcome them.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">If you have been appointed to a new leadership role, it may be that the skills that won you your promotion are no longer enough for you to succeed in your new role.  You may need to develop a whole new set of leadership and management skills.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">If you are good at some things but have other things that you only do under sufferance, you may neglect the tasks you don’t like when you get busy - unless you ensure someone else on your team has responsibility for them.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">If you are male you will want to ensure that you appoint some women on your leadership team to understand their perspective. If you are selling to people from a different culture you will want to go out of your way to listen to your customers, respect their perspective and include people who share their culture in your team.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Diversity of background, culture, skills, attitudes and experience in your team will overcome many leadership weaknesses if you value and respect everyone’s input and their strengths.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">As soon as we accept that everyone - even an outstanding leader or manager - has weaknesses, we can begin to look for the strengths that compensate.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Exceptional leaders recognize and work on their own weaknesses, and they ensure that someone on their team has the strengths that compensate.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">More on how to address weaknesses in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">Quick Tips</span> below:</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">The Leading Well Bottom Line:</span>  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">You don’t have to do it all on your own.  Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> for details. </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">*   The important thing is not to torture yourself (or anyone else) over weaknesses, but to work out how to address them.  A weakness only becomes a problem if it isn’t addressed.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">*  Weaknesses are often the flip side of our strengths.  So a highly productive creative worker who works best with a ‘Do not disturb’ sign, may never be good at training someone else or talking to your customers. If you force them to do it, you may lose your productive worker and still not gain a good trainer or customer service person.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">*  Even though we can do something, it doesn’t mean we will enjoy it.  When we get busy or face pressure from change or deadlines, we naturally put off the things we like doing least.  Unless we have recognized this weakness already, and worked out how to compensate, a small weakness can quickly become a major problem.   </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">* Acknowledging our own weaknesses and encouraging others to do the same can help avoid weaknesses becoming problems.  </span></p>
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		<title>My tenth birthday</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2008/02/18/my-tenth-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been working so hard on developing the Leadership Coaching Club I&#8217;ve been a little remiss in posting to this blog recently, and even sending out Leading Well, however I can&#8217;t let today pass without sharing the importance of this day.

Today, February 18th 2008 marks exactly ten years since KMG Consulting joined the internet [...]]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://leadershipskillcenter.com/images/oldkmgwebsite.jpg" alt="KMG Consulting ten years ago" width="266" height="192" align="left" />
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Today, February 18th 2008 marks exactly ten years since KMG Consulting joined the internet age.  </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">That first website at <a href="http://kmgconsulting.com.au">http://kmgconsulting.com.au</a> looked very different from what you will see today.  (Maybe you even remember it? - If you do, a big <span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Thank you</span> for your support over the past ten years!)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Nowdays it is expected that any serious business will have a website.  But 1998 was a time when there were only about 2.5 million other websites in the whole world, so it was pretty fancy! </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">No one knows how many sites there are today.  Some sources say there may be up to 550,000,000,000 with 7.3 million new pages added every day.  I certainly have many more websites now, as you probably know.  But that one was the first one for me so I wanted to share it’s tenth birthday with you.  </span></p>
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		<title>While the kittens sleep&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2008/01/22/while-the-kittens-sleep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there and welcome back for another year.  

If you’ve been lucky enough to have had holidays we hope you feel refreshed and ready for all of the exciting things we have planned for you this year.  We’re determined to make sure 2008 is just great!

