Leadership Development Resource Center

Role assessments are designed to objectively evaluate a job to determine the task and interaction environment that describes the position. By assessing a job, business owners and employeres gain better understanding of the type of person they should...

At some point in time, you will have to change something in your organization. When this happens, you will have to face the common problems of organizational change - resistance and fear. Using good leadership skills and a thorough understanding of...

Whether you are a manager, a supervisor, a little league coach, or a parent; you probably interact with people that you would like to inspire to take action. This lens contains five specific ideas you can apply to improve in this area. Many people t...

Your effectiveness at building a strong business team will often determine your success as a leader. Improving team performance depends on having great performers on the team. It also depends on putting people in the right role so that they can work...

As a business leader, hiring employees is one of the most important things you will do. Conducting great hiring interviews and developing good interview skills will help you build a stronger business team. One concern many employers have is conducti...

YOU can learn to be a visionary leader. "Visionary leaders realize it's better to fight tough battles for worthy causes - than lead popular movements doomed to eventual failure." - Allan Wallace Managers focus on control, leaders...

When you lead a team of any kind, you will be faced with the need to work with and through other people. If you do not understand a few basics of motivation, you could easily go wrong in trying to inspire high level performance. When you understand...

If you are a business leader attempting to build a high performing team, you want to find the best people for your team. This process starts when you hire your employees and continues as you learn to work with them in a team environment. This lens co...

David Rendall has done a superb job of offering up a straightforward, useful, and enjoyable framework for understanding the often complex and too often overcomplicated nature of leadership.  The 4 Factors of Effective Leadership integrates the r...

I am passionate about leadership and leadership development. I believe that the health of businesses, non-profits, classrooms, sports teams, and families all hinge on the quality of their leadership. Using a story based approach, I have described key...

Learn from a story told about Tom Callum, a new manager to Zagrum. As Tom takes on his new role, he learns that things at Zagrum aren't done quite the way he is used to at other companies. In a series of interviews with Bud Jefferson, Tom learns abo...

Dr. John C. Maxwell has been in professional leadership positions for over 30 years. He's focused his time and energy on doing what makes a positive impact on the lives of people. As Dr. Maxwell traveled the world training leaders, he found people a...

Principle Driven Consulting specializes in working with leaders and teams to reduce unneccessary conflict that limits team performance. This lens contains information about Principle Driven Consulting and links to other lenses about or related to our...

Hello, I'm Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE. I am a professional speaker, leadership expert, consultant, author and coach. In this lens I will share some of the insights I have learned and shared with my clients over the past twenty plus years of working in...

Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer of the Antarctic in the early 1900's. He is best remembered for his expedition from 1914-1916 in the HMS Endurance. During this journey, his ship got stuck in the ice near the Antarctic continent. He and his...

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. His story is one of the most told stories in American history. He served as president in an incredibly unsettled time. He had victories, and he had defeats. He did things well, and he did t...

Leadership is a skill that can be learned and this lens will help you become a better leader so you can develop the qualities of a leader and succeed at making the move from management to leadership.  Whether you are a team leader, manager or b...

Leadership skills are crucial to succeed in anything worthwhile.  Leadership is influence... Do you have the right influence on people? Either way, John Maxwell (one of the most influential leaders and authors of today) emphasizes, growth is con...

Rapport is the deepest level of relationship, and different people move from initial connection to rapport in different ways. Since different people reach rapport by different routes, your success at building rapport with someone can be somewhat hit-...

All about learning to ask yourself better questions to silence the negative dialogue in your head and to achieve greater success with other people. This lens offers communication tips to assist in leadership, team building, and sales.

Great leaders. Great parents. Great supervisors. Great team members. They are all great listeners. Lots of people are great at hearing. Fewer people are great listeners. Listening is a skill, and skills can be learned. Learn great listening skills b...

Your leadership style, communication style, and parenting style are heavily influenced by your personality style. The same is true for other people. How you communicate with people, build relationships, raise your kids, network at business meetings,...

Connecting with other people is the first step in building a relationship with them. Whether you meet people at a business networking meeting, the grocery store, or in your office; you have to connect with them to build a working relationship with th...

When you work with other people, your personality style will interact with their's in some pretty predictable ways. As you build a team, these interactions can have a major impact on team effectiveness. Everything from what job requirements feel comf...

Great collection of 20 leadership quotes by Winston Churchill, Napoleon Hill, Andrew Carnegie, Vince Lombardi and more. Get inspired and learn from these famous and great leaders.