What is leadership and how does it differ from management? This is a question that I am asked on a regular basis. While there are many ways that question can be answered, I have my own personal thoughts on how each differs from the other. I think managers are more maintainers; they tend to …
Rise Performance Group’s founder, Mark Fenner, recently wrote an article for Sprint Business Future of Work, discussing the difference between “leading” and “managing.” Essentially, the old ways of managing employees – making sure they were at their desks getting their work done — don’t work anymore. Technology has changed the speed at which other things …
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Have you ever had that sick feeling in your gut that your boss is just not into you? Maybe they continually criticize your work or maybe they are indifferent. They don’t show any passion. You know in your gut that you are just not connecting. They are not bought in to what you are bringing …
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Here are some of my favorite change quotes: Changing things is central to leadership. If you are a leader, you will continually deal with change…because you are trying to convince people to go forward and to go forward means there is movement and whenever there is movement there is change. Leaders have to get their …
This time of year is great for reflecting. As a leader, it’s important that you wind business down for the holidays and preserve some time for yourself to think and to recharge. Maybe you’ll do that thinking while you’re looking at the twinkling lights on the Christmas tree after everyone else has gone to bed. …
Have you ever had somebody on your team that’s withdrawn or someone whose performance has dropped and you just know that there is something going on? Isn’t that one of the most frustrating things we deal with as leaders? If our employees would just tell us the problem, we could fix it and help improve …
Have you ever had issues with getting your team to buy in to your vision? As leaders, this can be really frustrating. We have ideas that will impact the bottom line—but only if we can get our team on board. Challenge: Team Buy-In Leaders are about change. Leaders have vision. Leaders need to influence their …
Trust is the cornerstone of leadership. To be effective as a leader, you must gain the trust of those people you want to influence. If they can’t trust you, how can you expect them to follow you? And conversely, you have to demonstrate your trust in them. It is a two-way street. Yet this is …
Who can you trust? Not politicians. Not Congressmen. Not General Motors. Not the head of IRS. And, forgive us, but not even the President of the United States if you read the polls. There is a resounding theme in news reports these days, and it is “Integrity”. Unfortunately, it has emerged because there are …
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How much do you charge for your services? It is a question every business owner struggles to answer and a quota corporate managers wrestle to maintain in a world of very tight margins. Do you compete based on economies of scale, or do you specialize in a more customized boutique business where quality is …