Since the last issue of Leading Well our family has [...]]]></description>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">If you’ve been lucky enough to have had holidays we hope you feel refreshed and ready for all of the exciting things we have planned for you this year.  We’re determined to make sure 2008 is just great!</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Since the last issue of Leading Well our family has had two new additions &#8230; kittens called Smokey and Izzy who are (for the moment anyway) curled up asleep and looking adorable just beside the chaos they created moments ago when they were playing with anything in reach.  The brief moment of peace and quiet gives me a chance to let you know about two important things that really can’t wait:</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">The Leadership Coaching Club is just about ready to launch and if you are at all interested in joining, you really must make sure your name is on the advance notification list so you get to hear first when it is launched.  This is the only way you will be able to take advantage of the early-bird special offers.  There’s no obligation, and I’m sure you will regret it if you miss out.  Register here:  <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a>/</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Setting up the Leadership Coaching Club has been a lot of work, but I have to say it is looking great and I think you will be really pleased with the way it helps you each month to become even more effective as a leader and manager.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">As well as finalizing the Leadership Coaching Club, we have been hard at work on several other projects that I can’t wait to share with you over the next few weeks.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">And one of them is ready for you right now &#8230;</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">We appreciate that not everyone learns in the same way.  Some people like to read to understand information - and that’s how much leadership information is presented.  However, other people prefer to learn by listening or watching.  So we wanted to help those of you who prefer to learn about leadership and management in this way by offering you some useful videos.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">But not just one or two leadership videos!  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">We have drawn together the largest collection of leadership and management videos from all over the internet and added it to the Leadership Skill Center so you can access them easily all in one place at any time.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">It’s an amazing collection, with contributions from a myriad of different sources and freely available for anyone at <a href="http://leadershipskillcenter.com/tv">http://leadershipskillcenter.com/tv</a> right now!  If you can’t find some useful videos here, I’ll be amazed.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Have a look and let us know what you think.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Kind regards, Kerrie</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">PS. Here are those links again: For the Leadership Coaching Club pre-launch registration:   <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">For the largest collection of leadership and management videos: <a href="http://leadershipskillcenter.com/tv">http://leadershipskillcenter.com/tv</a> </span></p>
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		<title>Xmas news</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2007/12/22/xmas-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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It’s a busy time of year, and it’s hard not to wonder where the year went!  Here in Australia the days are getting longer and hotter, summer holidays are looming and Santa is struggling to stay cool in his fur trimmed outfit.  It&#8217;s hard to believe there have been record cold snaps in other parts [...]]]></description>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">It’s a busy time of year, and it’s hard not to wonder where the year went!  Here in Australia the days are getting longer and hotter, summer holidays are looming and Santa is struggling to stay cool in his fur trimmed outfit.  It&#8217;s hard to believe there have been record cold snaps in other parts of the world.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">But all that means there are a couple of things I want to say to you.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">First, thank you for allowing me to work with you again this year.  Whether I’ve coached or trained you personally or your whole business team, whether I’ve spoken at your leadership conference or facilitated your strategic planning process, or just visited each month via Leading Well, it’s been a privilege and a pleasure to work with you.  We have some really exciting things planned for 2008, so keep an eye out early in the new year for details.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Last year we offered you some special gifts to download for Christmas to thank you for being a part of our life and they were very popular.  So once again we have gathered together a selection of special Christmas gifts for you and your family. We have added some to help you celebrate the festive season as well as something to help you get off to a great start in 2008. Please accept these Christmas gifts with our compliments.  