According to Guy Kawasaki, the famous blogger, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist, being likable is essential to any kind of success in business, organizations, management etc. If you think about it, have you ever been enchanted by someone you didn’t like? The answer is probably not. You need to be likable, no matter how great your product or service or idea is. Here are three ways to enhance your likability…
Category: Management and Leadership (Page 4 of 11)
When we ask participants in our business school and entrepreneurship classes what is more important: the business idea versus execution of it, we find that about half vote for the idea and the other half believe it is execution that matters. So is there one correct answer to this question, or does this really depend on the circumstances or situation? You decide…
An extract from an article by Mark Gottfredson, Steve Schaubert and Elizabeth Babcock. The first two are partners at Bain and Company consultants and the authors of the book The Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results. Elizabeth Babcock is president and CEO of the Crittenton Women’s Union, a Boston nonprofit dedicated to moving low-income women and families out of poverty.
From organizations as diverse as non-for-profits, coroprate for-profit companies and public sector entities, great organizations have one thing in common: great managers. These managers, in turn, share four simple management principles that they use to guide organizations from mere mediocrity to stand-out stardom…
If you are a manager, you will have to deal with all kinds of employees in your job, including handling difficult employees. It is an unfortunate reality that every organization has a number of these characters. It is also true that most managers don’t like handling a difficult employee; they will much rather ignore the issue or skirt around it because this is much easier to do. But remember, if you are a manager or a supervisor and you don’t know how to handle a difficult employee, then you become the difficult employee yourself…
Whether you are an executive, a first line manager, a senior manager in a leadership position or an entrepreneur trying to grow your business, the one thing that will determine your success will be that you get things done. Taking action is imperative – it is more important than your creativity, your IQ, your interpersonal skills and your technical knowledge combined…
Over the last 10 years, in the quest to build a sustainable business, I have discovered through personal experience what I did not know when I set out. This is that self motivation is the main reason that anyone succeeds at anything. I also learnt that there are some truths that anyone setting out on a challenging journey will encounter sooner or later…
It is a natural urge to want to impress others. After all, isn’t this what we learnt from parents, teachers, mentors etc that we should not be hesitant in trumpeting our achievements. Logic suggests that by impressing others, we will gain some influence with them. But there is a problem with this approach…
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