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Great leaders drive great success. Great leaders create dominant businesses, generate exceptional profits, establish benchmarks for quality, originate new industries, and more. The question is not whether great leaders are important. The question is how to become one.

Shambhala Institute

This Is Where Leadership Begins

The Shambhala Institute provides next generation insight into what great leaders do and how they do it. Having led one of the largest leadership studies in two decades, we can show you the what, when, why and how of becoming a great leader. Whether the leadership challenge is building a committed culture, aligning your people architecture, creating high performing teams, crafting strategy, or improving performance, the Shambhala Institute offers the tools, training and advice to solve it.

Solutions

With one of the largest studies on leadership in two decades, the Shambhala Institute has crafted solutions grounded in fact, not opinion. Whether the challenge is building a committed culture, training leaders, honing executive skills, or aligning the organization’s structures, our consulting and training solutions are rooted in hard facts, cutting-edge leadership science and proven best practices.

LEADERSHIP IQ

Most frontline and middle managers don’t have the skills to succeed in a post-9/11, post-Enron, highly-volatile economy. At least that’s what a recent study of Fortune 500 CEOs discovered. 86% of them said that their managers were not sufficiently prepared for the leadership challenges of this economy.

CULTURE IQ

The strength of an organization’s culture is one of its most fundamental competitive advantages. If you can build and preserve a culture where employees passionately pursue the organization’s mission, you will achieve success. Study after study finds that organizations with strong, committed cultures are measurably more profitable.

EXECUTIVE IQ

83% of senior executives think that their executive team needs some help. When should an executive team act like a team? When should they function as individuals? Who should craft strategy? Who should implement it? How can they generate breakthrough thinking? How can they avoid old, and unsuccessful, patterns of behavior?

TEAM IQ

Every organization uses teams in one form or another. Teams can be used to address a specific challenge or as the fundamental system for organizing people. Teams are formed at every level of an organization, from the executive suite to the frontlines. When teams are effective, they create a whole greater than the sum of its part.

SUCCESSION IQ

As your organization ponders the challenges of the next several years, it needs to ask itself: Are the right people currently serving and fully prepared to take over when key leaders leave? Do you know what people are likely to make the best leaders at every level of the organization? Selecting leaders is a job that can literally make or break.

STRATEGY IQ

Andy Grove said it best. "Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk and then another until there is nothing left." To survive during turbulent times, leaders must be serious about outpositioning their competitors.

Prominent Factor

These two program helps to develop committed culture, training leaders, honing executive skills and aligning the organization’s structures.practices.

BOARD IQ

Enron, Waste Management, Global Crossing, and more. With failures of corporate governance making headlines with greater regularity, more boards are feeling the need to be explicitly accountable for their outcomes. And, more boards are becoming aware of the need to rethink and reform their role and responsibilities. The program includes an assessment of current board effectiveness.

PEOPLE ARCH

One of the greatest organizational challenges is trying to align employees’ and manager’s self-interest with the interests of the organization. Many of the toughest problems that businesses face—rising costs, low productivity, not making “tough calls”, resistance to change—can be traced to employees’ self-interests taking precedence over the organization’s interests.

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How We Assess!!

What you measure is what you stand for. What gets measured gets done. You can’t change what you can’t see. We live in the age of diagnosis. From satellite imaging to the MRI to genetic mapping, diagnostic excellence drives social and corporate progress.

PEOPLE
ARCHITECTURE

Study after study shows that an effective people architecture drives better organizational performance. It has to know exactly where it's out of alignment as part of the comprehensive solution..

COMPETITIVE
ANALYSIS

Knowing what customers want, and how well you and your competitors are currently meeting those needs, is the first step in developing a differentiated strategy and, thus, competitive advantage.

BOARD IQ
ASSESSMENT

Boards that most effectively support the organization, and the executive team, are those that have a clear picture of the role of the board and how it relates to the larger organization.

CULTURE
SCORECARD

The Culture Scorecard is an assessment tool for measuring and building a committed culture.

LEADERSHIP IQ
ASSESSMENT

Before a leader can begin honing their leadership skills and abilities, they need to know where to concentrate their energies.

TEAM IQ
ASSESSMENT

When teams are effective, they create a whole greater than the sum of its parts, and spark breakthrough thinking. When they're not, they consume time, energy, money and opportunity.

Leadership & Speaking

The Shambhala Institute is widely recognized for its research and thought leadership. With one of the largest leadership studies in two decades, and groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of culture, costs and management, the Shambhala Institute is helping to enrich the science of leadership.

The Shambhala Institute’s staff are frequent presenters at industry conferences, professional associations, trade shows, and private retreats. Presentation requests for Shambhala Institute staff are driven by our firm’s industry-leading research and thought leadership.