You will find them here:  <a href="http://www.leadershipskillcenter.com/thankyou/xmas.php">http://www.leadershipskillcenter.com/thankyou/xmas.php</a> </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Soon it will be time to take a break to focus on family, fun and festivity for a little while.  We hope, like us, you can look back at lots of good things achieved in 2007, as well as being excited by everything to come in 2008.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">To start the year in mid-January the Leadership Coaching Club will finally open for membership.  Watch for it.  There will be special offers and bonuses for the first people to join as Foundation members, so watch your email from mid-January.  If you want to be the FIRST to know, make sure you sign up for priority notification at</span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px"><a href="http://www.leadershipcoachingclub.com">http://www.leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> That way you won’t miss out on getting in early as soon as it is open.  It’s going to be a great program that anyone who is serious about leading and managing people will want to be a part of, so you won’t want to miss it.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">We also have a whole range of other products and programs planned to help you on your path to easy, effective and effortless leadership, that I can’t wait to share with you next year.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">But for now Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at KMG Consulting and the Leadership Skill Center.  </span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">&#8230;HO&#8230;HO&#8230;HO&#8230;  And I haven’t forgotten &#8230; Here’s that link for your special Christmas gifts again:  <a href="http://www.leadershipskillcenter.com/thankyou/xmas.php">http://www.leadershipskillcenter.com/thankyou/xmas.php</a> (because we know you’ve been good this year!)</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">Kind regards, Kerrie</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px">PS.  It’s Christmas!  Of course you can share that link with anyone who would like to download a gift for Christmas.  Here it is again: </span></p>
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		<title>Doing the Important Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year seems to be slipping away I thought it was time to look at the fourth area of leadership focus: Getting Things Done.  I hope you enjoy this article on ‘Doing the Important Stuff’. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the year seems to be slipping away I thought it was time to look at the fourth area of leadership focus: Getting Things Done.  I hope you enjoy this article on ‘Doing the Important Stuff’. </p>
<p>And remember, the Leadership Coaching Club is coming soon.  If you are at all interested in joining after it is open to the public, make sure you register at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com" target="blank">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> now, so you will be eligible for the very special offers when it is first launched. It will be worth your while!</p>
<p>Kind regards, Kerrie </p>
<p>PS.  It’s my birthday later this month so if you read right to the end of this issue of Leading Well, YOU will get a present!  <img src='http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong>Doing the Important Stuff<br />
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In “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684802031/kmg" target="blank">First Things First</a>”, the follow-up to Steven Covey’s best-selling self-improvement and motivation book “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743269519/kmg" target="blank">The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People</a>”, he illustrates a highly effective system of time management that can benefit any leader or manager. Covey’s Quadrant method of time management has been adopted throughout the business world: in team building, project management, business meetings, leadership training and seminars to ensure you focus on doing the important stuff. </p>
<p>What Covey has named his Quadrants system is based on the theory that most of us are driven by a consuming sense of urgency. He instructs us to divide all our priorities into the following four quadrants:</p>
<p><strong>Quadrant 1: Important and Urgent</strong> – Items in this category are integral to your success and require your immediate attention. They include: situations such as crises, emergencies, appointments, projects that have deadlines, and other pressing problems.</p>
<p><strong>Quadrant 2: Important but Not Urgent</strong> – Items in this category are integral to your success but don’t require your immediate attention right now. They include: leadership activities like planning and preparing, preventing future problems, coaching and mentoring staff, building and developing relationships with others, considering new possibilities and opportunities, and balancing activities such as spending time with loved ones, or having fun and creative pursuits.</p>
<p><strong>Quadrant 3: Not Important but Urgent</strong> – Items in this category are not integral to your life, but they do demand your immediate attention. They include things that appear pressing on the surface (such as answering an insistent ringing phone or email), but probably don&#8217;t have any drastic consequences or repercussions for your success, or that may be able to be done by others or in a different way (someone could take a phone message for example).  </p>
