Leadership

3 Reasons Management is hard and ways to make it easier. We define management and discuss why interaction with the people you manage is not like social interaction. There's a different skill set involved. This video is a bit different…

It takes commitment to build a business - or for that matter, to build anything. But what exactly does that word mean? I've been thinking about it lately and I've come up with this short cut. Commitment is not measured…

Mark Suster just posted a great piece on taking time to THINK as an Entrepreneur. Here’s the money quote (paraphrased). 1. I think the best leaders are Thinkers. They often need teams of people to help them Plan how to…

It's simple: Give them what they want! Hey, just because it's simple doesn't mean it's easy. If you don't have happy employees this will change everything. I mean EVERYTHING. The good news is it works. And the better news is…

Animal trainers have a saying "It's never the animal's fault" Because animals don't speak, trainers need to find non-English methods to communicate what they want. If the animal doesn't perform, they try to find a better way to communicate, they…

I agree with Peter Drucker that this one is overrated when running a company. Skill in management is much more important. Nevertheless, leadership can be a useful skill, and it's much simpler than you'd believe by reading or listening to…

Being a leaders means people follow you. That's all. If you look historically at the leaders that people followed fiercely, you'll find some of the most destructive, self-serving, and vicious leaders in government, religion and yes business. Hitler was Time…