The business world offers many differing opinions regarding the leadership vs management debate. In 1989, Warren Bennis listed a dramatic comparison between leaders and managers. Differences included concepts such as “The manager imitates; the leader originates” and “The manager accepts the [...]
Through my years of interacting with successful business leaders, serial entrepreneurs, and top-level executives, I’ve noticed that many have common sayings or mantras that help guide their leadership philosophies. Here’s a roundup of the top five common sayings that guide my own leadership [...]
New ideas for innovative products and businesses are formed every day, yet few successfully disrupt their respective field. The execution of an idea can be as important as the idea itself, and the people who drive the execution are, in effect, the critical success factor. We identified some of the [...]
As times change and more millennials enter the labor force, the rules of management are changing. While universal skills like motivating individuals, encouraging teamwork and being a great communicator remain as golden as ever, the methods towards achieving them have gone through a sea change. [...]
If you search for “Compensation Plan,” “Compensation Planning,” or “How to Make a Compensation Plan” you will be met with over 40 million results for each search. Beyond that you will find that varying authors suggest that you should consider anywhere between 3 [...]
We’re living in an age where the importance of leadership is stressed at all times. Everyone is expected to be a leader, but rarely do people know how to be one. As an observation of group psychology, this three-minute video explains this concept pretty well:Header image courtesy of Olof Adell [...]