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Business Fables and Management Lessons
Powerful lessons for CEOs, executives, leaders, managers and marketers on business, management, corporate strategies, leadership, and decision making tools, drawn from famous fables and stories.
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Effective Delegation of Work
2007-10-04 09:18:00
Effective managers and leaders know that they can climb greater heights and achieve remarkable goals only if they delegate work to the good, able and talented people around them. The logic is simple – if they are able to rope in more brains and bodies to do the tasks, they are able to get more things done within the same time frame. Having these tasks out of the managers' hands will free up ...
 
Workaholics with No Balanced Life
2007-09-21 13:22:00
There is no indefinite job security. Market conditions fluctuate so fast that workers would rather play it safe by working into the good books of the employer. What better way to do that than to be the first person to step into the office and the last to leave. What started out as pure work enthusiasts end up being workaholics. Workaholics' lives center around work and nothing else. ...
 
My Boss is an Idiot
2007-09-14 08:34:00
Working hard and being extremely competent in what you do is not the key to getting a promotion. Not when you have an idiot and a fool as a boss, supervisor or manager. All of us may at one time or other work with bosses who belong to that “no-brain, no-skill” category, and our favorite happy-hour conversations always center upon how these bosses got to that position of power in the first ...
 
Control and Overcome Procrastination
2007-09-04 07:25:00
Procrastination – putting off till tomorrow things that we should do today. At some point in our lives, we are either guilty of procrastination or know of friends or colleagues who are. Is procrastination a bad thing? Would you call procrastinators lazy? Are they poor decision makers? Would you marry or stay married to a procrastinator? As you will read, we do not view procrastination as ...
 
Self Help, Perseverance and Success
2007-08-24 10:17:00
A startup business crumbles after 2 years and needs a couple of million dollars of funds to keep it afloat. Entrepreneur A seeks financial help from banks, negotiates scheme of arrangement with creditors, and when all these don't materialize, he prays that a white knight will come to his rescue. Entrepreneur B adopts a similar approach with banks and creditors. However, instead of waiting ...
 
Higher Purpose and Job Satisfaction
2007-08-15 07:31:00
A purpose is a mission statement. An organization invariably has one, which it expects every employee to live up to. Sure, the employee will do what he is told to do, but he is motivated to work for a different reason. He works because he has to support a family; he has to work in order to survive. Although the employee is committed to the work, there is no alignment between the employee's ...
 
Turn Adversity into Opportunity
2007-08-08 08:12:00
A life without obstacles is as good as dead. Whether they are everyday problems or crisis situations, how we handle them will determine how good we are as a leader. The weak leaders crumble when the odds stack up and surrender even before any attempt to overcome the obstacles. The great and successful leaders on the other hand see adversity as a challenge. Against all odds, they rise above ...
 
Teamwork - A Competitive Advantage
2007-07-31 10:01:00
To value the importance of teamwork, we have to appreciate the value of every individual. Many managers think that they are good team players. When they get into action, they begin to “take charge” of the whole process and dictate their beliefs. They are deaf to other people's inputs and suggestions. Sometimes, they may ask for ideas from the members and appear receptive. At the back of ...
 
Boss's pet and Favoritism
2007-07-18 10:36:00
Favoritism is a human trait found in many relationships, e.g., parent-children, teacher-students. As long as there are two persons we have to interact with, it is in our nature to compare and favor one over the other. CEOs, employers, bosses and managers who deny that they have pet employees are deceiving themselves. They should accept that they have, but be skillful enough to manage the ...
 
Value Ideas and Staff Suggestions
2007-07-11 08:24:00
Many of the success stories begin with simple ideas. In the course of work, your employees or staff may likewise have creative ideas and innovative solutions to carry out their work more effectively and efficiently. Sometimes, they improvise the processes without the Management being aware of it. It could very well be that the same improvisation can be applied to other work processes across ...
 
 
 
 
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