<p><strong>Quadrant 4: Not Important and Not Urgent</strong> – Items in this category are not integral to your success and don’t need to happen at any particular time (or sometimes at all, for that matter), yet doing them can consume your time and energy. They include:  routines, distractions and diversions, time-wasters, and other things you can generally do well without, although sometimes they include things we just like doing that aren&#8217;t necessary or important. </p>
<p>What Covey says next about these Quadrants may surprise you. </p>
<p>He warns that the common tendency is for people to get wrapped up in Quadrant 1 &#038; 3 tasks because of their sense of urgency.  This typically happens at the expense of the much more important Quadrant 2, which contains many life-enriching and important tasks.  </p>
<p>The focus on tasks in Quadrants 1 and 3 is bolstered by the influence of other people&#8217;s demands and forces outside yourself, including the impetus of time. Accomplishing urgent tasks in Quadrants 1 &#038; 3 gives us a comforting sense of progress. At least we have achieved something (even if it wasn&#8217;t particularly important).</p>
<p>Tasks in Quadrant 4 are what we do to anesthetize ourselves to the stressful effects of an imbalanced concentration of our energy on urgent matters. We often hide in Quadrant 4 tasks, and use them to procrastinate about doing something else, like the more important (and sometimes more difficult) Quadrant 2 tasks.  </p>
<p>The paradox is that by spending more time deliberately doing Quadrant 2 tasks, we can avoid many of the crises that fall into the important and urgent tasks of Quadrant 1 and delegate many of the Quadrant 3 and 4 tasks that still need to be done.  This frees our time up to focus even more on the leadership tasks in Quadrant 2.  </p>
<p>Quadrant 2 is where our true and lasting happiness and our most productive effectiveness resides. </p>
<p>The sorts of tasks that fall into Quadrant 2 are often the ones that we are most likely to procrastinate about or just feel we don&#8217;t have time for.  But they can be the most important in the longer-term to get your creative juices flowing and achieve significant success.  </p>
<p>In addition to the possibilities listed above, Quadrant 2 tasks also include: reading and expanding your mind, developing new skills and abilities, getting physical exercise, engaging in recreation and leisurely activities, devising and implementing systems, preventative activities, and envisioning and shaping your future.</p>
<p>Giving more attention to Quadrant 2 activities will make us more readily able to tackle Quadrant 1 and 3 tasks with ease and efficiency.  </p>
<p>Where are you spending your time?  Stop for a moment and think about whether you have got the balance right (a Quadrant 2 task) or whether you are letting urgency rule your life.  </p>
<p><em>See QUOTES on ‘Doing the Important Stuff’ below.<br />
</em><br />
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<p><strong>If you ever procrastinate when you should be focussed on ‘Doing the Important Stuff’ you need to read ‘101 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination’.</strong>  In this 60 page guide you’ll learn all the tricks, methods, and strategies for beating your procrastination habit.</p>
<p>Order now and receive these FREE bonuses:</p>
<p>* Time Management and<br />
* The 3 Most Powerful Ways to Get Yourself to Achieve ANYTHING Despite Pressure, Deadlines and Procrastination </p>
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in Step 2 when you order to save $9 off the cost of this product.  Normally ‘101 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination’ is only $17 but for the next few days you can use this Secret Code to pay only $8! (plus GST if you are based in Australia) </p>
<p>That’s more than 50% off the full purchase price and a fantastic bargain!  For less than you might pay for lunch you could be well on your way to kicking the procrastination habit and reaping the success you deserve.  </p>
<p>More details at:<br />
<a href="http://HowLeadersGetThingsDone.com/avoid-procrastination.html" target="blank">http://HowLeadersGetThingsDone.com/avoid-procrastination.html</a></p>
<p>But ignore the price on that page because you are getting a special price.  When you get to Step 2 of the order process just enter your Secret Code: BIRTHDAY-SPECIAL and the price will be automatically reduced especially for you. </p>
<p>This Secret Code is only valid up until my birthday on November 25th, after which the regular price will apply.  So don’t procrastinate!  <strong><a href="http://kmgsupport.com/2/21yn/order" target="blank">Order now</a></strong> and start reaping the rewards today.  </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>TWO QUOTES OF NOTE:</p>
<p>“I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.”</p>
<p>Marilyn Monroe</p>
<p>“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we know what to do with it.”</p>
<p>Ralph Waldo Emerson</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>BOOKS WORTH READING  - </p>
<p>“<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684802031/kmg" target="blank">First Things First</a>”<br />
by Steven Covey</p>
<p>“<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743269519/kmg" target="blank">The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People</a>”<br />
