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GROWING YOUR PEOPLE’S SKILL

As Theodore Roosevelt , the former American President said, “The most important single ingredient in the formulae of success is knowing how to get along with people”. Julian Craig also points out, “No matter how much work you can do, no matter how engaging your personality may be, you will not advance far in life/business or any endeavour if you cannot work through others”.  This virtue requires you to see the value in others.  One of the best stories I ever read that illustrated this point was told by a Nurse. ‘During second year of Nursing School, our Professor gave us a quiz.  I breezed through the questions until I read the last one:  What is the name of the woman who cleans the school?  Surely, this was a joke, I thought.  I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name?  I handed in my paper, leaving the last questions blank.  Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question count towards ...

True Leadership

Leadership is communicating people’s worth so clearly and vividly that they begin to see it in themselves – it is empowering, caring and inspiring others to find their own voice (or calling).  It is only a secured leader that empowers others. The difference between two equally talented team is leadership -          Personnel determines the quality of a Team -          Vision determines the direction of the Team -          Work ethics, passion, discipline, etc, determine the performance of the Team -          Leadership determines the success of the Team.  “ An army of sheep led by a lion will always defeat an army of lions led by a sheep ”. -          Great leaders touch the heart before the hand.  They know you cannot move people to action unless you first ...