Tag: leadership

Managing a Team Well 

I love this wonderful quote from author Eric Barker: “Being a manager is like being the parent of a very large, very dysfunctional family where

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Organizational Structure 

Why don’t more people use the organization’s structure effectively?  I find myself asking this question frequently about corporate, private, public, and nonprofit institutions.  Leaders create

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Be Decisive 

Very few things inspire confidence more than swift, decisive action.  Many organizations find themselves and their leaders in difficult, challenging, even crisis situations. This can

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Know When to Leave 

I recently saw an outstanding interview excerpt with Jerry Seinfeld in which he confirmed he turned down one hundred million dollars to create a tenth

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The Leader’s Job 

In many owner-operated businesses (this is true for solopreneurs, too), the leader feels an obligation to work the hardest. It’s the old “lead by example”

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Great Expectations 

“My people aren’t meeting expectations!”  A common frustration I hear from business owners. My reply is often, “Do they understand the expectations?” Employees are not

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What Must Be Done 

Dwight Eisenhower famously described leadership as, “the art of getting to others to want to do what must be done”.  Here are a few thoughts

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