Addict Gone

You know, even though I studied leadership development for over a decade, I never made the connection between love and leadership in the organizational setting. I mean, I knew what both terms meant in an intellectual sense. I even knew how leadership presented itself in a practical sense. But, this term called love was something that I had little facility with in an organizational setting. Therefore, I was unable to make the connection that without utilizing love, there can be no true leadership on the part of organizational leaders. I know that right now some of you may be confused by what I just said. But stop and think for a moment.

For employees, I know that many of you have supervisors or managers that are called leaders or occupy leadership positions. But I ask you, which Continue Reading

Introduction 

Leadership responsibilities include dealing with the reality that people contribute and perform at different levels, and that leaders must recognize and reward people accordingly.  

With innovation and change at the heart of competitive success, we all need people who take risks and challenge the status quo.  But if all we had were risk takers, we’d be in a heap of trouble.  Top performers come in various styles. 

A Word from the Experts 

I just finished reading an article originally posted on Harvard Business Online.  The title was “Let’s Hear it for B Players”, and it bothered me, particularly at the beginning. 

You see, the authors Continue Reading

Females Now Dominating Key Marketing Positions In Jamaica….Trend expected to grow across the Caribbean

If you take the time to make a cursory look inside any corporate Jamaican company invariable you’ll find a female heading the marketing team. Young, academically qualified, professional and well paid; these women are taking over positions, long held by men. It’s no wander that in Celebration of March, Women’s History Month and the legacy women leaders are creating all across the Caribbean, noted AUTHOR, LIFE STRATEGIST, MOTIVATIONAL TEACHER, CAREER COACH, GENDER EXPERT, LEADERSHIP EXPERT AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENUER Dr. Anita Davis-Defoe, PH.D. convened fifty marketing leaders at “Marketing Leadership with Panache.” Continue Reading

World without leader would cease to exist. Since time immemorial, leaders have guided humanity in their struggle for survival. A leader shows us a ray of light in darkness, makes our future brighter and life much simpler; he brings hope and happiness in our life.

What are the characteristic of leadership; people often wonder. Why is it that someone is a leader and someone a follower? It has been observed that a leader possess certain qualities which are markedly different from the common masses. While the common man get entangled in their routine life, the leaders often overcome these difficulties and decides to bring radical changes in the environment in which he is living.

There are two kinds of people in this world, proactive and reactive. Reactive people give Continue Reading

Dale Carnegie introduced many to unique leadership skills and how to achieve success just as he had. These days leadership skills thrive on Dale’s basic teachings. Before my fathers accident, he was in upper management of Liquid Carbonic, one of the largest gas transporters in the nation back then. He took Dale’s class and passed the information to his children, me being one of them. How can you achieve success and with what unique leadership skills?

Success can come in a box with a bow to some as long as the box is full of cash. To others, success can be an inner emotion of positive ideas that unfold within their reality. And there are those who believe that success means reaching the higher levels in life. Success comes on many levels and what one person Continue Reading