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Vibrating Dildos vs Normal ones: Ultimate Comparison

According to you, which wins the battle between Dildo and Vibrator? Each woman possessing a fully stocked sex toy cabinet will say that the vibrator is perhaps the essential item in their room if you approach them. You’re not the first to be someone who feels daunted by the array of electronic gizmos in a sex store. Sex toys such as dildos and vibrators do seem to have quite long histories and differences in present-day applications. A dildo usually does not cause vibration unless otherwise equipped with an extender that is also referred to as an insertable bullet vibrator. This stands out to be the main distinction between a dildo and a vibrator.

Dildos and vibrators are indeed the two most inclusive groups of sex toys, so how about we begin this journey of understanding the utility of both and picking the best among them…

 

Introduction: How different or similar are the two?

Sex toys that excite the genitals more effectively than fingers or even an actual penis are indeed found in both types, which might entail reaching orgasms more frequently, passionately, or by just finding the exact pleasure point for you more conveniently and quickly. But they serve various purposes. A motor powers the sex toy vibrator. Since it lacks a motor, even the best dildos don’t shake. Nevertheless, there is a dividing line between the two categories of sex toys that we all quickly purchase in the adult shop. A motor might well be present in a genuine penis-shaped dildo, in which respect it is often categorized as a vibrating dildo.

 

How do you know it’s a dildo? What are the features?

Dildos arouse by slipping and extending rhythmically within the body. They frequently have cylindrical shapes with rounded or tapered tips for straightforward insertion. Dildos come in various lengths, sizes, and textures, depending on the location and the amount of exerted pressure you need. Several companies produce dildos now, and finding the best dildo is relatively easy and doable.  A dildo’s making material should constantly be checked because a few of them include chemicals and phthalates. Usually, you should try to stay away from PVC and opt for clinically tested silicone. The silicone dildos that one may use for anal pleasure, vaginally, or even by using a strap-on strap with their flared bottom are of the highest quality. They are entirely safe for the body, thereby being the best dildos.

The features are:

  • Keeping your fantasies discrete is important if you live with roommates or relatives. You may appreciate your dildo in peace and seclusion as the motor operates a whirring sound when using a vibrator.
  • A suction-cup dildo is a highly superior choice. These were initially supposed to be pushed against the walls or ground, which is slightly more unconventional compared to what most of the ladies would accomplish with the vibratory toys.
  • When it comes to realistic or life-like dildos, they may resemble a natural erection. Many people feel that anything that includes a motor may significantly lessen the realism of the feeling.
  • Vibrators cost something beyond average dildos because they require more technology, better accuracy, and additional effort to construct.

 

What are Vibrators like? What are the features?

The fact that vibrators pulsate and vibrate makes them fundamentally different from the dildos. They feature highly developed internal actuators that provide enjoyable massages through rapid, tiny motions. They feature grips and durable plastic casings to protect the equipment. However, others cover it with a plush coating of silicone. Vibrators frequently concentrate on exterior pleasure, unlike dildos. However, they are way more adjustable, and the dual-stimulation vibrators are widely available in sex shops and are the most chased after.

The key features of a vibrator:

  • To help customers choose the ideal vibrator that suits their sexual requirements, practically all vibrators come in various settings. Several of these sex toys even provide double stimulation in the shape of vibrating rabbits that simultaneously please your vulva and clitoral hood.
  • The water-resistant ones have become quite prevalent in shops nowadays, so you may play with this toy in the bathtub or while taking a dip.
  • You may choose from various pulsing rhythms offered by several vibratory sex toys to locate something just customized for you. Many vibrators, meanwhile, use pulsing technology, which produces distinct sexual encounters.
  • As there are battery-powered and USB-compatible vibrators, thereby being highly portable. These sex toys can be taken from one place to another by entirely using all their settings and functions.

 

What to go for, A Dildo Or A Vibrator?

  • Improved individual stimulation results in a more powerful orgasm when using vibrating dildos from twicetonight. It offers a chance to experiment with various pulsing and increasing vibrating patterns and observe yourself when your body is precisely stimulated the most.
  • It’s the best apparatus to jazz up the sexual experience. A vibrating dildo is also the best if you want to try out new foreplay techniques with your companion.
  • Calming the vaginal opening followed by clitoral stroking and vibrating dildos benefit individuals with accomplished libidos.
  • G-spot activation is guaranteed, and it is also in a form that is precise and offers an intense internal climax.
  • It lets you take pleasure with a significantly bigger width to satisfy a burning sexual desire. Especially in comparison to dildos, the most significant female vibrating dildos provide a more comprehensive range of options.

 

Conclusion: The Ultimate Winner!!!!

Vibrators and vibrating dildos are indeed the supreme victors. When used in household settings by yourself or by partnering up with your companion, the buzzing effect is said to excite every inch of your organs. The initial goal was for women to use sex toys in the vulva, on the clitoral hood, or inside the anus, men can use these sex toys as well.