Put people first. It’s the great cliche, isn’t it? When a business school professor like me asks you ‘what’s the most productive leadership style?’, you know the answer don’t you? Put people first.
But if everyone knows the answer, why aren’t more people doing it? Why aren’t executives focused on motivating and inspiring their people?
The reality [...]
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We learn most from our mistakes. It’s true. But problems occur for us when we forget this. Or when we deliberately deny that we made a mistake. And – if we’re honest – most of us do this, from time to time.
So in this article I want to share with you the IMPORTANCE of learning [...]
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Business executives don’t have to win votes to get appointed. But to be a successful leader, in the corporate world or the political world, you need to know who you are and what you stand for.
Even if you’re not the next president of the USA, I urge you to spare five minutes to read these [...]
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Imagine a bed of oysters, carpeting the bottom of the clear blue ocean, waiting for some adventurous diver to scythe through the dappled waters and bring to the surface the secret pearls trapped inside.
OK it’s a bit fanciful, I admit, but in this article I’ll be highlighting a pearl of wisdom from the ivory towers [...]
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Do you want to change your leadership style? Perhaps you’ve discovered something in particular that you want to do, or do differently.
And this, of course, is the problem. You want to change something you do, but the folks in the office just aren’t expecting you to change anything. They don’t WANT you to change anything.
Also, [...]
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Being the person in charge can often be very exhilarating for someone experiencing such a feeling for the first time. Whether you are in charge of a project with a team of company employees that are reporting to you or a single employee that you might be responsible for. Either way we all get a [...]
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