Leadership Ethics and How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Leadership Ethics and How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis This week’s newsletter contains two new articles: Leadership Ethics: The Empty Pot   How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis Please retweet the articles, share them on Google Plus, like them on Facebook, or forward the newsletter to your coworkers. You can follow me on Twitter: @greatleadership or email me with suggestions for articles at: managementguide@about.com.   Thanks and regards,   Dan   Dan McCarthy Management & Leadership Expert Leadership Ethics: The Empty Pot "If you plant honesty, you will reap trust. So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later."   Read the full version of the old Chinese folk tale called “The Empty Pot” for a great lesson on the importance of leadership ethics (with a succession planning twist). READ NOW Share How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis Conducting a SWOT analysis is a great way to develop a picture for where you are and where you need to go. Read more for a step-by-step process for efficiently getting results in a way that involves and energizes a team. READ NOW Share Why We Hate Performance Reviews and How to Improve Them Everyone hates performance reviews for three reasons that we just need to accept. However, there are three relatively simple fixes that can make the process a lot less painful. Read Why We Hate Performance Reviews and How to Improve Them to find out why and how.   READ NOW Share How to be a Collaborative Leader In order to lead effectively in an increasingly VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) business environment, today’s leaders need to develop the ability to build collaborative relationships. The ability to build coalitions and work collaboratively becomes even more important as a leader takes on more and more responsibility and the organization grows. Collaboration is no longer a “nice to do” – it’s a leadership requirement needed to get results and advance in any organization. Here are 10 ways for a leader to build more collaborative work relationships. READ NOW Share How to Manage Up What is “managing up” and why is it so important? Managing up means establishing and maintaining a positive and productive relationship with your manager so that your manager’s needs are met and you get what you need from your manager. Read more to find out how. READ NOW Share How to be a More Strategic Manager Working on the right things and staying ahead of the curve is important for most any role, and can help in the way you manage your personal life. Here’s 12 ways to learn how to be more strategic, and just as importantly, to be perceived as strategic. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • The Ultimate Guide to Fighting a Traffic Ticket • 7 Smart Ways to Build Good Credit • Essential Web Resources for Entrepreneurs • Are Employers Required to Notify Applicants Not Hired? • 10 Tricks to Save on Car Rentals • How a Young Couple Could Afford Their First Home • How to Find the Right Story for Your Donors • Make Money Online with a Blog: 4 Solid Strategies for Monetizing Advertisement About Money   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Management & Leadership newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved

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