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Stifling dissent and debate on your team is not leadership

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Business Daily | 1 Comment »
“Any leader needs frank advice, and the biggest obstacle to receiving it is often the leader himself. Even a polite and level-headed boss will be tempted to cut naysayers out of the loop. Knowing this, sensible juniors will avoid expressing criticism or grim tidings if at all possible. “If you ...click here to read the full article.
No company can be all things to all customers

Monday, March 1st, 2010
Business Daily | 6 Comments »
“”It is very true that we do not have the high-end ‘mind share’ product, as we speak, but of course we are working to get there,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia president and chief executive. At its investor day late last year, Nokia hinted it would produce major new devices this ...click here to read the full article.
Why this culture of layoffs hurts good business

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Business Daily | 3 Comments »
“Companies have always cut back on workers during economic downturns, but over the last two decades layoffs have become an increasingly common part of corporate life – in good times as well as bad. Companies now routinely cut workers even when profits are rising. Some troubled industries seem ...click here to read the full article.
The key to success: enjoy yourself throughly!

Monday, February 15th, 2010
Business Daily | 2 Comments »
“Because starting a business is a huge amount of hard work, requiring a great deal of time, you had better enjoy it. When I started Virgin from a basement flat in west London, I did not set out to build a business empire. I set out to create something I ...click here to read the full article.
Toyota’s communication lapses are compounding its woes

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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“When Toyota told the world of the recall of its cars in January, one of its first public statements was made by a Japanese executive who faced television cameras wearing a surgical mask. Masks are common during Japan’s cold season. However, crisis management experts are seizing on the image as ...click here to read the full article.
Apple’s remarkable ability to generate product emotion

Monday, February 1st, 2010
Business Daily | No Comments »
“This Wednesday, Steven P. Jobs will step to the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and unveil a shiny new machine that may or may not change the world. In the magician’s world, that’s called “the reveal.” And the most magical part? Even as ...click here to read the full article.
Are you REALLY serious about your succession process?

Monday, January 25th, 2010
Business Daily | No Comments »
“Look in the mirror. If you really don’t want your potential successor to get the job, don’t kid yourself. There is a very strong probability that this person will never get the job. You will just look for problems until you find a reason to disqualify him. Don’t jerk around ...click here to read the full article.
Learning from Toyota’s faltering drive

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Business Daily | 5 Comments »
“Less than two years ago Toyota swept past an ailing General Motors (GM) to become the world’s biggest carmaker. Now its newly installed boss, Akio Toyoda, the 53-year-old grandson of the founder, says that the firm could be locked in a spiral of decline. Toyota is still a hugely formidable ...click here to read the full article.
Are managers motivated mainly by money? Think again

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Business Daily | 3 Comments »
“Companies around the world are cutting back their financial-incentive programs, but few have used other ways of inspiring talent. We think they should. Numerous studies have concluded that for people with satisfactory salaries, some nonfinancial motivators are more effective than extra cash in building long-term employee engagement in most sectors, ...click here to read the full article.
Learning from the fall of the Celtic Tiger

Monday, January 4th, 2010
Business Daily | No Comments »
“FOR over a decade from the mid-1990s until 2007, Ireland’s economy grew more rapidly than any other in western Europe. Foreign investment poured in. Success at selling abroad made Ireland one of the world’s largest exporters per head. Opportunity attracted the enterprising. In less than a dozen years, a country ...click here to read the full article.
In 2010, appoint more women to your board of directors

Monday, December 28th, 2009
Business Daily | No Comments »
“The number of female directors on FTSE 100 boards has stalled at 131 over the past year, a report has said. Furthermore, the number of firms with female executive directors fell from 16 to 15, the Cranfield School of Management report found. There was also a “disappointing” drop in the ...click here to read the full article.
Biblical wisdom for the business leader

Monday, December 21st, 2009
Business Daily | 2 Comments »
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers came, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. ...click here to read the full article.
The 5 signs of a dysfunctional Kenyan organisation

Monday, December 14th, 2009
Business Daily | 3 Comments »
“Sign No. 1: Conspicuously posted vision or value statements are filled with vague but important-sounding words like “excellence” and “quality.” Sign No. 2: Bringing up a problem is considered as evidence of a personality defect rather than as an observation of reality. Sign No. 3: If by chance there are ...click here to read the full article.
Are we all faking it in the office?

Monday, December 7th, 2009
Business Daily | No Comments »
“…by far the biggest workplace taboo is the truth – or at least any truth that punctures the self-importance of work. A friend tells me that she was recently on a global conference call and each person in turn introduced themselves and said where they were. One person said she ...click here to read the full article.
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