Changing of the Guard
Everyone works for someone…that’s a good rule of thumb, anyway. So even though you are in a leadership position, you most likely have someone, or several someones, above you. Every now and then those faces will change, and you need to be ready when they do. A leadership transition has a number of effects. The […]
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- Jun, 24, 2015
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Jun, 24, 2015
Follow Through
You would think that, if someone assigns a project to an employee, that leader would want to follow through and ensure it actually gets done. But that’s not always the case. Too often, projects seem to fall through the cracks. But you and your employees are only successful if your projects are completed. If you […]
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- Jun, 22, 2015
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Be Careful About Using Teams
Some people are not happy unless they have got a whole team of people assigned to a task. But your use of teams needs to be balanced against the requirements, and the culture, of your organization. Try not ti use teams just because your leadership books tell you that teams are good. Use them when […]
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- Jun, 19, 2015
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Tell Them What You Want, Not How You Want It Done
You cannot do everything yourself, nor should you have to. Your employees need to focus on creating while you focus on leadership. If you have 20 people working for you, can you worry about all the details that each and every one of those 20 are dealing with? Of course not. You need to stay […]
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- Jun, 17, 2015
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What an Individual Sport Teaches Us About Collaboration
Rightly or wrongly, Singapore has a reputation as a very kiasu society, where “fear of losing out” dominates daily interactions. So it was great to see an example there last weekend of how to be exactly the opposite; the odd thing was, it came from a sport typically viewed as an individual, rather than team-based, […]
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- Jun, 12, 2015
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