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A particular manager re-wrote one of her team members’ business memos in order to create a higher level of detail, clarity and succinctness, not wanting the crux of the message to go awry. When she’d finished, in conferring with the more junior employee, it was discovered that she’d so completely re-engineered the communiqué that much that […]
September 20, 2010
Effective leadership is necessary for any organization to succeed. Hundreds if not thousands of books have been written explaining the necessity for this key success element in business. Yet, far fewer books have presented a common sense approach using straight talk while providing some immediate strategies to help befuddled executives, small business owners, enterprising entrepreneurs […]
September 17, 2010
Leadership versus management, which is more necessary to operating a business? The answer is both are necessary to the success of your business. But what makes a good manager? Or what makes a good leader? Are the skills of a manager similar to those of a leader? The relationship of management to leadership is important […]
September 10, 2010
A few months ago I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with Jack Welch, past CEO of GE. A fantastic opportunity. Some of the things he said about who they hire and what they are looking for in managers sort of hit home with what I am telling clients, and what I am […]
September 6, 2010
There are distinct differences between leadership and management. Sometimes you are able to keep them separate, and sometimes you must act as both manager and leader. Here are the differences between leadership and management, as well as some tips on integrating the two. Leadership and management are two different concepts and actions. In many organizations, […]
September 3, 2010
Change is a constant. It’s always been with us, it always will be, and it’s never easy. That’s something that doesn’t change. But the challenge of dealing with it is greater today because the pace of that change is accelerating. Only fifty years ago, we had decades to adjust to significant changes. Today we often […]
Leadership Lessons 
September 25, 2010
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