As a leader you must be liked, not loved
If you’re the leader can’t be one of the boys. You can’t gossip by the coffee machine. You can’t be friends with your staff. You can’t be loved. If you need to be
If you’re the leader can’t be one of the boys. You can’t gossip by the coffee machine. You can’t be friends with your staff. You can’t be loved. If you need to be
Both caterpillars and pigs are ugly. If you wait long enough, a caterpillar will turn into a butterfly. No matter how long you wait, a pig will always be a
You have to do your best, try your hardest, all the time. Everyone knows that. The secret is not to try too hard. Don’t force it. Trying too hard leads
There will be times where you must have hard conversations with your staff Hard conversations are not possible with friends. You can’t be friends with your staff. By all
You’ve had a big setback in the business. Lost a big customer, or partner, or employee. It has been painful, the company is wounded. Around the wound there is an
Everyone has an ego. And everyone protects it, consciously and unconsciously. For example, if you have an ugly nose, your brain eventually tricks your eyes into not seeing it every
Fact: Your parents love you. They do not want you to be hurt. Having lived life, they will know the only way to avoid pain is to avoid taking
Here is a short list for setting up your own business, especially for those coming out of big companies in the brave new world of start-ups… Do not
Being generous is one of the golden rules of life. Easy to do when times are good. A lot harder when you’re in the vortex. That’s when it counts.
If you uncover scandal/dodginess with a person/business you’re considering hiring/dealing with, pause. Reconsider. Ignore all proclamations that it was a “once-off”, that there will be no more unexpected surprises. Wherever
It’s only in the fight that you find your true friends. So don’t 100% trust anyone until you’ve been in a fight.
You need a goal, and you need a plan to get you to your goal. The goal is more important than the plan. Get that wrong and everything else