Leadership Lost and Found
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ~ John F. Kennedy
Leadership is a pretty popular topic in today’s business climate. As organizations continue to work through their economic and growth challenges, the pressure and expectations put on leaders, executives and managers to generate immediate results increases. From there, everything rolls downhill and the real [...]
The Management Commitment
I enjoyed a great interactive conversation with an old client who is in the process of managing his first team. His biggest concerns were how he can make a difference in an expedient manner. The nature of his questions were based on the objective of accelerating his career. I politely and directly informed him that [...]
Looking for Permission to Take Action
Lately, I have discovered far too many employed people with great ideas and insights apparently looking for permission to take action. They hold back their idea, their energy, or their innovative thoughts because they don’t want to waste it on an employer or boss that won’t appreciate it, like it, or pursue a discussion about [...]
Gaining Control via Grade School Management
In order gain control over their businesses there is a behavior taking place best identified as grade school management. Grade school management exists in business that feel the need to increase control over their business in order to improve their business in this economic period.
Grade School Management is exhibited in the following manner:
Your boss [...]
