The Key is Not the Plan…It’s the Planning
A well-developed business plan, with lots of PowerPoint slides, appendices, bibliographies, all wrapped up in a nice shiny binder, is a great thing. For example, it makes a great doorstop. It can be used to prop up the corner of a crooked desk. It makes a helpful place to set your coffee. One thing is […]
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- Oct, 17, 2014
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Oct, 17, 2014
Think Inside a Bigger Box
The phrase “think outside the box” is one of those clichés that started out with a basis in a great idea but has been so overused that its original meaning was lost. I had a boss who took it one step further, telling us to “throw away the box.” On the surface it is an […]
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- Oct, 15, 2014
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Book Review: Free Agent Nation
Free Agent Nation is primarily designed for the free agent rather than the leader. Let’s put that up front. Still, the book is very useful for leaders for a couple reasons. First, because you might be a free agent yourself, “leading” an ad hoc collection of other free agents, and if you are in this […]
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- Oct, 13, 2014
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Management by Wandering Around
Back in the day there emerged a concept called Management by Walking Around. The idea behind it was pretty sound: you can’t lead people from behind a closed door, but instead need to get out there and see what they are doing, listen to what they have to say, and so on. It is a […]
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- Oct, 10, 2014
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What’s the Role of Management?
Very often, in discussions on leadership, someone will use the word “manage.” Invariably this leads someone to erupt, “I’m not a MANAGER. I’m a LEADER!,” or something along those lines. My suggestion: relax. Yes, it’s true: management and leadership are two different things. But management is part of successful leadership. Every manager may not be […]
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- Oct, 08, 2014
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