Leadership and Motivation Training Blog

Feb 1, Conducting An Employee Performance Review in a High Performance Organization

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 23:03:10 -0500

An Employee Performance Review - often known as the performance appraisal - is a whole different beast in a high performance organization from that ...

Jan 31, Leadership Skills Analysis and Assessment: An Exciting Challenge!

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:47:00 -0500

Using the stages of team development will help you take a team from being 'told what to do', to being empowered and self-reliant

Jan 30, Employee Motivation Survey: Assess Your Workplace Climate and Employee Engagement

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:01:31 -0500

After an employee motivation survey? These free workplace climate quizzes may help assess the mood in your team.

Dec 31, 150+ Articles on Leadership: Sitemap for Leadership and Motivation Training

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:18:12 -0500

The sitemap of Leadership and Motivation Training contains 150 articles on leadership ... specifically focused upon what it takes to be a high performance leader

Oct 15, High Performance Leadership Books Recommended

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:47:51 -0400

Here are the High Peformance Leadership books that sit on my bookshelf, well thumbed, well used, well implemented

Oct 7, Book Review 'Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow'

Sun, 7 Oct 2012 03:41:17 -0400

This is a terrific book, filled with great tips and ideas ... and the bibliography is filled with great books - many of which are in my bookshelf - if for no other reason the bibliography is worth buying! But there are plenty of other reasons.

Oct 2, How To Handle Difficult People At Work

Tue, 2 Oct 2012 22:00:59 -0400

Need to know how to handle difficult people at work? This 6 step process will help you get individual and team performance back on track

Sep 23, Keeping the DRAMA down among a staff of females!

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:26:33 -0400

How can the leaders of a long-term care facility keep the drama at a minimum among 200 female nurses? Shelley's Response Interestingly I worked, many

Sep 13, What's Your Emotional Wake?

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:55:40 -0400

A glance or a wrong word can leave behind a damaging emotional wake. Are you using your leadership power wisely? Leaders often have far more power than they realize.

Apr 3, Managing Your Boss

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:15:19 -0400

Managing your boss is critical if you want to ensure your career and personal success ...

Apr 1, Improve Communication In The Workplace By Effectively Handling Difficult Personalities

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:35:16 -0400

Communication in the workplace can often dive bomb when leaders don't know how to handle the challenging personality quirks of others. In this article discover how to handle them with ease

Mar 27, Working With Difficult People

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:24:52 -0400

Working with difficult people is a challenge every leader will face at some point in their career. This two part article provides tips on how to handle difficult people.

Jan 21, Overcoming Low Self Esteem In The Workplace

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:01:10 -0500

If you are taking your organization along the high performance path - overcoming low self esteem may be an issue you need to grapple with. Use these tips to enable people to be at their best

Jan 6, An Organization Redesign Process: Redesigning Your Workplace For High Performance

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:36:08 -0500

Here's a snapshot of an organization redesign process that you can use to create a high performance workplace.

Jan 6, Dealing With Change in the Workplace - Dealing With Emotions

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:34:51 -0500

When dealing with change in the workplace, many times leaders miss one of the most important steps -- dealing with people's emotions. Here's how you can navigate this potential minefield.

Jan 6, Managing Resistance To Change In The Workplace

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:33:16 -0500

Managing resistance to change can be made easy by analyzing your key stakeholders sway and power and implementing strategies to ensure they come on board quickly

Jan 6, Changing Workplace Culture

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:28:51 -0500

When changing workplace culture get these first two steps right before you take any other steps in redesigning your organization

Jan 6, Strategies for Managing Change in the Workplace - Getting People Excited!

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:20:05 -0500

One of the strategies for managing change that leaders should excel at is getting people excited to be a part of the change. Here is how you can easily do this.

Jan 6, Managing Change In The Workplace

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:18:14 -0500

Managing change in the workplace is a constant for all leaders. Use the tips in this series of articles to help your change management process run more smoothly

Jan 3, Receiving Feedback

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 01:54:25 -0500

Being open to receiving feedback, enables you to tap into more of your potential as a leader, but do be discerning

Jan 3, Qualities of Good Leadership

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 01:34:42 -0500

Here are the top 10 qualities of good leadership that set high peformance leaders apart from your every day leader and manager ...

Dec 28, Charismatic Leadership: It Can Be A Blessing and A Curse!

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:03:44 -0500

Charismatic Leadership certainly has its place. Discover the advantages and disadvantages of being a charismatic leader and the leadership qualities that can round out this leadership style

Dec 28, Thank You

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:30:53 -0500

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Dec 28, Personalized DISC Success Insights Profile

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:30:04 -0500

Purchase your Success Insights DISC Profile Report and discover why you may annoy some people and what you can do about it to ensure your career success

Dec 27, Motivate and Inspire Others At Work

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:25:51 -0500

You can motivate and inspire others by using this quadrant to identify what gets you (and others) out of bed. Is it Inspiration or Desperation?

Dec 21, Leadership Assessment Tools That Are Accurate

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:28:54 -0500

Want to know some of the best leadership assessment tools, without a survey or 360 in sight! Here a few criteria that will never fail to let you know how you are going as a leader

Nov 27, Six Types of Nonverbal Communication Clues You Can Use At Work

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:16:18 -0500

Six Types of Nonverbal Communication Clues. Reading others and their body language is important to your leadership career success. Use these tips to successfully navigate your way.

