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Keys to Self Development

29/12/2008 / / 0 Comments

Based on research by Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)

These are ideas, strategies and tactics that CCL has developed and refined over many years working with large numbers of clients and many kinds  of organizations

Job assignments and the kinds of jobs people have done are crucial in the role of leadership development. CCL has  identified these five key challenges that open the door to powerful leadership lessons:

Challenge 1: Unfamiliar responsibilities.

When you practice new skills and expand your knowledge base, you learn how to operate effectively when you are early in a learning curve.

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Improve Your Body Language

07/12/2008 / / 0 Comments

body language,non verbal,communication skillsWe have all heard at some time or another how important body language is as a component of communication. Here are some essential rules for more effective communication:

1. Don’t cross your arms or legs – You have probably already heard you shouldn’t cross your arms as it might make you seem defensive or guarded. This goes for your legs too. Keep your arms and legs open.

2. Maintain eye contact – If there are several people you are talking to, give them all some eye contact to create a better connection and see if they are listening. Keeping too much eye-contact might seem a bit weird and no eye-contact might make you seem insecure.

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Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

13/06/2008 / / 1 Comment

A reproduction of the commencement address by J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame at Harvard University – copyright June 2008. A truly extraordinary speech

President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates,

The first thing I would like to say is ‘thank you.’ Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and fool myself into believing I am at the world’s best-educated Harry Potter convention…

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What Bill Gates said at Harvard University

10/09/2007 / / 0 Comments

President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, the graduates:

I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.”

I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.

I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I’m just happy that the Crimson has called me “Harvard’s most successful dropout.” I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed

Read the full, brilliant speech here

Re-thinking Communications

27/08/2007 / / 0 Comments

Based on an extract from a web article

More effective communication can result if individuals follow a simple principle. This effective communication principle is:

FOCUS ON FEELINGS RATHER THAN ON CONTENT

An effective communicator should be able to avoid getting caught up in the CONTENT of another’s message and get to the FEELINGS behind the message…

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