Category: Leadership
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#49: What can I do to engage more of my people?
According to research, roughly 1 out of every 2 employees are disengaged. Meaning, they turn up for work because they need the money. They’ll do what’s required of them but not with passion or enthusiasm. And you can forget them showing any initiative! If you have unengaged employees then the good news is that it’s…
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#46: Am I being way too reasonable with people?
‘The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’ I’m quoting George Bernard Shaw. And thinking about Steve Jobs. He had a reputation for being unreasonable. (As do many super successful CEOs.) Jobs simply wouldn’t accept the word…
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#45: Should I still be interfering?
Founding CEOs are not the same as professional CEOs. This question is for founding CEOs. That’s you – the guy or gal that had a great idea for a product or service and then through sheer will power and determination brought it to life. In the early days, it literally was your job to interfere…
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#44: In what instance are we acting like an ostrich?
Have you ever heard someone say this (or thought it yourself) … “Well, if they’re not making progress in their current position, or if they dislike it so much … why don’t they just admit it’s not for them?” It’s an interesting question! Admitting deficiency does seem like the logical and right thing to do…
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#43: Are we overloaded with ‘Peters’?
In 1968, Dr. Laurence J. Peter published the book: “The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong” highlighting a cause of ‘poor management’. If you’re not familiar with The Peter Principle … it simply states that in a hierarchical organization: ‘Every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence’. See, competent and highly skilled…