Nov 26, Optimism vs Pessimism - How an Optimist Tends to Outperform a Pessimist

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:45:44 -0500

Optimism vs Pessimism - it's not a fair fight! Optimists tend to outperform pessimists in all respects. So how do you know if you are an optimist or a pessimist?

Nov 24, Transactional Leadership - Does It Work For High Performance Organizations?

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:32:33 -0500

Transactional Leadership suggests that people are motivated by rewards and punishment. High performance leaders understand that people are inspired beyond more than $

Nov 23, Signs Of A Bad Relationship In The Workplace

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:27:51 -0500

Whether at work or at home knowing these signs of a bad relationship will help you to stop the rot before it is too late. Use these tips to lessen relationship problems.

Nov 19, Dealing With Difficult Employees: Suicide If You Don't Do It Well

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:24:02 -0500

Shying away from dealing with difficult employees? Here's why your entire team's performance is nose-diving and what to do to get it back on track fast!

Nov 3, How to Avoid The 360 Degree Appraisal Time Bomb!

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:51:06 -0400

A 360 degree appraisal is often a significant factor in any leader's career. Discover what you, the leader, and your organization need to do to avoid the catastrophe that 360 degree performance evaluations can become

Oct 7, Mid-Life Crisis

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 03:28:55 -0400

I love your website. Thanks for writing. I'm in a mid-life crisis - I've done everything I ever wanted to professionally (creative director, fashion designer,

Oct 7, The Purpose of Leaders

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 03:18:13 -0400

The difference between managers and leaders: a) Managers do not instigate growth, Leaders instigate growth by letting go of the past, and creating a

Oct 7, 9,1 Pilot

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:56:31 -0400

Can you please expand on why a 9,1 oriented pilot would be preferable in a crash situation. Thank you. Shelley's Reply Thanks for asking the question.

Sep 22, Delivering Happiness At Work

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:07:44 -0400

Have just been reading Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh - CEO of Zappos - highly recommend it. A fabulous book for any leader who wants to be inspired and inspiring. A bit portion of the book is dedicated to the values that helped Zappos succeeed - you may like to read more about how to create values here: < ahref="http://www.leadership-and-motivation-training.com/developing-team-values.html">Team Values

Sep 22, Delivering Happiness At Work

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:07:42 -0400

May 24, Self Improvement and Motivation: The Doorways To Your Success

Tue, 24 May 2011 22:38:42 -0400

Self Improvement and Motivation are the doorways to your success. These articles will help you on your journey of self discovery

May 11, Improve Your Ability To Influence Difficult People

Wed, 11 May 2011 22:53:52 -0400

When you improve your ability to influence difficult people, your leadership career will skyrocket!

May 1, Create an Organization Culture That Performs

Sun, 1 May 2011 00:25:45 -0400

Use These Articles & Resources To Create A High Performance Organization Culture

May 1, Teamwork in the Workplace Starts With The Individual

Sun, 1 May 2011 00:08:28 -0400

There is no I in teamwork ... Rubbish! Teamwork in the workplace begins, ends and thrives because of the individual - discover how to make your team stronger

Apr 15, Online Business Coaching: Ask Shelley A Question

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:13:30 -0400

Get free online business and leadership coaching by asking Breakthrough Leadership Coach, Shelley Holmes, a question

Mar 17, Working Hard and Being Poor Sucks!

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:57:04 -0400

I've just come across a great program by Wendy Robbins who was on the hugely popular TV Series "Homemade Millionaire" with Kelly Ripa. There are plenty of law of attraction products around - and this one should help you to manifest money ... which we all want right?? She is offering 50% off her "Sleep Your Way To Success" program. This program helps you to tap into your power Source while you sleep. If you've had enough of working hard and not seeing your efforts rewarded then it is time to do something different. Take the time to watch the video I'm sure you'll get benefit from it. Check it out now! In appreciation, Shelley

Feb 16, Specific Appreciation

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:49:17 -0500

Specific appreciation of work should be in front of others but area of improvement sholuld be discussed separately. Note From Shelley People who are

Feb 16, Integrity Is A Quality of Good Leadership

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:42:18 -0500

A good leader should always lead the employees to do what is right and good. An honest leader sets an example that inspires greatness. Who can be inspired

Jan 10, Positive attitude in the workplace

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:59:13 -0500

In everyday life, challenges can be met left and right. In my own experience, getting through the day needs great motivation. At times it is difficult

Jan 6, Dynamic

Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:57:41 -0500

Dynamic Optimistic Courageous Emotionally stable Compassionate Understanding Note From Shelley Hi Janine Thanks for contributing. I like the idea of

Jan 6, Achieve Your Goals And Dreams

Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:35:14 -0500

I have just come across the best inspiration software - it displays positive messages and images on your computer screen while you work. Imagine having your own inspirational thoughts about your goals and dreams coming into your subconscious while you work. It's amazing. If you want to achieve your goals, build your self confidence or create success in any area of your life this program is well worth checking out.

Dec 21, What Are Barriers to Communication

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:37:58 -0500

What are barriers to communication? Shelley Replies Hi Maboshe Thanks for your question - I love this question because effective communication is one

Dec 21, Taking Ownership

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:25:09 -0500

Taking Ownership of issues around you Taking control of situations Being Trustworthy Have a VISION that has an element of universal good. Drive people