As we have discussed time and again, conflict is spontaneous, dynamic and random. The ingredients for its formation are always around us, and we may never know when the spark might occur that sets conflict into motion. As such...
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Strategies to Help Manage Conflict in Small Teams
Connected Perceptions in Conflict
The vast majority of conflict we see on a daily basis is that of Individual Perception fed by Perspective. What exactly does this mean? This means that people’s individual perceptions about a situation have a tendency to be...
Seeking the Minimization of Conflict
Let’s take a step away from combat scenarios for a second and look at everyday life for a change. You’re at the office, nothing today is going right for you, that board meeting was a waste of time, your project...
The Importance of the Human Behavior Perspective in...
There are four basic schools of thought when it comes to organizational structure: Classical Management (Scientific Management), Human Behavior, Integrated Perspectives (functional or cultural), and Emerging Perspectives...
Leadership Isn’t About Making Everyone Happy
At the end of the day, you won’t please everyone, but then again, that was never what it was all about in the first place. Going into leadership with the thought that it ever was, is a mistake. Let’s just re-read the...
“Success” is a Journey for the Out-of-Reach Bar
How do we measure achievement? When do we know that we have achieved success in life? How do we measure the value and worth of success? There seem to be many people out there who claim to have the answers to these types of...
The Start of the Cold War
The Cold War… Decades of suspicion, decades of ideological hate, decades of a real threat to the world and life as we knew it… There really is so very much that could be said on this one topic alone, and to talk about...
Shakespeare and the Warrior Culture Influence: Shakespeare was...
Shakespeare has many plays focusing on the emotion, relationship, and cunning of the characters portrayed, and he builds on historical information to give depth and credit to his art. Writing for the masses can be demanding...
The Lesson of Appeasement
We fully understand that the Treaty of Versailles was a complete failure, that the major powers who negotiated peace in Paris through selfish, self-serving, hidden agendas set themselves up for failure by refusing Germany a seat...
The Rise of Adolf Hitler
There is no doubt that Adolf Hitler was arguably one of the most evil men in history, but there is equally no doubt that his actions, and the actions of the Nazi’s, carry with them some of the most important lessons to be...
Which “Approach” to Leadership is Best?
People often talk about and discuss the five approaches to leadership (trait, style, situational, transformational, or discursive) as a matter of which one they argue is best. However, what they are really convinced about in such...
The Failure of the Treaty of Versailles
The first Great War was actually started by Austria-Hungary, but Germany’s support of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the war led to them being seen as the primary antagonist. In the end, France demanded that Germany...
How Nonverbal Communication Can Help You Be Seen As A Leader
Let’s say that you join a group. You’re the newest person there, however, you quickly realize that the group is a bit lost. They are having trouble staying on track and can’t seem to get things accomplished on...
Mutuality of Concern: A Key Ingredient for Team Success
We all know camaraderie is what makes or breaks your experience in any group, and it can also become the essential component required for the group to achieve success, but what exactly leads to the building of such things? When...
Predispositions and Apprehension in Leadership Communication
Our personally held preferences in communications are an important and integrated part of our intrapersonal organizational experiences. How we relate to each other when speaking in conversation, how we talk to those within our...
A Thirst for War – The Buildup to the First Great War
There exist mountains of historical facts documenting the decades leading up to the First Great War showing how nations began to move towards conflict. Yet the finer details do not show the bigger picture. Backing off, we see...
An Overview of The Age of Imperialism
After the removal of Napoleon III from power, the 1870’s and following decades saw a shift in power, politics, and economic self-interests that embarked on conquests to conquer the world. Yet, when carefully considered, it...
Leadership Lessons in The Rise and Fall of Napoleon III
In the age of the Second Empire of France (1852–1870), Napoleon III went from the peak of his popularity in 1859 to blunders that eventually cost him his Empire in 1870. In considering the impact Napoleon III’s life had...
The Polarized Progress of Romania and Bulgaria
Many may not realize it right now, but Romania and Bulgaria are of major strategic political importance in today’s world, and will be more so in the near future as current world issues sit. Now that the US has embarked on a...
Why is “Rhetoric” Important to Leadership?
On all the stages of the world, and in all the stages of the past, have we seen leaders of all kinds give elaborately drafted speeches filled with cleverly crafted rhetoric. Sometimes in response to an event, sometimes as a...
Communication: The Key to Success
It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it… goes the old saying. And in considering the overall simplicity of this classic, we find a sense of remarkable depth and timelessness in its application to modern leadership...
A Blow to the Head: No Impact, No Idea
The media and public have grown accustomed to seeing news concerning veterans with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). Yet little information is given about the often sidekick and sometimes reason – Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)...