http://kareemshaker.com Everyday is a New Day Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:05:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/dont-spring-the-apes/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/dont-spring-the-apes/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:12:35 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=1001 How many times have you done something without questioning it? how many times have you obliged to an unjustifiable policy or ineffective process just because this is how it has been designed, the number of ridiculous activities we do on daily basis has become devastating and unless we stop and try to understand why we [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/dont-spring-the-apes/feed/ 1 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/10-ways-to-lead-effectively/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/10-ways-to-lead-effectively/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:22:24 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=889 It is very difficult to select from the plethora of leadership skills which ones are the most effective ones. If you look at greatest leaders humankind have known you will realize that every leader has got his own personality that was formed based on the vision and set of experiences he had, although most of [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/10-ways-to-lead-effectively/feed/ 6 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-management-grid/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-management-grid/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:55:59 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=816 The objective of the Leadership Management Grid is to depict the relation between leadership and management with emphasis on the ultimate outcome of promoting or ignoring leadership and/or management. Needless to say, leadership and management are essential to goals fulfilment. The Leadership Management Grid is another representation of the Leadership Management Formula.   Focusing on [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-management-grid/feed/ 5 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-management-formula/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-management-formula/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:25:27 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=800 Relation between management and leadership has always been a concern for professionals. In fact, it is one of the classic interview questions for management positions. Drucker tells us that leadership is doing right things and management is doing things right. Covey greatly summarizes the difference saying “Management works in the system; Leadership works on the [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-management-formula/feed/ 3 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-in-recession/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-in-recession/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:29:12 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=776 You want to know whether you are an authentic leader? Lead in touch times and strive to direct people towards a common goal. The hard circumstances will show your leadership style in its true color and will put your ability to motivate, inspire, and give people hope under real test. If you want to know [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/leadership-in-recession/feed/ 2 http://kareemshaker.com/communication/top-5-communication-skills-for-project-managers-and-leaders/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/communication/top-5-communication-skills-for-project-managers-and-leaders/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:56:22 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=660 I have been honoured to be interviewed by Jo Ann Sweeney to select top five from a list of 15 communication skills project mangers and leaders need to have in order to lead their teams, despite the innovative communication technologies we have, yet most of today’s business problems are due to poor communication, in this [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/communication/top-5-communication-skills-for-project-managers-and-leaders/feed/ 5 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/red-leadership/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/red-leadership/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:01:33 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=445 It’s not about the colour of your leadership style, it’s about what you can do for your people in order to make them feel valued and energize them every time they need to, RED Leadership is a style I have coined that’s cantered around three pillars: Respect, Empathize, and Develop. Many leaders use different techniques [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/red-leadership/feed/ 9 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/if-you-put-fences-around-people-you-get-sheep/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/if-you-put-fences-around-people-you-get-sheep/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:39:18 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=435 I have recently stumbled upon this quote and I did like it so much, I tweeted it and found that many people have retweeted it in a short time, it is a quote of William L. McKnight (1887 – 1978), a former CEO of 3M company, who saved 3M from bankruptcy and made it a [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/if-you-put-fences-around-people-you-get-sheep/feed/ 14