All Entries Tagged With: "leadership"
More Valuable:Management or Leadership (Video)
There are many managers, who can read spreadsheets, ensure stability and growth, but how does one get there. I think the best thing a manager can do to galvanize a workforce — show leadership.
If You Lead, Will They Follow? Pt. 4
But most of all, a leader needs to connect his vision to the employees, and alter their perspective of their roles and their empowerment to meet and exceed goals, both professional and personal.
If You Lead, Will They Follow? Pt. 2
There’s a point when leadership is less about noise, but whether you can execute exactly the way we want it to happen – within the agreed upon guidelines, timelines and budgets.
Big Mac or Mocha Latte?
Can you say – FRANCHISE? Did you know that it takes far less money to start a franchise than you imagined – you might be closer to realizing your dream of owning a business more than you think.
If You Lead, Will They Follow? Pt. 1
The hedgehog becomes excellent in one or two areas and delivers unprecedented value from those areas, while the fox is fast and eclectic. For the fox it’s more about style than performance.
Learning Leadership from Aristotle
Your job as a leader is to persuade people to do great things in uncertain contexts, using only one tool: your words.
Don’t Motivate Me — Inspire Me
To me, “being motivated” is the state of mind where I’m willing to do something whether I want to or not. To be inspired or having inspiration is a positive mental adrenaline rush that’s very productive.
The Week: What I Think I Think
Our greatest problem might be that we have the wrong people trying to solve the problem.
Two Crises (Jobs and Debt Ceiling): One Real, One Not So Much
America has a respect crisis: a lack of respect for people’s humanity, their want and willingness to be able to take care of themselves and their families through employment.
Charisma: Do You Have It?
Traditionally, charisma is viewed as an inherent quality; you either have it or you don’t. As a manager, you have to motivate people to take action: can you present your strategy in a compelling way in order to inspire others.
Set Your Sails
Experts are saying that a crisis is unavoidable. You and I can’t do anything about America’s economy as a whole. The problem is too big. That doesn’t mean you adopt a fatalistic mentality. Focus on what you can control.
Purpose, Passion and Mission (Video)
Upstart: Business and Management for 20-40 Year Old Professionals, found it interesting, how disparate the perspectives of many thought leaders were in terms of the futurity of business and management.
Managing Big-Headed Employees
Schinkel covers some of his best advice about what to do and not to do as a manager in those situations. There’s a tightrope walk between inflating the employee’s ego and “knocking him down a notch.”
You. Are. The Manager.
You aren’t your employees friend. You aren’t a co-worker. You’ve been chosen to run this business. You will be held accountable for everything that happens. You have to step back from the work sometimes and look at the big picture.
Why Do You Want To Be, Who You Want To Be?
When did you know that this was who you wanted to be, or has this life been somehow forced upon you?
Best Practice: Strategic Six Sigma Pt.2
What strategies, tactics and execution platforms offer the best opportunities for “value creation.”
Become Your Boss’s Boss
Utilize your power subtly, yet remarkably – and illustrate “results.” Turn your boss into an evangelist for your offering. How do you do this – minimal supervision, excellent performance, diplomacy — actualization.
Are You CEO Material?
Brodsky suggests there’s no tried-and-true formula for evaluating a prospective CEO. Ultimately, the proof is in the pudding: how does the company perform? By the time you see the results, however, it may be too late.
Why Aren’t There More Asian-American Leaders?
To become a leader requires taking personal initiative and thinking about how an organization can work differently. It’s racist to think that any given Asian individual is unlikely to be creative or risk-taking.
