Charismatic Leadership: Give Unselfishly

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Karla Brandau

Merry Christmas 2011 The Holiday Season engenders feelings of empathy, kindness and tenderness, especially for those a little down on their luck. On Giving and Generosity Giving and generosity are defined as the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return. When expecting nothing in return, the benefits of giving are exponentially higher [...]

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Time Leadership and Your Bottom Line

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Karla Brandau

How can your leadership impact the bottom-line? Take a look at the clock and see how “time leadership” can work for you… Olivia entered her office, sat down at her desk and looked at her calendar. Then her eyes darted from to folder to folder as she wondered where to start. With three projects due and [...]

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Leadership Recipe for Success

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Karla Brandau

I am always inspired by stories with a Horatio Alger touch. Like how impoverished young people can believe in a better future and work hard to improve their status in life. As a nation and world, we have been through months of impoverished circumstances and those organizations who have entered 2010 with their companies intact have [...]

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Leadership Evolution, You Ape

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Karla Brandau

In needing to kill some time while on vacation, I stepped into a used bookstore. Right away the book I Seem To Be A Verb jumped out at me. I thought it was a pretty strange title and I was intrigued. I picked it up and was introduced to Buckminster Fuller, famous American inventor, architect, [...]

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Diamonds: A Leader’s Best Friend

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Karla Brandau

Leadership Questions: Is today’s economic and business environment to hot to handle for you? Is the intense heat and pressure of competition causing your team to strengthen and shine, or is it wilting their performance? Or another way to phrase the question: “With this intense heat and pressure, are you creating diamonds or graphite?” Diamond [...]

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