When asked “What’s the most difficult aspect of your job as a manager”? Most managers will say emphatically PEOPLE. Doesn’t matter what context every dilemma/challenge a manager faces has to do with people….according to most. I say according to most because I for one don’t believe that, on the contrary I think people make the […]
Recently, I gave a lecture on the perils of leadership and how our view of this sometimes vague attribute gets muddier almost every moment of every day. While going through the various challenges leaders of today experience I had one of those out of body experiences a lot of tenured lecturers have when you’re […]
Businesses large and small are falling victim to the seduction of change management. To keep up with the joneses of an evolving marketplace and conniving competitor behavior, often times the popular decision is to change course (“change” being the operative word). I’ve personally worked with companies who have featured change as a blanketed corporate growth […]
They say the two guarantees in life are death and taxes…and some will say it’s the taxes that cause the death. I’d like to make a 3rd appendage to that short list and argue that fighting “Change” can be deathly taxing to you. Change is guaranteed and quite frankly there’s absolutely nothing you and I […]
Perhaps the most difficult thing to do is convincing another person to change their mind, decision or behavior. While it’s fashionable to down tread the act of selling or marketing as a form of manipulation, the reality is a lot of things get done when someone changes their mind. Don’t worry this will not […]
