Growth

Five Challenges that Accelerate Leadership Development

by George Ambler on December 22, 2008

The high levels of change demand increased leadership capabilities and the requires organisation to focus on the development of future leaders. The Center for Creative Leadership has studies the development of leadership for the last 38 years and have identified five key challenges that have facilitate the effective development of leadership: Challenge 1: Unfamiliar responsibilities. [...]

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Seven Critical Questions To Assess Your Leadership

by George Ambler on October 19, 2008

Effective leaders are always striving to become better, always stretching themselves and their teams. The Harvard Business Review of January 2007 had a great article “What to Ask the Person in the Mirror” by Robert S. Kaplan, discusses seven questions that leaders can use to access themselves to stay on top of their game. “I [...]

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Abraham Maslow’s 8 Ways to Self-Actualize

by George Ambler on September 14, 2008

Derek Sivers has a great post on Abraham Maslow’s and his 8 Ways to Self-Actualize. Maslow defined as self actualisation follows: “Self Actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately, of what the organism is.” One of the interesting insights concerning Maslow from this article is that: “Maslow [...]

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The Best Investment Advice from Warren Buffet

by George Ambler on August 28, 2008

Photo by AssistedSeniorLiving.Net Alec Hogg from Moneyweb provides insight into some of Warren Buffet’s best investment advice. During the question and answer session at the AGM of his Berkshire Hathaway group Warren Buffet made the following comment regarding the best investment that you can make… “The most important investment you can make is in yourself. [...]

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Leaders who are open to growth… tend to grow

by George Ambler on July 13, 2008

An article from the New York Times discusses research by the Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, author of “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, has found that people generally approach life with one of two mind-sets when thinking about their talents and abilities… “Those who believe they were born with all the smarts and gifts they’re [...]

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