During one of my senior management coaching sessions last week, I posed the question: “So just what is it that makes a company successful?” I had the group whiteboard the exercise and brainstorm around it with some interesting results. For example: Unsurprisingly, the finance orientated managers talked about healthy cash flow; strong financial foundations; low […]
The Present is Understandably Occupying Most of Our Thoughts, But …
“My interest in the future is because I am going to spend the rest of my life there” Charles Kettering As we learn to live with COVID-19, all action that sales management takes must be predicated on the necessity not only to create an effective management relationship, but also to maintain it. Thus, you need […]
Leadership is Important, but Let’s Not Forget the Followers!
Some researchers prefer to move the focus away from the leader altogether and to examine instead what makes others prepared to follow these individuals. In 1988, an important article published in the Harvard Business Review, entitled “In Praise of Followers” began to shift attention away from the machismo of leadership to the less glamorous side […]
Today, More Than Ever, Managing Is All About Motivating
Don’t be under any illusion that right now, you absolutely have to give motivation priority. Don’t be mistaken, motivation makes a difference – a big difference. People perform better when they feel positive about their future. They are emerging from a place defined by fear, uncertainty and insecurity. You must: Recognize that active motivation is […]
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