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- One Size Doesn't Fit All When It Comes to Leadership Styles - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2012 from Gregory CoveyOne size doesn’t fit all when it comes to leadership styles. Just like snowflakes, every human being is a little bit different. They respond differently to situations, even if on the surface the situation looks exactly the same. Good leadership skills are no different than anything else when ...
Views: 3965(1 vote) - Looking for the Root Cause Before Issuing a Written Warning Letter - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2012 from Gregory CoveyIssuing an employee written warning letter should always be taken very seriously. After all, the person on the receiving end could eventually be out of a job! Even when someone deserves to be disciplined we should make sure that we have come to the right conclusion before issuing the warning ...
Views: 1956 - Sample Written Warning Letter for Attendance - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyThe most important aspect of issuing a written warning letter for any violation of policy is to make sure you are being fair and consistent! Unless you want to have firsthand knowledge of how to answer an EEOC claim I would strongly recommend that you get your ducks in a row prior to taking ...
Views: 31486 - Good Leadership Skills versus Good Management Skills - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from Gregory CoveyThere is a difference between having good leadership skills and good management skills. Both are important to the success of a business, but in my humble opinion one wins out over the other. In order to be a good leader you must have a vision of where you want to take an organization. You ...
Views: 1497 - Good Leadership Skills and Communication Skills Go Hand in Hand - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Gregory CoveyGood leadership skills require the ability to communicate effectively! Without that ability it is virtually impossible to lead! President Ronald Reagan was often referred to as the Great Communicator! He was able to present himself in a way that people wanted to follow him! He was also ...
Views: 2675 - Good leadership Skills and Parenting - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Gregory CoveyWhether we recognize it or not it takes good leadership skills to be a good parent! Primarily the leadership skill that stands out to me the most is “Say what you mean and mean what you say!" Not applying this basic leadership skill will sink your ship quickly! When I say quickly I mean all ...
Views: 1513 - Labor Management and Good Leadership Skills - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2012 from Gregory CoveyLabor management and good leadership skills go hand in hand! There is no question that any company that employs people it will become one of their most volatile expense line items they have. Why? Because people are unpredictable! Everything from dips in productivity to changes in ...
Views: 1481 - Using Good Leadership Skills to Coach - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyUsing good leadership skills to draw the absolute best out a player just makes good sense! Most sports require an element of skill and the better a player is at that skill the better they are at the sport! However, there is no substitute for a very motivated player. A player so motivated that ...
Views: 1254 - Issuing a Written Warning Letter for Tardiness - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyIssuing a written warning letter for tardiness is no different from any other disciplinary letter. The facts are the facts and making sure everyone is treated fairly is as important as always. When it comes to tardiness, however, I continue to hear people ask the question what is consider tardy? ...
Views: 14505 - Preparing a Business Plan - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyPreparing a business plan is more about ensuring your idea is solid than trying to obtain financial support! If you place the emphasis on only obtaining the financing you will most likely be setting yourself up for failure! Any half intelligent individual would not start out on a trip across ...
Views: 1197 - Integrity is the Main Ingredient to Good Leadership Skills - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyGood leadership skills and integrity go hand in hand; however, don't mistake the true meaning of integrity with just being honest! Integrity goes much deeper than just honesty! Integrity is the way someone lives their life and their core values! Let's take a simple but good example of how ...
Views: 1114 - What is Leadership? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Gregory CoveyWhat is leadership? Leadership is the skill of motivating individuals to move toward, or accomplish, a common goal! Managing on the other hand is organizing time and resources appropriately to accomplish that goal successfully. Is there a difference? Absolutely! Most companies have ...
Views: 935 - Do Coaches Need Good Leadership Skills? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Gregory CoveyDoes a coach need good leadership skills? Do they need to know more about the sport than their competitor? Do they need to have more talented players than their competitor? I suppose if a coach had all three they would be more likely to be successful, but if I had my choice of the three ...
Views: 1106 - Preparing a Written Warning Letter for Insubordination - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Gregory CoveyPreparing a written warning letter for insubordination is no different than any other disciplinary action! However, one of the major mistakes that many supervisors make is mistaking insubordination with disrespectful behavior. In short, insubordination is defying authority or in ...
Views: 24654 - Good Leadership Skills Are Not Just For Leaders - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Gregory CoveyYou don't have to be in a leadership position to have good leadership skills! Leadership is the skill of motivating individuals to have a common goal! The better you are at motivating them the more likely the goal is achieved! That does not remove the fact that the individuals must have ...
Views: 896 - Preparing an Employee Written Warning Letter - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Gregory CoveyToo many times a supervisor will wait until they just can't stand an employee's behavior one more minute before they decide to issue an employee written warning letter, or worse they want to terminate them! This more than anything else will put a business at risk of an employee law suit ...
Views: 1988 - Preparing a Performance Improvement Plan - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Gregory CoveyOne of the biggest challenges for new supervisors is to understand and develop a performance improvement plan for an underperforming employee. The first question that must be answered before doing anything is to ask if the poor performance is can't or won't! If the employee is able to ...
Views: 1658(2 votes) - Why You Need an Employee Hand Book - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Gregory CoveyIf you enjoy the legal system and don't mind paying out large sums of money to present and past employees then I would suggest that you disregard having an employee hand book! You may think I am kidding, but I am not. I have never been to an unemployment hearing, Equal Employment ...
Views: 1170 - Effects of Schizophrenia in Our Home - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2012 from Gregory CoveyAlthough I am not a doctor or psychiatrist I can attest from personal experience as a father that the effects of schizophrenia within a home are devastating. You see my Son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia bipolar disorder! Now I wished I could tell you that it was as simple as ...
Views: 3203 - Be Still and Know that I Am God - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2009 from Gregory Coveyust one of the versus in Psalm's 46, verse 10, inspires many inspirational Christian stories. The KJV states it like this; “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”. Good leadership skills come from every part of life, ...
Views: 1584 - With Faith, You Can Move Mountains - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2009 from Gregory CoveyOne of my favorite quotes by Jesus is found in Matthew 17, versus 17 through 20. The story is about a man who brought his son to Jesus to be cured of an evil spirit. The man had told Jesus that the disciples were unable to cure him. Here is the King James version; Matthew 17.17 – Then Jesus ...
Views: 8841(1 vote) - Integrity Under the True Test – Daniel in the Lions Den - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Gregory CoveyThe story of Daniel in the lions den is truly one of the most pure Christian inspirational stories of all times. His pure love for God truly put his integrity to the ultimate test! We find the story in chapter six of the book of Daniel. We have all heard the story and there is no need to go ...
Views: 2730 - The Good Samaritan - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Gregory CoveyWe have all heard Christian Stories of the Good Samaritan, which is found in Luke 10, versus 25 through 37. We use the term The Good Samaritan often in our everyday lives, but do we really understand the story completely, and what he risked? The story starts off with a lawyer asking Jesus a ...
Views: 1252 - Integrity - Don't Fake It! - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2009 from Gregory CoveyI had heard a story regarding integrity several years ago when I was in the Marine Corps. I had spent twelve years as a Marine - and it will never leave me. You know what they say - once a Marine - always a Marine. Now I don’t know if the story that I’m about to tell is true - but it ...
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