Leadership is process; it is continually in motion. Management is the product of that process, as well as its saviour. Left to itself, movement would travel on into infinity, there would be no boundary, no brakes.
Structure provides movement with a framework within which to move without overreaching itself. Management grounds leadership by setting up and [...]
Are leaders born or made?
Well, leaders are born, but only in la la land!!! You can be born with the traits of a leader but the right encouragement is a must for developing leadership skills.
While developing leadership skills at an early stage has its advantages, it’s never too late to start if you haven’t yet [...]
Change management is one of the most important disciplines of Information Technology Infrastructure management. The Wikipedia defines change management as “The objective of Change Management in this context is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes to controlled IT infrastructure, in order to minimise the [...]
In coaching clients on Leadership we’ve noticed an early sticking point. Though different people give different reasons, there is a common theme: at this point, the clients seem to be showing resistance to ’stepping up’ to Leadership. They of course don’t accept that it’s resistance; from where they stand it seems impossible to assume Leadership, [...]
Change in the workplace is accelerating. Technology development and infusion into new products is almost a daily event. Companies are in endless pursuit to drive costs down to become more competitive. Rightsizing, downsizing, reorganization with layoffs are the norm.
Changes driven by Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement are commonplace events. Global competitive pressures require new thinking, [...]
In the last several weeks we have been doing a series of teamwork one of the most important assets of a business. This week we want to talk about the rules of inspiring teams.
Implementing teamwork and communicating the goals for success is only half the battle in succeeding with teams. If left to nurture [...]
In 2003, the FBI undertook the massive initiative of consolidating its data into one centralized case management system and upgraded to the new Virtual Case File (VCF) system, a networked system used for tracking criminal cases. However, more than a year and $170 million later, the VCF was far from operational, and the costs continued [...]
Consider this… What if, instead of the tiny stylish mobile phone that you have today, you had to keep with you one of those massive phones prevalent in the early 1990’s? You can let go with a sigh of relief that it was just an idea; courtesy of the innovators who gave up many years [...]
The key personnel of the team of human resources of any organization is the Administrator of human resources. He would almost always be surrounded by telephones, files and records, employees as well as customers.
His base responsibility is as administrator. As such, he would be at the beck and call of [...]