Leadership Issues Archive

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Past issues are listed below in order of most recent first.

March, 2006 – Business Planning Article - Power In Planning!

• Lessons in Leadership - Business Planning Article Power In Planning
• Meeting for Results - New Tool! Business Planning Toolkit
• Juice Bar - Accept Your Right To Win

February, 2006 – Personal Value Management - Learn, Lead & Succeed!

• Lessons in Leadership - Personal Value Management Learn, Lead & Succeed
• Meeting for Results - New Tool! Leadership Coaching Course
• Juice Bar - Special Prize - Determine It's Value

January, 2006 – Leadership Goal Setting - Lead to Succeed!

• Lessons in Leadership - Leadership Goal Setting Lead to Succeed in 2006!
• Meeting for Results - Ordinary People CAN Achieve Their Lofty Goals
• Juice Bar - Buy A Ticket! Set Goals to Succeed and Confront Leadership Issues

December, 2005 – Taking Personal Ownership

• Lessons in Leadership - Taking Personal Ownership Leading A Happier Life
• Meeting for Results - Two New Leadership Issues Tools - Team Building At Work & Business Letter Writing Templates
• Juice Bar - Own Your Past & Present; Lead Your Future

November, 2005 – The Serving Leader

• Lessons in Leadership - Becoming A Serving Leader Chosen By Those Who Follow
• Meeting for Results - The Ultimate SERVICE Station Exercise
• Juice Bar - Graduate to Serve

October, 2005 – Leadership Issues At Work - The Promise of Hard Work

• Lessons in Leadership - Leadership At Work The Promise of Hard Work
• Meeting for Results - Free Tool Why People Fail?
• Juice Bar - Leaders In Profile - Never Too Late to BEGIN

September, 2005 – Habitual Leadership - Proven Success Habits

• Lessons in Leadership - Habitual Leadership Proven Success Habits for Great Leadership
• Meeting for Results - Systematic Leadership Life Management in Process
• Juice Bar - The Habit - Your Greatest Friend or Foe

August, 2005 – Leadership In Process - Leading A Team of Leaders

• Lessons in Leadership - Leadership In Process
• Meeting for Results - Leadership Teams for Extraordinary Results
• Juice Bar - The Process of Thinking

June, 2005 – Leading Employee Retention - A Measure of Leadership Success

• Lessons in Leadership - Leading Employee Retention - A Measure of Leadership Success
• Meeting for Results - Employee Exit Survey - Free Tool!
• Juice Bar - Three Necessary Things For Success

April, 2005 – Succession Planning

• Lessons in Leadership - Succession Planning - Looking To The Future
• Meeting for Results - Succession Planning Free Tool!
• Juice Bar - Effective Succession Planning For The Future - Book Review

March, 2005 – Creative Leadership

• Lessons in Leadership - Leading Outside The Box Five Ways of Changing Your Approach to Problem Resolution of Leadership Issues
• Meeting for Results - Creative in the Workplace Five Effective Tips
• Juice Bar - Creative Thinking -Thinking For A Change Book Review

February, 2005 – Leadership Success

• Lessons in Leadership - Six Keys to Leadership Success
• Meeting for Results - What's Missing in Leadership? Quickly get to the heart of any HR and leadership issues
• Juice Bar - "Pushing To The Front" - It's a HIT! Feedback and Link to Download Pushing To The Front

January, 2005 – Pushing Forward In A New Year

• Lessons in Leadership - Pushing Forward In A New Year Full Steam Ahead in 2005!
• Meeting for Results - Our Open Door Policy Links to BLOG covering leadership issues, Site Map and explanation on Whitelisting.
• Juice Bar - Our On-Line Heroes! Aspiring new business owners, apply now..

November, 2004 – Leading Full Circle

• Lessons in Leadership - Leading Full Circle Introduction to the Life Balance Wheel.
• Meeting for Results - Manage Leadership Issues For A More Fulfilling Life. Life Balance exercise - free self-analysis tool.
• Juice Bar - Fulfillment in Gratitude. Poem on Gratitude and Thanksgiving.

