Posts Categorized: Leadership

How Does Your Leadership Style Impact Others?

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Bill Withers, a leadership specialist says, “Leaders get people to do what they ordinarily would not do.” How they accomplish this differs from person to person. Could you describe your own leadership style? Do you know why it is (or isn’t) effective? It’s amazing to me the number of managers/leaders who have little understanding of… Read more »

12 Ways to Support Leadership in Yourself, Your Department, Your Company

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12 Ways to Support Leadership in Yourself, Your Department, Your Company Provided By: John Ruh Understand the power of culture-based leadership (based on vision, mission and values). Learn how to put your culture into your individual, department or company game plan. Learn to make continuous improvement a habit like brushing your teeth. Create enough space… Read more »

Leadership Book Summaries

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Full detailed book reports are available by calling or emailing us (john@johnruh.com, 773-775-6636). Man’s Search for Meaning Victor Frankl (1905-1997) was a PhD, neurologist, M.D. psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who in 1959, wrote the famous book “Man’s Search for Meaning”.  The essence of the book is how he found meaning in all forms of existence… Read more »

How to Deal with Underperforming Employees

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Employees are human beings, and as such, they are anything but static. Though we would like to think that after we have selected and hired the candidate with the greatest talent, skills, and value, they may not always perform to the best of their abilities. Humans are dynamic and complex by nature, and work stress,… Read more »

Corporate Leadership Training in Chicago

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A business is comprised of many moving parts, but one of the more critical components is its leadership. Central to the success of any business, your leadership team needs to be well prepared to handle employees with varying personalities, skill sets, and experience levels. Too many small businesses fail to implement a leadership strategy that… Read more »

The Power of A Declaration

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1776: A group of Independent leaders DECLARED US TO BE A FREE, INDEPENDENT NATION  What does that have to do with you and your business? 3  Key Points – By: John Ruh Point 1: Your Declaration Somewhere along the way you or someone in your company DECLARED that you were a new business entity. You… Read more »

We, As Leaders, Must…

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At the end of each year, we as leaders must absolutely, positively create exciting vision and goals. This empowers us and our troops.  At the end of the year when you are dealing with day-to-day business issues, enjoying holiday distractions, completing the end-of-year accounting and more, it may seem like a task that can wait. However,… Read more »