Management

Are You a Manager or a Leader - or Both?
When I ask my coaching clients, mostly senior executives, what they do during a typical working day, I notice that most of them spend the majority of their time with management rather than with leadership issues. Read more →
Are you Aiming too High?
One of the reasons target setting is so hard, is that human emotion is left out of the equation.INTRODUCTIONWhat's your target achieving track record? Do you reach the majority of your targets within their set timeframes, or do you find yourself throwing up all kinds of rationalizations and reasons as to why the majority of your targets were not met? Read more →
Are YOU an Outstanding Manager / Leader?
Wisdom is one of the primary characteristics of an outstanding leader - leaders have an insatiable curiosity for discovering and learning new things. Leadership and learning go together. Read more →
Are You Asking Enough Questions?
Questions are a powerful communication tool that can help you advance your business, gain rapport with friends, and create harmony at home.Yet, many people avoid asking questions. Read more →
Are You At The Mercy Of Computer Geeks?
Many business owners are sabotaging their business without even realizing it. They are completely out of the loop when it comes to all technology aspects of their operation such as websites, computers and software. Read more →
Are You Cascading Your Strategy, or Fragmenting It?
INTRODUCTIONThe typical approach executive teams use to cascade, or roll out, their strategic direction is to produce a clear set of goals, objectives, critical success factors or a scorecard and then get each departmental or functional manager to take this on board and customize it for their part of the organisation. Read more →
Are You Committed?
By now, most people have strayed far from their New Year's Resolutions. Why? It's easier to stay the same than to change. It's uncomfortable. Instant results aren't seen. Read more →
Are You Culturally Savvy?
What do I mean by ?culturally savvy?? I am not talking about being politically correct, rather I am talking about simply being cognizant that there is a larger cultural impact on how business is conducted today than ever before. Read more →
Are You Defending Yourself from Your Own New Product Surprises?
Is your business to business company aligned with your customers, or only with your product development team? Ask the people in your company in sales, service, and support to tell you what really bothers them the most about the way new products are launched at your company. Read more →
Are You Driving Your ITSM Like a Stuntman or a Reckless Driver?
Dear Friend,Ideally, you should drive your IT like a wise stuntman and not a reckless driver. Prior to executing any daring stunt, a stuntman always studies and evaluates all the different parameters involved and all the possible scenarios with their associated level of risk. Read more →

Aphorism

The easiest and surest way for a fund to achieve the top quartile in investment performance among peer funds is to achieve the bottom quartile in expenses.

John Bogle


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