Archive for leadership skill development
Employee Engagement – Business Leadership Development
Posted by: | CommentsEmployee Engagement might be even more important this year. Ed Oakley discusses why and invites you into the conversation:
Employee Engagement practices can be quite important in your leadership skill development. Please share your thoughts about what is important to you in keeping YOU engaged. Share your disappointments and your gratitude below (comments).
Our best,
The Enlightened Leadership Team
Organizational Time Management for Leaders
Posted by: | CommentsJonette Crowley, principal of Enlightened Leadership Solutions, shares an article she wrote about her perspectives on time management that she uses in executive and leadership training.

We’ve all taken various Time Management courses over the years – we
make lists, we prioritize A, B, & C; we plan to do important things not
just urgent things first. Yet the companies that we work for
unintentionally thwart our best attempts to Read More→
The Difference Between Forward vs Backward Focused Leadership
Posted by: | CommentsIn this video less than 5 minutes long, Ed Oakley discusses the importance of focus for any leadership role, and the distinctions and impact of Backward vs. Forward focus.
What examples have you experienced that demonstrate the impact of the two directions of focus? Please share in Comments area (Click on Comments if you don’t see the response box).
To the “enlightened leader” in you!
Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team
The Relationship Between Personal Growth and Leadership Skill Development
Posted by: | CommentsThere is a definite relationship between your efforts at developing leadership skills and your personal growth and development. Ed Oakley, co-author of “Enlightened Leadership” and “Leadership Made Simple,” as well as “Making Managers into Leaders(R) Learning Products,” discusses this relationship in this 5:15 video.
Please share your comments and questions below!
Best wishes to the “enlightened leader” in you,
Ed Oakley and the Enlightened Leadership Team
Distinguishing Leadership Skill Development from Management
Posted by: | CommentsWhen we do leadership skill training, it is always important to distinguish the business leadership skills and management skills. Following is a very brief video that does that:
What are your thoughts about this? Please comment below!
Ed Oakley & the Enlightened Leadership Team
Applying Relationship Intelligence®
Posted by: | CommentsJim Cathcart, author and top echelon speaker(www.jimcathcart.com), shares with us this week how we can look intelligently at our relationships and how this simple process can make us more aware of the importance of each kind of relationship we have.
Relationship Intelligence is a registered trademark of Jim Cathcart!
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Enjoy!