Attitude

Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem

by George Ambler on January 28, 2007

An interesting article from Fast Company, “Marcus Buckingham Thinks Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem” by one of my favourite business researchers and authors Marcus Buckingham, he works at the Gallup Organization and his research focuses primarily on making the link between people, their performance, and business results. He the co-author of two best-selling books: [...]

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Are You Practicing Positive Leadership?

by George Ambler on August 29, 2006

An article from Gallup Management Journal titled “The Impact of Positive Leadership“discusses the benefits of positive leadership. In the article Tom Rath Coauthor of “How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life” discusses the importance of positive interactions in the workplace. Over the past decade, scientists have explored the impact of positive-to-negative [...]

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The Importance of a Leader’s Attitude

by George Ambler on August 9, 2006

Photo by flattop341 The practice of leadership requires that we focus on our leadership skill, knowledge and attitude. Leadership skills are the abilities we have developed through training, leadership knowledge is what we know about the practice of leadership and leadership attitude springs from who we are, it is the sum total of everything that [...]

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Breaking Your “Four Minute Mile”

by George Ambler on June 25, 2006

The story of Roger Bannister is an inspirational one. For many years it was widely believed to be impossible for a human to run a mile (1609 meters) in under four minutes. In fact, for many years, it was believed that the four minute mile was a physical barrier that no man could break without [...]

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The Fred Factor

by George Ambler on February 11, 2006

The small book titled The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn, shows how everyone can make a difference every day! The book proposes three simple yet powerful principles: 1) Everyone Makes a Difference The fact is that everybody is already making a difference every day. The key question is, What kind of difference is each of [...]

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