September, 2004 – Rising Up To Lead

• Lessons in Leadership - Rising Up To Lead Discover your natural instincts to learn, grow, achieve and WIN!
• Meeting for Results - Management Development - Needs Analysis Get a Free tool to identify leadership issues and training needs of your team/organization.
• Juice Bar - Rising To The Occasion! Various excerpts and quotes on choosing to be a positive force in the world.

August, 2004 – Determined To Lead

• Lessons in Leadership - Determined To Lead Determination-Nerve-Grit: The importance of exercising our "iron will".
• Meeting for Results - Determined To Accomplish Gaining commitment by asking a new question.
• Juice Bar - Determined To Grow! Self-improvement in our spare moments.

July, 2004 – Leadership In Self-Help

• Lessons in Leadership - Leadership In Self-Help Decide Fully - Decide Finally! Leave behind the easy excuses that hold you back.
• Meeting for Results - Leadership In Focus! Get best results when you focus your effort and ask a better question.
• Juice Bar - Inspirations For Self-Help Excerpts from "Getting On" by O.S. Marden.

June, 2004 – Leadership E-cards Online

• Lessons in Leadership - The Power of Suggestions Understanding the power that your words can have on others. Minimize leadership issues when you reward and recognize regularly.
• Meeting for Results - Free E-cards Available Online Now!Recognize your employees and peers today.
• Juice Bar - Getting What You Want Nothing is impossible to the person who can will it.

May, 2004 – Leadership In Goal Setting

• Lessons in Leadership - Setting Goals For Personal Growth! Six steps for setting goals.
• Meeting for Results - Creating Your Personal M.A.P. (Master Action Plan)!Introducing our free M.A.P. tool.
• Juice Bar - Six Servants For Success High-leverage questions to stay focused on results.

April, 2004 – Leading Up To The Front

• Lessons in Leadership - Don't Get Down - Manage UP! How to influence and support a supervisor who lacks skills that are causing leadership issues in the workplace.
• Meeting for Results - The Leadership Challenge - 10 Key Questions!How accurately will your employees reflect your leadership.Introducing our free 10 Key Questions tool.
• Juice Bar - The Optimist Creed - By Christian D. Larson (1912) Promise yourself these things.

March, 2004 – Leadership In Financial Fitness

• Lessons in Leadership - Give Yourself A Raise - Today! Making the most out a Taxing situation.
• Meeting for Results - Exercise For Financial Fitness!Introducing our NetWorth/Wealth Ratio free tool.
• Juice Bar - Purpose = Motivation Understanding what questions to ask is the key to staying on track and living life to the fullest.

February, 2004 – Living Where It Makes A Difference

• Lessons in Leadership - Leadership In The Zone Identifying high-leverage activities to maximize your intended results.
• Meeting for Results - Magic In The Zone! Lead your team through the zone exercise. Manage your team to live in the zone to tackle the most important leadership issues.
• Juice Bar - Maintaining A Balanced Approach Understand how to be successful in life's most inportant balancing act.

January, 2004 – Overcoming Obstacles With Stern Resolve in 2004

• Lessons in Leadership - Being Resolute in Goal Setting Learn from our goal setting quick start process. Making it as easy as 1,2,3.
• Meeting for Results - Investing In Yourself Benefits Everyone Take our free leadership assessment. Invest your time addressing your key leadership issues.
• Juice Bar - A New Year For Achievement! What is the word "resolution"? Starting the year off right with the poem, "A New Year".

December, 2003 – Hear Ye! Hear Ye! These are "The Big Three"

• Lessons in Leadership - The Big Three Leadership, Teamwork and Customer Service – the perfect long term strategy for success.
• Meeting for Results - A Leader’s Notes – This Is Who We Are. Outline for Leader’s presentation on the commitment to Leadership, Teamwork and Customer Service.
• Juice Bar - Living in "The Dash" Poem entitled, The Dash.

