Lessons In Leadership The Difference Between Managing and Leading Companies need both great managers and great leaders Which describes you best A. I get great satisfaction by checking things off my list and accomplishing tasks in a measurable way. If I can’t see that progress is being made, I’m restless and will poke around to get things moving again. I am good at supervising […] Written by BPH March 16, 2017October 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lessons In Leadership Is Deal-Making Compromising Your Corporate Strategy? When is a great deal not the right deal? When it’s not on strategy. I’m always surprised when I hear business people talk about making a “strategic” move when they are simply taking opportunistic action. There’s no shame in taking a flyer on something that just pops up; it may be the right course of […] Written by BPH April 28, 2016October 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lessons In Leadership The Power of Three The power of three is hardwired into our brains. From bedtime stories (The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, etc.) to literary trilogies (Sophocles, Trollope, Tolkien), three seems the right number. Even the stories of world religions and folk mythology use some sort of trinity – from the Three Magi to the three Fates. Aesthetically, […] Written by BPH January 14, 2016October 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lessons In Leadership The Goal of ‘Goaling’ I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the advantages of “goaling.” Not goal-tending (although the hockey term has its business applications) but actual goaling – the habit of listing our goals and working the list. It seems every business conversation I’ve had lately relates to the challenge of finding success in times of massive change. […] Written by BPH December 9, 2015October 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
