Month: November 2014

The Wisdom of Giving Thanks

This is Thanksgiving week in the United States. It’s a time to give thanks to your coworkers, your employees, your customers, and vendors. And especially

Changing the Micromanager

In the news last week were Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, and other former members of the Obama cabinet decrying the micromanagement that has characterized the

Chances are you have only one of these two critical leadership skills

Excellent companies–those who excel for the long-term–are good at both the analytics of costs and efficiencies, and in improving their organization’s ability to learn, innovate,

The Key to Stop Micromanaging

Growing a business is not easy.　 The challenge is particularly acute for entrepreneurs who successfully launch a business, but soon find that the leadership style