Month: March 2012
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A Great Message On Leadership
Leadership is largely about how you communicate with your staff, Mr. Satov says. He warns against relying too heavily on e-mail – or the telephone, for that matter. “You cannot replace one-on-one meeting time with employees,” he says. “The tougher the message, the more live you should be.” Will the manager of the future be…
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I Love This Management Quote
If companies are to going to improve employee engagement “we have to start admitting that if employees aren’t as enthusiastic, impassioned, and excited as they should be, it’s not because work sucks; it’s because management blows.” Less managing, more passion is the key
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Promote Your Ideas Through Massive Effort
I previously wrote about the fear of someone stealing your ideas. What’s important is that you believe in your ideas enough to put massive effort into developing them to the point that you dominate the sector with your implementation. Once you have done this, you should have no fear in sharing them. Gone are the…
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You Don’t Learn About Success By Studying Failure
Over the course of my career I’ve had different conversations with people who defended their decisions to stay at a job that either wasn’t fulfilling, or didn’t offer them any room for growth. Frequently, one of the main reasons given for staying ends up being, “but at least I’m learning what not to do”. That…