by Stephen R. Covey </p>
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		<title>How to Become an Ideal Leader part 6</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2007/10/29/how-to-become-an-ideal-leader-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, you can not be a good leader until and unless you have good judgment. You must be able to assess situations, weigh the pros and cons of any decision, and actively seek out a solution.  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally, you can not be a good leader until and unless you have good judgment. You must be able to assess situations, weigh the pros and cons of any decision, and actively seek out a solution.  </p>
<p>Good leaders develop judgment through experience - and sometimes that means making mistakes.  You should not be afraid to make mistakes, but if you do make a mistake you must both learn from it and own up to it.  This is how you develop the judgment to avoid other mistakes in the future.  </p>
<p>It is this judgment that your subordinates will come to rely upon. Therefore, good decision-making is vital to the success of your team and your organization.</p>
<p>Leaders are not do-it-all heroes. You should not claim to know everything, and you should not rely upon your own skills alone.</p>
<p>You should recognize and take advantage of the skills and talents your subordinates have. Only when you come to the realization that the best teams rely on the different skills and experience of all members will you be able to work as one cohesive team.</p>
<p>Remember being a leader takes a good deal of work and time. It is not learned overnight. And leadership is not about just you. It is about you and the people who work with you. You can develop your leadership skills through the special resources of the <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">Leadership Coaching Club</a>, if you join now. </p>
<p>So, do you have the drive and the desire to serve that is required of leaders? Do you have the desire to work cooperatively with other people? Then start now. Take a stand, develop your skills and make your personal contribution as leader today.</p>
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		<title>How to Become an Ideal Leader part 5</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2007/10/22/how-to-become-an-ideal-leader-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you have gained your team&#8217;s trust and confidence, you will be able to proceed to communicate the goals and objectives you want to achieve.
Communication is a very important key to good leadership. Without this you can not be a good leader. The knowledge and technical expertise you have must be clearly imparted to other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once you have gained your team&#8217;s trust and confidence, you will be able to proceed to communicate the goals and objectives you want to achieve.</p>
<p>Communication is a very important key to good leadership. Without this you can not be a good leader. The knowledge and technical expertise you have must be clearly imparted to other people. </p>
<p>If you struggle to communicate how to do things, you may even find yourself giving up and doing what you should be assigning to others on your team.  </p>
<p>Being able to communicate your expectations firmly and clearly, as well as how you want something done is an integral part of leadership. It also lies at the heart of how you coach, mentor and teach others on your team to play their part more fully. </p>
<p>There are many special resources just for members at the <strong>Leadership Coaching Club</strong>.  <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">Join now!</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a clear sense of hierarchy, knowing who the bosses are and who to talk to, the organization&#8217;s goals and objectives, and how the organization works is one way to show others you know what you are doing.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having a clear sense of hierarchy, knowing who the bosses are and who to talk to, the organization&#8217;s goals and objectives, and how the organization works is one way to show others you know what you are doing.</p>
<p>Being a leader is not about what you make others do. It&#8217;s about who you are, what you know, and what you do. You are a reflection of what your subordinates must be.</p>
<p>Studies have shown that another basis of good leadership is the trust and confidence your subordinates have in you. If they trust you they will go through many difficulties for you and for the organization.</p>
<p>That trust and confidence is built on good strong relationships, your own trustworthiness, and your personal ethics.</p>
<p>The way you interact with your people, and the relationships you build, will lay the foundation for the strength of your team. The stronger your relationships, the stronger their trust and confidence will be in your capabilities.</p>
<p>You can learn how to lead easily, effectively and effortlessly at the <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">Leadership Coaching Club</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEADING WELL - Helping your leadership grow from Kerrie Mullins-Gunst 
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In this issue: What your employees expect of you&#8230;
