Leader vs. Manager vs. Executive

Leader vs. Manager vs. Executive … one of these 3 terms does not belong here. Which one? Leader! In business, leadership is a trait of a manager useful to exert formal authority in interacting with others. It is also a trait of the informal leaders, people that are managers of expertise. Leadership is a concept to be...

Posted by Emanuel on Feb 5, 2012 | 0 comments

Money – motivation vs. fair trade

It’s a business! It’s just business! – The two most used expressions that justify the action of an employer. For an employee the company is supposed to be a family, a place in which you feel good, this being the main motivation and not the money. How about we treat this as a business for both sides? It is...

Posted by Emanuel on Feb 4, 2012 | 0 comments

You should have answered this question yesterday!

How do we grow our revenues? How can we manage costs better in the future? How can we retain our customers? Beep!!! Too late! You should have answered this question yesterday! While your manager uses the words business development strategy even to decide how many rolls of toilet paper will be bought next month, nothing...

Posted by Emanuel on Feb 3, 2012 | 0 comments

Leadership vs. Followership

Leadership and/vs. Management. One or other is better. You can not have one without the other. A lot of talk on this subject. I am convinced that we need even more. There is gold in the research data and there are diamonds in the experience of seasoned executives. Without saying anything new: a leader is the one that influences...

Posted by Emanuel on Feb 3, 2012 | 0 comments

Do not underestimate the other one’s greed

An effective negotiation should be a win-win situation … as long as you understand its complexity. It is mainly a form of conflict management. In a conflict somebody should win. When the parties involved understand that the enemy is the issue, everybody wins. There are many conflict management strategies and we will...

Posted by Emanuel on Jan 28, 2012 | 0 comments