The test of failure of leadership and failure of management are two concepts that must be differentiated.
Leadership is the power to harness the members of the organization to make a group decision; the leader in this case motivates his group to do more in terms of day to day business management decisions.
Management, on the other hand, is not leadership; it is a decision making model based on the available resourc
Your office is a physical representation of all your and your employees’ hard work. It’s supposed to be a place where things are getting done. As such, it should be an area that’s comfortable and favorable to work in. It should also have everything that your staff needs to do their regular tasks. But if you notice that people in your office don’t get to be as productive as you expect them to
Your office represents your business. When business partners and clients or your motorcycle lawyer goes to your office, you want them to be impressed with how it looks. This is the reason why you like it to look good: it reflects your business and the state of its profitability. You want it painted with a refreshing yet still with formal color and a corporate atmosphere. You also want it to have stylish decors and
The devil is in the details, they say. This is true whether someone is dating, constructing a building, putting together a winning military strategy, or selling a knife block concept to a potential partner. History has proven time and again that little details can become big players in virtually anything that gets done. A “little detail” can be blamed for kicking off the First World War. A little detail
Especially in the starting out stages of a business, it is important to make the most of your resources. Of course this is true at any level of business, but when you finally make it to the “big time”, there are more resources to go around.
Having limited resources will not keep you from being effective, but it does require more creativity along with your conservation. And the thought processes and acti
Even in today’s high-tech era, there are still many instances when clients need to go to a company’s office to negotiate or close a deal. When they go to an office, there are many things that they notice like its size, design of the furniture, and so on. You might think that these things aren’t very important, but that’s not true. The appearance of your office tells many things about your bu
Some many great things came from life at sea. OK, I am willing to allow arguments to go on about bell bottom jeans. (I still like them, but that shows how old I am!) On a frosty evening there is nothing better than a thick, woolen pea-coat with the collar turned up to turn back the chill. Where did the thick wool coat come from? Sailors needed something warm for standing around on cold foggy nights while their ship
When people reach a certain age, in my case 51, they tend to look back at their lives as if it were a road they had just traveled. They see speed bumps, craters in the road, the flotsam and jetsam of blown car parts littering the road, and One Way Only signs. When I looked back along the road I had traveled, the one thing that bothered me the most was the One Way Only sign. Blown car parts signifying life lesson we
The business world is very challenging, it always has been, but in a slow economy, the challenge is greater.
If you are starting a business at this time, careful planning is especially important. The more thought out your plan for your company is, the more smoothly your company will run. You need to write a business plan: one that is well thought out and has room for contingencies. You will need that business plan
Next to having a good product or service, marketing your business is the most important thing that you can do to guarantee success. You want your company name to be recognized, and associated with quality and good service.
To begin, know your target group. Are companies or individuals the most likely to buy your product or service? Where are the companies located, how many employees are there, who makes purchasing