Maximizing the Two People in UsWritten by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer
PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to author, and it appears with included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.comEveryone of us, in reality, has two people inside: Te person we are today and person we can become tomorrow and in 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 us person who is well liked by our employer, our family, and ourselves. But there is also another person in us. It is person who, when properly motivated and exposed to encouraging information, can narrow 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. To 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 affect employer and his employees. The development of people does not, by any stretch of imagination, involve exploitation or manipulation of human beings. They, themselves, benefit as much or more than does employer.
| | Seeing the Talents of Effective LeadersWritten by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer
PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to author, and it appears with included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.comAn organization of any size, from family to department store, neighborhood grocery store to 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 on special talents that set a bona fide leader apart. "Few leaders," he stated in International Management, "do more than merely coordinate efforts. But most effective leaders create a sense of esprit de corps, a team spirit that makes even most arduous or most humdrum work exciting." The gist of his piece is that unusual or great leader has great organizational talents. He also has 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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