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Leadership in Organizations (7th Edition) $99.00 What makes an effective leader? This book discusses theories of leadership and provides practical advice for business leaders. This text provides a balance of theory and practice as it surveys the major theories and research on leadership and managerial effectiveness in formal organizations. Changes in the Seventh Edition include a reorganization of chapters to make room for additional materia…

Comprehensive Classroom Management: Creating Communities of Support and Solving Problems (9th Edition) $62.00 Comprehensive Classroom Management presents practical methods for creating a positive learning environment, working with behavioral problems, and dealing with a range of challenges in the K-12 classroom. The authors use real-life examples to help both pre- and in-service teachers understand and apply the principles of classroom management in their own classroom situations. The text uses numerous c…

Management Challenges for the 21st Century $6.97 No single person has influenced the course of business in the 20th century as much as Peter Drucker. He practically invented management as a discipline in the 1950s, elevating it from an ignored, even despised, profession into a necessary institution that “reflects the basic spirit of the modern age.” Now, in Management Challenges for the 21st Century, Drucker looks at the profound social and…

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From the boardroom to the classroom, individuals are looking to improve their performance. Continuous improvement through processes such as Baldrige to Lean continue to make significant strides in the business world as solutions to improving the bottom line. Self-improvement is one of the fastest growing areas in most book stores. Everyone appears to be looking for that magic pill for how to improve their performance results or what we call success.

Recently when doing some research to improve the content of an article, I discovered the term “meritocracy.” Even though I am fairly well read in American history, I had never seen this particular term. The original definition of meritocracy is not certain, but has its roots in Chapter Five of John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government. Locke believed that the acquisition of wealth provided it was acquired through hard word and “it was to meet one’s own immediate needs.” (Source: Wikipedia) Meritoracy then became the way to build and therefore improve a society through a government based upon merit (demonstrated performance) and not by birth.

The essence to improve resides in the capacities of motivation, energy and talent. Our young country even with all of its faults has demonstrated the results of these 3 capacities by sending a man to the moon and returning him safely back to earth in just under 200 years. No other country or civilization has accomplished so much in such a similar time frame.

What does this mean for businesses or individuals seeking success?

If businesses or individuals want greater success, then the answer resides within the ability to improve motivation, improve the use of energy and to improve talent. In today’s world, the answer can be translated into improving the desire (motivation), the opportunities for practice (energy) and new knowledge or skills (talent). Yet, when we analyze solutions designed to improve the performance of a business, an organization, a school or an individual, the emphasis is on talent or the hard skills with little focus to no focus on motivation or the soft skills.

Until the development of soft skills are partnered equally with the training of hard skills, the quest for success will continue to allude those who are trying to improve their performance. So success once again becomes a personal choice or as Wilt Chamberlain said:

If you have the ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

Leanne Hoagland-Smith quickly doubles results for her clients from individuals (small businesses owners, entrepreneurs and young people) to large organizations by creating executable strategic action plans along with the necessary business skills to pull it off. By closing the gap between today’s unsatisfactory performance to tomorrow’s goals, limited resources are maximized with waste including time being reduced. Please feel free to contact Leanne at 219.759.5601 or visit http://www.processspecialist.com/ and explore how she can help you.

One quick question, Is your lack of success due to a lack of knowledge or the lack of desire to achieve that dream or goal? Then, take a risk and give a call at 219.759.5601 to experience incredible results.

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can someone fix my introduction?

I am writing a definition essay on self control.

Here you go – I tried to basically keep the concepts intact:

As defined in the dictionary, Self-control is the restraint of one’s emotions, desires, or inclinations. Personally, I perceive the definition of self control to be the ability to govern yourself, to be truthful to yourself even when it’s difficult, and to imagine myself successfully achieving a goal. Self-control strategies are cognitive and behavioral skills used to motivation yourself, and to achieve personal goals. To be successful, you must be able to make commitments, identify your own problems, set goals and keep them, and be able to effectively apply self control strategies!

Good luck…