The Power of Definitions
AN AESOP FABLE: CONSTRUCTS, REALITY AND DEFINITIONS Aesop narrated a story of a man and a lion who are competing to determine who is the strongest. To prove his point,…
The Leader as Influencer
One of the measures of a great leader is how people think, talk and remember that person. The greatness of a leader is how instrumental he or she is in…
The Servant Leader Influences Intrinsic Motivators
The idea of “leader as a servant” has been around for some time and long before Robert Greenleaf coined the term for modern business about 40 years ago. Here are…
Are Women Better Team Players?
No one doubts that high performance teams are meant to be the engines that drive success in today’s business environment. Though much has been written on team theory and there…
An Influencing Paradox
Recently, I was looking at synonyms in the dictionary for influencing and I found words such as affect, have an impact on, determine, guide, shape, change, alter and transform. These…