Whoever said, “Fail often, fail fast, fail cheap,” has my respect. One challenge, however, is organizational expectations. Some within your organization have a low tolerance for failure. Ken Cooper Look at the people who are called dumb. Look at the people who are called stupid or shortsighted. You know, there are an awfully lot of …
Category Archive: Leadership
Jan 17
Escape the crowd
Difficult people exist at work as in all facets of life, and they come all shapes and sizes: Some talk constantly and never listen. Others must always have the last word. Some fail to keep commitments. Others criticize anything that they did not create themselves. They can take the form of a cut-you-downer, a two-faced …
Sep 03
Lets start ABCD once again….
Whatever your idea is, subject it first to the “A” element: Anticipate objections. Ask yourself who is likely to offer what objections to the plan you will propose. Once you’ve identified the individuals and the specific negative reactions you’re likely to encounter, you can take steps to prepare yourself for the persuading you’ll have to …
Sep 02
What do you want to be?
A Manager is the person responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals, monitoring their work, and taking corrective action when necessary. An Entrepreneur is someone who has the skills, passion and financial backing to create wealth from new business opportunities and is willing to take full responsibility for its success …
Aug 30
Principles of Leadership
Know yourself and seek self-improvement – In order to know yourself, you have to understand your own attributes. Seek self-improvement, continually strengthening your attributes. This can be accomplished through self-study, formal classes, reflection, practice, and interacting with others. Be technically proficient – As a leader, you must know your job and those of your subordinates. …
Aug 17
Is Inspiration the Motivation? Does it matters?
Motivation – to provide a motive, to induce, incite, impel Inspiration – to breathe life into, to arouse someone else, particularly to arouse something animating inside them or to enliven. As leaders we assume that our role is to motivate others to achieve something, to reach a desired goal, or produce something. Our main focus …
Aug 16
Is Leader a Joker???
The leader’s only means of leading are decisions. The leader decides something for, or on behalf of, others. however, while you may probably direct soldiers to march in step or line workers so they respect the piece-work, the notion of leading to learn is a contradiction in terms. as a leader I can decide that …
Aug 16
The Art of Asking Questions
• Avoid Complexity: use simple, conversational language • Avoid leading and loaded questions • Avoid ambiguous questiions: be as specific as possible • Avoid double-barreled questions • Avoid making assumptions • Avoid negative questions Leading question A question that suggests or implies a certain answer. Causes: •The bandwagon effect e.g. Most Saudis have stopped eating …
Aug 11
“DISAPPEAR” a tool of Leader
If Leader need to be permanently present, Leader is not doing job properly. He/she is really showing people that he/she don’t trust them, that he/she isn’t prepared to train them to do job. Too many bosses demotivate their people by being there all the time, interfering and getting in the way of an effective operation. …
Aug 11
Four ways to change
There are only four ways that you can change anything about yourself, your life or relationship with others. – Brian Tracy Do more of something Do less of something Begin something Stop something Among these four ways stopping something is the hardest one. Starting any new innovative or stupid task what ever the cause and …
Aug 08
Leadership 101
Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and discipline . . . Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violence. Excessive discipline and sternness in command result in cruelty. When one has …
Aug 07
Leaders’ power
Positional authority – that of role, job, or status and the extent of authority conferred by superiors, in terms of available resources, budget, headcount and decision parameter. Expertize – vested in a person’s competence, in-depth or specialist knowledge and skills, or particular – often unique –expertize and abilities. Information – access to facts, data and …