Not all leaders deserve the position they hold, or even the title of ‘leader’. In other words, all leaders aren’t created equal. That’s the observation…
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Many organisations think they can solve problems by giving their workers a recommended reading list or sending them on a one-day management programme. However, there…
The role of Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) is relatively new in business, but it’s increasingly significant. The duties involved can vary depending on the organisation,…
Tony Schwartz uses his blog on HBR.org to highlight the attributes that every great leader needs – and few actually possess. He reflects: "Over the…
Thinkers commonly make the gross error of confusing what they see with what they want to see; the great and good thinker only forecasts futures…
The difficult question of how boards should deal with the financial crisis is discussed by top consultants Ram Charan and Tom Neff via an interview…
Growing numbers of employees want to work more flexibly in order to achieve a better balance between their jobs and the rest of their lives.…
Few managers today can have escaped exposure to the management industry. They have very likely been taught some aspect of management, been exposed to some…
‘Mavericks’ are by definition rare beasts in business management or any other organised activity. The dictionary definition of itself explains the rarity. The word is…
What’s the most valuable attribute that a manager can possess and develop? The last time this question bobbed up, the answer was ‘rare sense’ –…
Why do business idols, both individuals and firms, develop feet of clay? For anybody who believes this cannot happen to their leader, or their organisation,…
When work is offshored, whether to India, China, Russia, etc, one key question that the end-user organisation needs to resolve is how to staff the…
The first 100 days in any new job are highly charged with opportunity, expectation and, yes, tension. Amplify those emotions if a newly hired person…
Chaos theory maintains that a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world can starts a chain of events that leads to a…
When dealing with an organisation – from inside or outside, and whether as customer, employee, investor, or supplier – there always seems to be scope…
Management and leadership alike obviously and entirely depend on the brain – the most complex organ in the human body and one that, even today,…
Everybody makes mistakes. But the biggest mistake of all is failure to learn from error. The lessons of misjudgements, miscalculations and mismanagement teach more than…
Top managers have never lost their fondness for declaring that people are the 'greatest asset' that their corporations possess. Like other popular maxims, this one…
All companies are management academies, good or bad. Very few concerns see themselves in this light. But companies of all sizes inculcate methods, judge managerial…
Every senior manager makes a critical decision every day of his or her working life. Mostly, the decision is unconscious, but is no less vital…
How the boss behaves has a profound effect on how other managers perform – and thus on the performance of the entire outfit. That's a…
To achieve anything, you must have a direction, a purpose, an aim. Without that fundamental bearing, you can never know how to channel your resources…
Success in management and success in sports have the same roots. In business as in games, players must master two critical aspects: the techniques (including…
I get the feeling that in the constant struggle between leadership and management, leadership is getting the upper hand. The conflict arises because the failure…
Jack Welch, chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001, was a highly emotional leader who deliberately used his emotional force as a…