November, 2003 – Leadership - "Clicking" It Into Gear

• Lessons in Leadership - Leadership In Perspective "Clicking it" into gear for maximum results.
• Meeting for Results - "Click" To Overcome Obstacles Click clinic exercise
• Juice Bar - Gratitude Determines Attitude Poem on Gratitude and Thanksgiving.

October, 2003 – Fair and Balanced Leadership

• Lessons in Leadership - Fair and Balanced Leadership Taking time to plan your life, not just your day. Wheel of success.
• Meeting for Results - Special Rewards and Recognition Tool Free "My Favorite Things" tool!
• Juice Bar - A Team Leader’s Special Message A leader’s message of support and expectation during a time of chaos.

September, 2003 – Leadership On The Net – Our Winning Secret

• Lessons in Leadership - Our Winning Secret Introduction and link to special Site Build-It tool.
• Meeting for Results - The Spirit of Winning Creating Winners, not winers. Leaders investing time and energy in developing their people ensures the greatest rewards and the quickest way address leadership issues.
• Juice Bar - Our Picks – Winning Sayings The 7 best things ever said about winning.

August, 2003 – Leadership Traits – from Battlefield to Board Room

• Lessons in Leadership - Battlefield to Board Room JJ DID TIE BUCKLE – Leadership Traits defined and examples of how to demonstrate certain traits in dealing with leadership issues.
• Meeting for Results - Panoramic View of Leadership 360 Degree Leadership Assessment Tool
• Juice Bar - Juice Served Strait! Lyrics to Road Less Traveled

July, 2003 – Leadership – Choosing Results and Creating A "Battle Cry"

• Lessons in Leadership - Providing a Winning Choice for Results. Performance and Behavior – setting clear expectations so employees have a clear "choice"
• Meeting for Results - Adopting a team "Battle Cry"! Team focus in 5 words or less.
• Juice Bar - Wanna Bet? Leading employees in a friendly wager that provides fun and enjoyment. Lead in the fun.

April, 2003 – "FUN" and Lasting Motivation Through Leadership

• Lessons in Leadership - Having Fun with Leadership Unique definition of "FUN"
• Meeting for Results - Leadership Push vs. Pull Exercise – Uncle Ben’s little "rope" funny. Pulling employees along with you vs. just pushing them hard is a better way to address leadership issues.
• Juice Bar - Making Sure Motivation Lasts. Daily doses of motivation is the key. You must pursue it. Only then will you always be energized to tackle all leadership issues.

March, 2003 – L.P.B.-It! The Power of Vision in Leadership

• Lessons in Leadership - L.P.B.-It! The Power of Vision. Leave It, Perceive It, Believe It! – Vision = Choice "Cubed".
• Meeting for Results - Visualize Exercise Choosing to see the positive outcomes to a negative event.
• Juice Bar - Exceptional Perception of Success Story of a disabled boy told he needed to register for the draft. His vision of himself created the reaction "Wow, what team do you think will pick me? "

February, 2003 – Leadership Solutions – Overcoming Barriers to Sales

• Lessons in Leadership - Overcoming Barriers to Sales A,B,C’s of Barrier’s – Attitude: "Leaving It On The Hook", Behavioral: "Teach, Coach, Expect!", and Conceptual: " Positive & Negative Beliefs
• Meeting for Results - Clearing a Path For Progress 4 Steps to Overcoming Conceptual Barriers Causing Leadership Issues
• Juice Bar - Power to Choose Your Mood Story of blind man sharing a hospital room, sitting next to a window, describing wonderful things going on outside to his roommate who wasn’t able to move to go to the window.

January, 2003 – Leadership In Action – Connect to Engage & Gain Momentum

• Lessons in Leadership - Connect to Engage! Key Message: Connect to Your Employee to Engage Them and Ensure Loyalty/Employee Retention.
• Meeting for Results - Gaining Momentum Key Tool: Play It Backward/Flip It Forward Exercise
• Juice Bar - Persistence Calvin Coolidge Poem "Press On!"

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