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If you are a baby boomer manager (47 to 67 years old) you will probably have experienced the challenge of getting loyalty and productivity from your Gen Y employees (20-32 years old). Gen … 
If there is a correlation between having a mentor and success then not having one can seriously jeopardize your career. In my previous post on self-motivation I talked about the ‘her … 
In our book ‘Self-leadersh ip’ (due in stores Sept 2012) my co-author, Ana Kazan Ph.D. and I make the following statement: “There are no fairy godmothers – If you want to be transformed, to be free, you must do the work; you are the hero, you are your own savior.” This does not mean we deny ... 
In our book ‘Self-leadersh ip’ (due in stores Sept 2012) my co-author, Ana Kazan Ph.D. and I make the following statement: “There are no fairy godmothers – If you want to be transformed, to be free, you must do the work; you are the hero, you are your own savior.” This does not mean we deny ... 
“Take a deep breath, step back, take 10″ – these commands invite us to disengage from a stimulus/response or fight/flight situation to gain some perspective or choice. Good advice but not always easy to apply in the heat of the moment, especially when we are in conflict with another person. If we complain to a ... 
If you are a manager or leader in Asia, or anywhere in the world for that matter, you have probably caught yourself thinking or even saying something like, “my people lack motivation, thei … 
Far be it from to argue with Jean-Paul Sartre, but I no longer think that, “Hell is other people,” I believe that hell is created by our thinking about other people. Have you ever lost sle … 
Mark Liew, Trainer and Coach at Self Leadership International, will be conducting a Coaching and Mentoring for Talent Management program in Singapore on March 8, 2012. When you have developed your people where they are motivated to increase the value of the team and organization by taking on additional delegated tasks, then they are ready ... 
Back in August 2010 I wrote a post, How to Influence your Boss and since then we have had requests to run this as a seminar – well if you are in Singapore on 22nd of March you can at …
I was recently interviewed on the question of “What makes a successful communicator?” In Summary this is what I shared: Communication is about creating shared meaning and unde …
We have all experienced days when we just don’t have our usual zip and if this happens on a Monday then it gives further credence to the ‘Monday Blues’ myth. Research shows that more sick days (MC’s) are taken on a Monday but moodiness and low engagement can happen equally on any work day. Whilst ... 
Recently I was interviewed on the topic of ‘Leadership 217; by Hubbis CEO Michael Stanhope. Related posts What kind of Leader are You? (3) What is Coaching? (2) Value Based …
It’s insidious, it creeps up on you. At first you don’t notice, you brush it off as tiredness or the latent effects of a night out. You can cope, an extra cup of coffee, a Red Bull, a Panadol for the headache and you will be fine. You wonder why your spouse is giving you ... 
Self-leadership has many applications including the ability to influence and therefore to sell. As a Self-leader you know what’s important to you and so can sell with the intention t … 
Communicating to the Male Mind Women often complain that, ” Men Don’t Listen”. They may be correct, some men and for that matter, some women don’t listen. What is perhaps closer to the truth is that men ‘listen’ for the things that are important to them that are phrased in a way that they understand. ... 
Does possessing combinations of certain leadership competencies make a leader more effective? Based on our research of over 25,000 leaders, we found strong interaction effects when leaders perform two competencies well. To understand this interaction effect, we looked for leaders with one competency being a strength (at or above the 75th percentile) and another competency ... 
I was coaching an IT Director of an international bank and we were discussing the challenges of getting consensus decisions in a large organization. He was frustrated and described his app … 
If 2012 is going to be uncertain or tough, then shouldn’t we get ready for it? Shouldn’t we put the best leadership team in place and make sure they have the competencies required? Or is t … 
Can Culture be taught? The answer as to whether culture can be taught, lies not in the new culture but with the individual who is in the new culture. The cross cultural training programme … 
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