And, it’s coming soon!  The Leadership Coaching Club will soon be open to the public and you can be the first to know.  Register your interest at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com now and receive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LEADING WELL - Helping your leadership grow from Kerrie Mullins-Gunst </p>
<p>* * * * *</p>
<p>In this issue: What your employees expect of you&#8230;</p>
<p>And, it’s coming soon!  The Leadership Coaching Club will soon be open to the public and you can be the first to know.  Register your interest at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> now and receive a free short course on How You Can Become an Ideal Leader.  Watch for further details soon!</p>
<p>Kind regards, Kerrie</p>
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<p><strong>WHAT YOUR EMPLOYEES EXPECT OF YOU</strong></p>
<p>In their book “Values Shift” authors John Izzo and Pam Withers describe a whole new set of expectations people now have of their workplaces. </p>
<p>As unemployment in Australia hits a 33 year low and even exceptional employers struggle to fill vacancies and retain the best people, you can’t afford to ignore these expectations.  As a leader and manager you need to be constantly aware of how you measure against these expectations and how you can meet and even exceed them in day to day practice.  </p>
<p>Izzo and Withers identified six emerging expectations you need to focus on. </p>
<p><strong>1. Better work-life balance and synergy.  </strong></p>
<p>This is one of the strongest and most consistent expectations, rejecting the all-consuming nature of work as it was for many of the baby boomer generation.  This extends earlier concepts of balancing the spread of time between ‘at work’ and ‘out of work’ life, to include a better variety and balance of roles and activities within work hours, as well as ample time out of work for a full and varied lifestyle. </p>
<p><strong>2. A sense of community and connection at work.  </strong></p>
<p>With trends such as greater mobility and dual income families, we see less traditional neighborhood connection or sense of community for many people.  This has created an expectation that the workplace will help overcome isolation and offer its own sense of community and connection. </p>
<p><strong>3. Opportunities for personal (as well as professional) development.  </strong></p>
<p>This becomes particularly important in flat workplaces where there is little opportunity for employees to work their way up a set career ladder.  People still yearn to be challenged and stimulated and to grow and develop and expect that you will facilitate that through the workplace.  </p>
<p><strong>4. The opportunity to contribute to a more noble cause.  </strong></p>
<p>Employees expect corporate objectives to be broadened beyond making money to incorporate triple bottom line and a commitment to the betterment of society.  They are looking for meaning and purpose in what they do and expect to find it in their work.  </p>
<p><strong>5. A more democratic partnership role.  </strong></p>
<p>Information is now ubiquitous and there has been a shift in the balance of power.  The ‘decline in deference’ means that employees expect to be able to question authority, share opinions and say what they think - and they expect to be listened to and involved in decisions, as would any partner. </p>
<p><strong>6. A relationship based on trust.  </strong></p>
<p>Past breaches of trust have generated suspicion and distrust.  Organizations need to consistently demonstrate they are trustworthy and leaders will be held accountable for any breach of trust.  Employees expect to trust, respect and even like the companies and leaders they work for - or they’ll move on. </p>
<p>While you may not have total control over any one of these areas in your organization, as a leader and manager you do have significant influence within your own team over aspects of every one of them.  </p>
<p>By deliberately doing what you can within your sphere of influence to meet these six expectations you will not only be better placed to retain and attract good employees and team members, you will begin to enjoy your own role as a team leader more too.   </p>
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<p><strong>The Leadership Coaching Club will soon be opened to the public.</strong>  To make sure you are the first to know when it is launched, register now at <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">http://leadershipcoachingclub.com</a> and you will receive advance notice, special offers and a free short course on <strong>How to Become an Ideal Leader</strong>.  Don’t miss out.  If you lead or manage people you need to register today.    </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>QUOTE OF NOTE</strong></p>
<p>“He who has a why can endure any how.”</p>
<p><em>Friedrich Nietzsche</em></p>
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<p><strong>The Step by Step Business Plan Guide</strong> </p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been spinning your wheels trying to succeed in getting funding for your business and even just getting your business plan on paper, this ebook is going to change the way you have been doing things.<br />
See <a href="http://betterbusinessinfo.org">http://betterbusinessinfo.org</a></p>
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		<title>How to Become an Ideal Leader part 3</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2007/10/12/how-to-become-an-ideal-leader-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things you need to be able to do as a leader is to get people to follow you. How can this be accomplished?
