Do you hire stupid people or do they just get stupid after working for you? Your role as a manager is to teach your people what they need to know to accomplish what you’ve hired them to do. If you aren’t – you’re robbing them of their opportunity to grow. Managers must do 3 things very well. They must be able to communicate, educate and delegate effectively. Great article by Jeff Haden. Well worth the read. – Enjoy
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Why Your Next Board Member Should Be A Woman? | Share on LinkedIn
Move over gents there’s a new leader in town. According to research conducted by – The Centre for Women’s Business – 10.1 Million firms are owned by women – employing more than 13 Million people. The total number of sales generated by firms owned by women topped 1.1 Trillion dollars back in 2008. (These are American numbers but women are outpacing men in starting small businesses here in Canada as well)
Mary Matalin, former Counselor to President George W. Bush and V.P. Cheney may have said it best – “Women around the World are rewriting history at a ferocious pace with or without man’s permission”. After all it could be said that men aren’t doing such a great job managing things lately.
Great article well worth the read. Enjoy 🙂 Stay Focused
Why Your Next Board Member Should Be A Woman? | Share on LinkedIn.
What Women Want in Their Leaders – Athena Vongalis-Macrow and Andrea Gallant – Harvard Business Review
How do you choose who you want to follow? What traits do you look for in your leaders? When you think of a leader that you admire – what is it about their style that you identify with? We may not all want to lead – but we do get a say in who we’ll follow.
The Days of “Manager Knows Best” Are Ending – Sujai Hajela – Harvard Business Review
Your success as a manager will be based on your ability to communicate and interact effectively with others. – It’s no longer totally dependent on what you know. Do what you do well and delegate the rest. Learn to give up control to get control. Great article – well worth the read. – Enjoy
The Days of “Manager Knows Best” Are Ending – Sujai Hajela – Harvard Business Review.
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