10 Smart Leadership Questions for 2010

By Gayle Lantz

If you’re like most business leaders, you spent much of 2009 feeling down and just about out—an often inescapable result of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Odds are, you grappled with many new challenges, uncertainties, and “don’t want to, but have to” decisions. It was a difficult year—period.

Now, 2010 is here, and in the earliest days of the economic recovery, it’s time to take the bull by the horns. Smart leaders will bypass the predictable New Year’s resolutions and, instead, start ‘010 with 10 essential questions: Read More

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Choosing Accountability - 3 Steps to Owning Your Success at Work and In Life

By Linda Galindo

How much of your success is up to you — your choices, your actions, your behaviors — versus outside conditions?

If your mind-set is that you’re at least 85% responsible for your success — and that just 15% could depend on the way the wind blows — you can get the results you’re looking for. If not, odds are, you blame your problems and failures — big or small, personal or professional — on other people, “circumstances beyond my control,” or just plain bad luck.

The good news? Accountability is not only a mind-set — it’s also a skill-set that everyone can learn. It may not be as easy as one-two-three, but it is a three-step process: Read more

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Make Sure You're Building Relationships Not Burning Bridges

By Annette Richmond

All month you've been looking forward to tonight's event. Several people you'd like to do business with will be there. This should be a great opportunity to make some new connections.

You arrive early with a pocketful of business cards and an armload of brochures fresh from the printer. As people start to arrive you rush over to meet them. You talk for a couple of minutes then ask to exchange business cards. You make sure to hand them one of your brochures before moving on. In the first half-hour you've introduced yourself to ten people.

Mindful of the time you keep one eye on your watch. You continually scan the crowd so you don't miss one of the more important people you came to connect with. You say a hasty good bye when you spot the president of XYZ Company entering the room. As soon as you get her attention you go into the 15-minute version of your sales presentation. Read More

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