The irony for most, newly appointed managers, is that the skills and qualities that earned them the promotion are very different from those that will serve them well as a leader, and they’re often left to figure it out on…
By end of the 19th century, New York City was struggling with a manure crisis; as horses ferried people and goods through the streets of Manhattan, they produced thousands of tons of waste, choking streets and creating a public health problem. In…
“Not all smart people work for you.” – Bill Joy, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems was famous for saying it and companies are well aware of this truth. That’s why, many seek to tap the potential of “open innovation” by…
In the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer survey, only 37% of global respondents rated CEOs to be sufficiently credible, perpetuating the pattern of low trust in recent years. These results are worrying because within an organization, trust in organizational leaders is linked to…
Managers are likely to get in situations where they allow teams to abdicate responsibility for solving their own problems; this is when they fail to understand their true role as a manager. The day you become a manager, the arithmetic…
Discussions amongst top management, tend to focus on leaderships positive outcomes, such as innovation, employee engagement, or organizational performance. However, for majority of employees, the leaders in their organizations are a source of stress rather than inspiration. Indeed, for every…
Surveys show that less than half of the employees, in various organizations and sectors, agree or strongly agree that their leaders are inspiring. Even fewer feel that their leaders foster engagement, or commitment, and model the culture & values of…
The toughest test of leaders is not how they deal with poor performance — it’s how they address mediocrity. Chronic mediocrity is a symptom of ineffective leadership, not of anaemic personnel. Mediocrity is not permanent. In fact, one can dramatically turn…
In recent times, with sluggish economy, executives in a desperate pursuit to grow are ignoring reason and setting growth targets that are overwhelming; the pressure to perform and grow is, put simply, too high. But as a manager, you have…
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