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Since our first published article in January 2001, weLEAD has become the most comprehensive leadership, and management development web site on the worldwide web! We offer free access to approximately 600 leadership articles, monthly tips, book reviews and an academic E-Journal to promote leadership training, and management development. weLEAD also provides servant leadership seminars, workshops, business and personal coaching. We are committed to the ideal that great leaders are forged by knowledge, opportunity, experience and self-sacrifice. weLEAD is an organization developed by leaders, to promote positive leadership development in individuals, and organizations.

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BOOK REVIEW
Great Business Teams - Cracking the Code for Standout Performance
Author Howard Guttman

Read and Reviewed by Ken Altenbach

This book written by Howard M. Guttman is not merely for the purpose of reading, but to use as a literal blueprint by organizations, as well as by entrepreneurs. It is for anyone who has the desire to start their own organization, and build teams of individuals to help operate their business most efficiently and economically as possible. This book goes beyond calling a gathered group of individuals team players, but encourages the establishment of great teams of individuals, all acting in complete unison and in sync in accordance with their organization’s vision and mission.

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LEADERSHIP ARTICLE
Values and Value Commitment for Leaders
by Paul A. Dumais

What are values? From where do they come? Webster defines values as to be of worth, be strong; something intrinsically desirable. People usually think of values as something they hold dear and which mean much, for which they are willing to sacrifice. Examples of values are: hard work, honesty – always being truthful, generosity, understanding and compassion, and many more. Read More>

MONTHLY GUEST ARTICLE
Fear as an Alternative to Leadership
by Brian Canning

You do not have to look any further than your front door to know that there is a challenging economy out there and that there are more people out of work and looking for work than we have seen in a very long time. Unemployment sits at a higher rate than we have seen in over 30 years and even as large sectors of the economy creep toward recovery, we hear that many of the jobs lost over the past year and a half are gone for good and that this will be a “jobless” recovery.

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LEADERSHIP ARTICLE
10 Ways to Break it to Them Gently
Diplomacy tips that keep customers
by Jeff Mowatt

When corporations ask me to train their employees on enhancing customer retention, I find one skill-set that is frequently weak - how to diplomatically give customers bad news. Unfortunately, the task of giving bad news goes with almost every job. You may have to inform your customers of a price increase, of a product being out-of stock, or that their children aren’t allowed to use your coat rack for rappelling practice. Read More>

LEADERSHIP ARTICLE
Strategic Foresight: Learn to Look Before You Leap!
by Bo Charles Abiodun

The familiar mindbender to the left challenges one to connect all the dots using four lines without ever raising the pencil from the paper. To accomplish this task, it takes a modest amount of creativity. There is also a more subtle parallel lesson in the same challenge. Connecting these dots to get the desired results is like traveling the path of encouraging creativity in others. Read More>

LEADERSHIP ARTICLE
Strategic Thinking: Psychological concepts That Can Fine-Tune Your Leadership GPS
by Janice A. Armstrong M.A.

You decide that you are going to take a road trip with your family. You will travel to Canada, a place where you have never been. You will rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) in your vehicle to get you and your family where you need to go. Being solely dependent on this tool to get you there is a trustworthy act that will contribute to, what you hope will be, a successful trip. These are your thoughts that you will implement into action in order to take the trip. Read More>

LEADERSHIP ARTICLE
How to Disagree with the Boss
by Gene Griessman, Ph.D.

Considerable skill is required to successfully say to someone in a power position, "I want to do it my way instead of your way."
 
Yet this skill is often needed by leaders at every level--whether you're a three-star general communicating with a four-star general, a CEO with a board member or key investors, a vice president with your CEO, a teacher with your principal, or an account manager with your client. 
 
History provides us with case studies about how to do this. One of the best involves a general--in this case, General William Tecumseh Sherman--saying "I want to do it my way" to another general, and his superior General U.S. Grant. Read More>

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