Please Define Leadership
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02 Nov
2009
2009
Researchers of leadership have produced theories about leadership involving traits, situational interaction, function, behavior, power, vision and values, charisma, and intelligence among others. And of course, each of the theories provides different definition.
How do we define leadership then?
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Business leadership is a process that grows followers and makes them want to achieve the preset organizational goals. The leadership includes activities like visioning, building great teams, mentoring...
Qualities of a Great Leader
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27 Oct
2009
2009
Qualities of a great leader - which are they? 
What makes a great leader?
Are the traits of a good leader inbred or acquired?
Why should I know the six charecteristics of a great leader? How do they help me?
Leader versus Manager
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19 Oct
2009
2009
What is the difference between leader and manager?
Which is preferable: manager or leader?
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Both, the leader and the manager have their important role in the contemporary business life. Manager and leaders are different. Between leader and manager, however, a fruitful cooperation must be established for the sake of company’s success.
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MANAGERS
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GAIN - SYNERGY
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LEADERS
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Focus on systems
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» Top organization «
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Focus on people
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Accept status-quo
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» Improvement «
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Challenge status quo
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Secure resources
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» Empowerment «
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Create vision
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Do things right
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» Effectiveness «
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Do the right things
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Coordinate
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» Teamwork «
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Inspire
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Reduce risk
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» High results «
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Seize opportunities
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Maintain
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» Growth «
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Develop
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Table: Differences and synergy of managers and leaders
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Leaders and Feedback
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16 Oct
2009
2009
The biggest
present a manager can do for her/his employees is to support their success and self-understanding.
To assist someone to match his own desires to his real abilities is a priceless gift.
- I entered my boss office 160 cm high, and left it - 180 cm tall.
Business Case Study 2. The Empty Soapbox
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16 Oct
2009
2009
Business Case Study 2. The Empty Soapbox
One of the biggest Japanese cosmetics companies received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. The company isolated the problem to the proper assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some unknown reason, very rarely, a soapbox passed through the assembly line empty. Management asked the engineers department to solve the problem.
Big Company Solution
The engineers department constructed an ...
Small Company Solution
But when a small company was posed with the same problem, it did ...
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