by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 26, 2011 | Thoughts
Everyone needs a little helper, may these be family, friends or colleagues, who can show them what they do wrong and how they would improve. Every leader benefits from that kind of ‘tough love’. In an organisational or social context our judgments and level of respect...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 24, 2011 | Thoughts
Current circumstances call for leaders who can help individuals stay motivated and proactive in an obscure, ever-evolving setting. This can be a stressful task and certainly involves risk taking, conflict, but creativity as well. The moment individuals realise that...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 20, 2011 | Thoughts
Even if emotional intelligence is the determining factor for remarkable leadership, this does not mean that intellect on its own is not important. Brain anatomy, neural networks and cognitive skills can be enhanced and strengthened through experience and interaction...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 19, 2011 | Thoughts
Proper leaders engage in conflicts for the organisation’s and employees’ best interest. Ethical leaders fight for their convictions. In today’s reality, proper and ethical leaders find themselves in various battlefields where they are expected to defend their...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 17, 2011 | Thoughts
In Greek mythology, Phobos (Ancient Greek Φόβος, “Fear“) is the personification of fear, son of Ares (Greek god of war). Phobos appears to accompany his father to war, afflicting people with feelings of terror. Let‘s examine the notion of fear. Fear derives from the...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 14, 2011 | Thoughts
Leadership myths relating that leaders are born-not made, or that leadership is a rare charisma possessed by leaders and found only at the top of the hierarchy of organisations are no longer popular among the public. Leaders are actually trained by their environment,...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 11, 2011 | Thoughts
Individuals are born with basic cognitive skills which allow them to infer meaning out of everyday occurrences. During their life, they get to add to this knowledge according to their experiences. Family, education, social environment and professional experiences...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 10, 2011 | Thoughts
Personal leadership is individuals’ ability to seize the day and achieve personal change, without having to shun emotion completely. Some people might seem like they get easily upset but their anger acts as a personal defence towards whatever hurts or frightens them....
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 10, 2011 | Thoughts
Leadership is the beginning and end of every system that works properly, from organisations and business companies to systems of political and/or religious context. The leader’s actions are the starting point for every attitude, operation, or culture. In Greece, there...
by Stavros Baroutas | Oct 10, 2011 | News
I would like to invite you to an event organized by New York College-Thessalonike, that will take place on Wednesday the 12th of October at 17.30 at military museum in Thessalonike. The subject of this one day congress is ” Personal Development and...
