We can never make the right decision all the time. In fact, in some cases making the wrong decision is better than being paralysed with the options and not making any decision. If you realise it was wrong you can abandon and proceed on a different route.
The ability to make decisions and take calculated risks […]
People orientated skills
1. Master of communication and public relation
2. Recruiting and promoting
3. Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships
4. Selling and leading change
5. Provisioning for the team
6. Develop, engage, and trust
7. Valuing results and people
8. Valuing work life balance
Personal skills
9. Have a vision of your legacy
10. Embrace abandonment (letting go of the past)
11. Define the mission, values, […]
Mark Twain once said that if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, you know that the rest of your day will be better because the worst is behind you. After all, you’ve already eaten a live frog, what’s the worst that could happen?
Far too often we dread a task, perceiving that […]
As managers climb up the management tree they need to ask themselves how far can my leadership go? Could I become a general manager or even a CEO? To help answer this question you need to see how much leadership is in your DNA and how much you are prepared to commit to rectify shortfalls.
My interest in […]
The pursuit of growth through takeover or merger (TOM) has made a small, select group of executives, investment banks and consultants very wealthy while diminishing the wealth of a vast number of shareholders. Why do so many TOMs fail to deliver the perceived synergies and cost savings?
Synergies. First of all, the synergy calculations are […]
James Surowiecki wrote that “a large group of people are often smarter than the smartest people in them.” Hence the term “wisdom of the crowd was born”. In other words, a group’s aggregated answers to questions that involve quantity estimation have generally been found to be as good as, and often better than, the answer […]
We all can be better at presenting.I highly recommend attending ‘a train the trainer ‘course for all those presenting on a regular basis. please read my article
Far too often we undersell our team contribution.This article will help you to score more goals.
I had the pleasure to meet the Jon Moon in London in May. I recommend his books to you if you are involved in report writing or presentations.
How to make an IMPACT: Influence, inform and impress with your reports, presentations, business documents, charts and graphs
Peter Drucker in my mind is the Leonardo de Vinci of management. His work will be appreciated more in 400 years from now. We all would benefit from reading the Definitive Drucker, a book that offers a summary of the sage’s advice.
Drucker observed that many new initiatives failed as the wrong people were leading them. […]