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3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example

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Welcome to the Leadership Done Right YouTube Video of the Week, 3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example!

Several years ago when I was a young leader, I had a great leader that taught me many valuable lessons that stuck with me. He was very experienced and successful. One of the most important lessons he taught me was how to effectively lead by example.

3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example

Three Techniques to Lead By Example

He explained three steps to effective lead by example that every good leader should follow.

1. Teach followers what to do.

The first step of leading by example is teaching your followers what you expect of them and what they should do. Teach them how to do their jobs effectively. Teach them successful leadership principles and how to be good leaders.

This teaching is usually done through sit down meetings, phone calls, group discussions, and other forms of verbal explanations. This teaching can also be done in a classroom setting. What’s most important is that you teach your followers what to how to do their jobs and be good leaders. [Read more…] about 3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example

Why YOU Need a Personal Development Plan!

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Whether you are trying to obtain your ideal life, become a highly successful leader, pick up a new skill, develop a new hobby, or improve in some other way, it is very important to have a personal development plan.

This is the first video in the personal development plan series. In this series, we will talk about:

  • Why you should have a personal development plan
  • How you can develop the strategy for your personal development plan
  • How you can implement your plan
  • And, steps you can take to continuously move your plan forward.

In this video we will look at why you should have a personal development plan.

Why You Need a Personal Development Plan

So let’s talk about why you should have a personal development plan. Why do you think you should have a personal development plan? What is your goal or driving motivation?

Why You Need a Personal Development Plan

Well, here’s something to consider. Most people spend the majority of their first 18 years of life in some form of the public school system. From there, they often pursue some form of higher education. BUT, once they are done, then what?

For many people, that is the end of their education and personal development. That usually concludes when they are in their 20’s or early 30’s. From that point forward, many people work their jobs and only do training or development courses when they are required to by their employer or to keep a specific license or certification. [Read more…] about Why YOU Need a Personal Development Plan!

6 Reasons People Hate Their Jobs

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Ali JafraThis is a guest post by Ali Jafra. Throughout his professional career Ali has been associated with globally recognized consulting firms, including PriceWaterHouse Coopers & Mercer consulting where he has undertaken a number of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) assignments, which has given him a diverse and unique perspective on Change Management. He has successfully managed relationships for blue chip companies, such as, Pepsi International, Microsoft, General Motors, Standard Chartered Bank, Polycom, Du Pont & Al Ghurair Group.

He has also worked as a Lead Project Manager for United Nations (UNDP) project to build capacity of Ministry of Economic Affairs Team in Pakistan to strengthen their online presence and virtual coordination for technology cooperation among developing countries.

In his passion to facilitate dissemination of knowledge with ease, he has moderated more than 100 Live Webinars on MILE’s platform by successfully engaging speakers from Top Academic Schools in the world and Global Consulting firms, such as Harvard, Columbia, Oxford, INSEAD, London Business School, Wharton, Babson, Yale, Standford, Carnegie, IESE, Cranfield, Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, United Nations Chief of E-government and many more.

Ali is a Certified Practitioner of Personality & Preference Inventory program (PAPI) which is a Psychometric tool developed by Cubiks an entity of PA Consulting U.K.

Ali holds a BSc. Degree from Elon University, North Carolina, USA.

6 Reasons People Don't Like Their Jobs

Why People Hate Their Jobs

When you go to a subway in the morning to board your office bound train, you realize that very few people are really excited about the day ahead of them. If you start up a conversation, you get to know that most of them hate their jobs and give some really interesting and sometimes sarcastic reasons such as long working hours, uncompromising boss and lack of incentives.

It is pertinent to discuss why so many people simply hate their jobs or cannot adjust in a workplace. Following lines outlines some of the most important reasons. [Read more…] about 6 Reasons People Hate Their Jobs

Three Techniques to Effectively Lead By Example

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Several years ago when I was a young leader, I had a great leader that taught me many valuable lessons that  stuck with me. That leader was very experienced, well known, and successful. One lesson he taught me was how to effectively lead by example.

Three Techniques to Lead By Example

He explained three techniques that every good leader should follow.

Teach followers what to do.

To lead by example, It is very important to teach your followers how to do their jobs effectively and be good leaders by following successful leadership principles. This teaching should come in the form of verbal explanations. On many occasions, this teaching is done in a classroom setting. As the leader, you should verbally teach your followers to be good leaders so they can lead effectively when called upon.
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Important Questions you should ask during interview

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This is a guest post by Marry Adams. She is works for a multinational company in the United Kingdom. She shares experience through writing articles on Research Paper Papa. She has had three jobs in five years and has great knowledge about the questions you must ask the employer at the time of interview.

Questions to Ask Interviewers

In this present age, people are always looking for a better job opportunity where they work and earn money. Lots of job seekers are working hard to prepare themselves for answering the interview questions. On the other side, job seekers often forget to ask the questions from the employer at the time of interview. In this article, we will discuss important questions that you should ask from the employer.

Ask questions about skills and experience

At the time of asking questions from the interviewer, you must ask first the required skills and experience regarding a particular opportunity. This is a good question in which you can clearly understand the job description for a specific vacancy. If the interviewer wants those skills and qualities that you are not able to do, then you should tell them. You don’t want to put yourself in a position where you are in over your head. [Read more…] about Important Questions you should ask during interview

Make Yourself More Marketable

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When you are in a position where your skills under utilized, it is important that you make yourself more marketable. If you are under utilized, it is because others don’t know how to fully utilize your talents. In this post, I will explain some steps you can take to make yourself more marketable.

Why You Should Make Yourself More Marketable

Before getting into how to make yourself more marketable, it is important to understand why it is important to be marketable. I read a very interesting article about leadership transitions that occur within organizations.  The article Firms Recruit Sitting CFOs by Maxwell Murphy and Vipal Monga explained some of the trends that happen in leadership during the spring.  [Read more…] about Make Yourself More Marketable