2007-10-04 14:18
Effective managers and leaders know that they can climb greaterheights and achieve remarkable goals only if they delegate workto the good, able and talented people around them. The logic is… Read More
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Powerful lessons for CEOs, executives, leaders, managers on business, management, leadership, and decision making drawn from famous fables and tales.
2007-09-21 18:22
There is no indefinite job security. Market conditions fluctuate sofast that workers would rather play it safe by working into thegood books of the employer. What better way to do that tha… Read More
2007-09-14 13:34
Working hard and being extremely competent in what you do isnot the key to getting a promotion. Not when you have an idiotand a fool as a boss, supervisor or manager. All of us may at onet… Read More
2007-09-04 12:25
Procrastination – putting off till tomorrow things that we shoulddo today. At some point in our lives, we are either guilty ofprocrastination or know of friends or colleagues who are… Read More
2007-08-24 15:17
A startup business crumbles after 2 years and needs a couple ofmillion dollars of funds to keep it afloat. Entrepreneur A seeksfinancial help from banks, negotiates scheme of arrangementwit… Read More
2007-08-15 12:31
A purpose is a mission statement. An organization invariably hasone, which it expects every employee to live up to. Sure, theemployee will do what he is told to do, but he is motivated tow… Read More
2007-08-08 13:12
A life without obstacles is as good as dead. Whether they areeveryday problems or crisis situations, how we handle them willdetermine how good we are as a leader. The weak leaderscrumble w… Read More
2007-07-31 15:01
To value the importance of teamwork, we have to appreciatethe value of every individual. Many managers think that theyare good team players. When they get into action, they beginto “… Read More
2007-07-18 15:36
Favoritism is a human trait found in many relationships, e.g.,parent-children, teacher-students. As long as there are twopersons we have to interact with, it is in our nature to compareand… Read More
2007-07-11 13:24
Many of the success stories begin with simple ideas. In thecourse of work, your employees or staff may likewise havecreative ideas and innovative solutions to carry out their workmore effec… Read More
2007-06-27 14:09
One mistake that people often make when they are faced with asituation is to jump straight into finding solutions, giving littlethought to defining the problem. For example, a hotel manager… Read More
2007-06-16 07:13
In many places of work, there is only one rule – “The Boss isAlways Right” or “The Boss is Never Wrong”. What if we knowthat the Boss is wrong? Well, simple … Read More
2007-06-07 07:53
No two humans come out of the same mold and differencesin ideas and opinions are bound to arise. Differences lead toConflicts. When well-handled, conflicts are in effect good forthe organi… Read More
2007-05-25 05:08
It has been widely believed that the most stressful jobs arethose in the IT, nursing care, education, secretarial, andservice industries. There are also surveys that includedlawyers, engine… Read More
2007-05-12 16:46
Everybody has a role model, someone who has done the samejob we are doing or taken the same path of life we are travelingon. Sometimes, we are embarrassed or are too ego-consciousto admit h… Read More
2007-05-02 11:46
Are decisions made by gut feelings good? Business writerMalcolm Gladwell seemed to think so. In his bestselling bookBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, he presentedcogent argume… Read More
2007-04-18 17:19
One of the important aspects of motivation is knowing whatwe want to achieve. Once we have that, we can go through aseries of goal-setting steps to state, define and execute ourgoals. This… Read More
2007-03-12 20:09
“NO” is a two-letter word but one of the most powerful wordsin leadership, management, and career growth. Learning to sayNo when you really want to is one of the important skills… Read More
2007-02-02 14:57
Corporate disclosure has always been a sore point betweenstakeholders and the management. The decision on what mustgo into the public domain is difficult due in part to the realitythat comp… Read More
2007-01-21 17:29
Meetings are such a dread. Haven't you attended meetingswhich are totally unproductive, time-wasting, and boring? Orare you guilty of chairing such meetings? In one of my placesof work, I… Read More
2006-12-17 17:43
Leadership is not an inanimate object. It has a face, and moreimportantly, it has a heart. The good leaders do not merelycommand respect, they earn it. A leader who rules with an ironfist… Read More
2006-12-11 08:15
In the business environment, there are the Davids and theGoliaths. Occasionally, we read inspiring stories about how onesmall startup company can gobble up a large share of the pieand surpr… Read More
2006-12-11 07:23
When things go wrong, as they often do, what is your firstreaction? Blame it on others. This blaming game is played evenat the highest levels in the corporate offices and in ourgovernment… Read More
2006-12-11 06:47
A majority of complaints and agitated office gossips are related tothe bosses, either they are too incompetent, demanding,unreasonable, or autocratic. It is difficult to work under thesetyp… Read More
2006-12-08 15:11
When formulating theories and business plans, we are usuallyfond of qualifying them by stating the assumptions we have made.The commonly used assumption is the latin phrase “cēter… Read More
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