I’ve been on a management course I was told that there are only 4 things you need to worry about if you want to be a good manager: Provide a clear direction. Ensure everybody knows where they are supposed to be going. Give people space. Stand back and let them go in the direction you […]
Do You Have to Control Everything?
If there is one thing that upsets me… Really upsets me it is being controlled. Being told where I have to be, when I have to be there, what I need to do, which meeting I need to go to… I hate being controlled. Of course it cuts both ways. If I am hell-bent on […]
How to be a Amazing Manager
I am going to teach you how to be an amazing manager. These are the secrets that will make you the world’s best boss and put you on the career path to greatness — would I lie? The amazing manager’s 5 point plan: What you need to do is… Get out of your office Talk […]
Who Taught You How to Manage?
I’ve been to business school After 2 years of studying and a plethora of exams I was awarded an M.B.A. I learnt about: Operations Marketing Finance Employment Law Book after book after book. Some of it was fascinating, some of it was tedious but I got the letters after my name and it got me […]
W.A.I.T.
In his book To Sell is Human Dan Pink puts forward a simple idea. Whatever your walk of life you sell things: My wife sells doing the dishes to me I am selling ideas to you You sell projects to sponsors Every day we try to coax, cajole and convince people to do something for us. […]