You are a top manager and you are driving along a beautiful two-seated sport car on a stormy winter night. As you pass by a bus stop you see three people waiting for the bus: a good friend of yours; the perfect woman; an old lady who looks as if she is about to die.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to?

Skillful application of the leadership model provides employees with information regarding: what is required of them, what is their "correct" behavior, how do they succeed, what will they get when the goal is achieved and the "correct behavior" sustained ...

You have just been promoted to Manager Environmental Relations.  Congratulations! Your first task is to plant in the company garden 10 cypresees in 5 rows, 4 cypresses in each row.

When asked what can go wrong in business meetings a group of USA managers gave 1305 examples (in 1987).  15 of them accounted for 85% of all the problems. Let’s look at them:

• Starting late
• Getting off the subject
• Disorganized
• Ineffective meeting leadership
• Irrelevant information discussed ....