Maximizing the Two People in Us

Written by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer


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Everyone of us, in reality, has two people inside: Te person we are today andrepparttar 119482 person we can become tomorrow and inrepparttar 119483 future. We go to work every day, are never late or absent, earn a promotion; and receive occasional raises. We and our work are far above satisfactory. That makes usrepparttar 119484 person who is well liked by our employer, our family, and ourselves.

But there is also another person in us. It isrepparttar 119485 person who, when properly motivated and exposed torepparttar 119486 encouraging information, can narrowrepparttar 119487 gap that exists between his habitual performance patterns and his maximum potential.

The development of people, whether directed by someone else or by us ourselves, is a never-ending process. Torepparttar 119488 productive and well-managed company, this is as important as its advertising.

The development of staff is a really enormous area for additional profit that will mutually affectrepparttar 119489 employer and his employees. The development of people does not, by any stretch ofrepparttar 119490 imagination, involve exploitation or manipulation of human beings. They, themselves, benefit as much or more than doesrepparttar 119491 employer.

Seeing the Talents of Effective Leaders

Written by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer


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An organization of any size, fromrepparttar 119481 family torepparttar 119482 department store,repparttar 119483 neighborhood grocery store torepparttar 119484 largest international corporations, is a reflection of its leadership.

And leadership is only as good as its leaders. What is this thing called leader"? What constitutes an unusually good or great leader?

Professor John Adair, of Surrey University in England, shared his thoughts onrepparttar 119485 special talents that set a bona fide leader apart.

"Few leaders," he stated in International Management, "do more than merely coordinate efforts. Butrepparttar 119486 most effective leaders create a sense of esprit de corps, a team spirit that makes evenrepparttar 119487 most arduous orrepparttar 119488 most humdrum work exciting."

The gist of his piece is thatrepparttar 119489 unusual or great leader has great organizational talents. He also hasrepparttar 119490 ability to inspire others to expend much greater efforts than they would have expended had they been left to their own devices. Both are needed in any true definition of leadership.

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