People follow others when they see a clear sense of purpose. 
This means that people will only follow you if they see that you know where you are going. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the first things you need to be able to do as a leader is to get people to follow you. How can this be accomplished?</p>
<p>People follow others when they see a clear sense of purpose. </p>
<p>This means that people will only follow you if they see that you know where you are going. </p>
<p>Remember that bumper sticker? The one that says, don&#8217;t follow me, I&#8217;m lost too? The same holds true for leadership. If you yourself do not know where you&#8217;re headed to, chances are people will not follow you at all.</p>
<p>You must not only know, but believe in, the vision of your organization. If you have doubts about whether your organization&#8217;s vision is valid or achievable your people will not be inclined to follow you.  They will doubt your leadership.</p>
<p>Getting people to follow you relies on your capacity to influence and inspire others.  </p>
<p>If you need to develop you influencing skills have a look at <a href="http://www.leadershipskillcenter.com/ts/ps/index.html">The Art of Influence audioseminar</a> I did recently with Australia&#8217;s expert in influencing skills, Paddy Spruce.</p>
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		<title>How to Become an Ideal Leader part 2</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskillcenter.com/blog/2007/10/09/how-to-become-an-ideal-leader-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, let&#8217;s define leadership. To be a leader, you must be able to influence others to accomplish a goal, or an objective. Leaders contribute to the organization and cohesion of a group.
Contrary to what some people believe, leadership is not about power. It is not about harassing people or driving them using fear. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, let&#8217;s define leadership. To be a leader, you must be able to influence others to accomplish a goal, or an objective. Leaders contribute to the organization and cohesion of a group.</p>
<p>Contrary to what some people believe, leadership is not about power. It is not about harassing people or driving them using fear. </p>
<p>It is about encouraging others towards the goal of the organization. It is putting everyone on the same page and helping them see the big picture of the organization. </p>
<p>You must be a leader not a boss.  </p>
<p>Even though you may have power or authority over others in your organization, one of the paradoxes of leadership is that you will achieve more if you do not need to exert your authority.  </p>
<p>You will achieve much more as a leader when you encourage, inspire and motivate people to work together and with you.</p>
<p>___________</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">Register now</a></strong> for Leadership Coaching Club News so you get <strong>advance notice of special offers to celebrate the public launch</strong> of the Leadership Coaching Club.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are at work, do you get frustrated because things don&#8217;t seem to be happening the way they&#8217;re supposed to be? Do you see lots of activity, but nothing seems to get accomplished? And in the daily hustle and bustle, do you feel that your goals remain just that - goals. Then maybe its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you are at work, do you get frustrated because things don&#8217;t seem to be happening the way they&#8217;re supposed to be? Do you see lots of activity, but nothing seems to get accomplished? And in the daily hustle and bustle, do you feel that your goals remain just that - goals. Then maybe its time for you to step up and do something about it.</p>
<p>Most people are content just to stand around listening for orders. And it isn&#8217;t unusual to adopt a follow-the-leader mentality. But maybe, somewhere inside of you, you feel the desire to make things happen - to be at the head, not the tail - to be in charge of achieving more. </p>
<p>If so, maybe a leadership role will just suit you.</p>
<p>My experience shows that many great leaders are made, not born. Yes, it may be true that some people are born with natural leadership talents. However, without practice, without drive, without enthusiasm, and without experience, there can be no true development in leadership.</p>
<p>Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their natural skills. To be a leader you need a commitment to constantly improve in whatever endeavor you choose.</p>
<p>How committed are you?</p>
<p>___________</p>
<blockquote><p> <strong>Coming soon</strong></p>
<p>The Leadership Coaching Club is almost ready for public release.  If you are committed to improving your natural skills as a leader and manager you will want to register for <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">Leadership Coaching Club News</a> so you get advance notice before everyone else does.  <a href="http://leadershipcoachingclub.com">Register here</a>.
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