“Bad companies are destroyed by the crisis. Good companies survive them. Great companies are improved by them” – Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel I know the commonly accepted thinking is that to be more successful you need to address and leverage your strengths, not your weaknesses. I have even written an article on this previously. […]
VIEW POSTSix key guidelines to manage conflict effectively When dealing with a conflict you want to manage it effectively. Conflicts are difficult to resolve as resolutions are rarely reached which everyone is happy with. A conflict that is well-managed provides the basis for an approach that everyone will accept, commit to and action. Remember, you want […]
VIEW POSTLeadership and management may complement each other, but they are very different Most people use the words “management” and “leadership” interchangeably and usually only distinguish between the two by where the person is in the organizational hierarchy. Here you have ‘leaders’ at the top, ‘managers’ in the middle, and ‘labor’ at the bottom. Simple, but […]
VIEW POSTHow to avoid being a cost-cutter and create a thriving business from managing your costs. When times are hard the knee-jerk reaction for many businesses is to cut costs. Don’t do it! Or to put it another way – don’t do it! Before we get into this I want to give you an operational definition […]
VIEW POSTFour key strategies to use when managing conflict, and when to use them When assessing what strategy to use in managing the conflict there are two key criteria: the importance of the outcome and the importance of the relationship. Their relative importance will vary with each situation. The four quadrants in the above matrix are: […]
VIEW POSTHow to determine and assess future leaders, and where and how to focus your efforts in their development. You are looking to develop future leaders for your business. How can you do this so that you can consistently evaluate them across the board? What is more important when you evaluate them – their past performance […]
VIEW POSTDiscipline Without Punishment “We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment, Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone” – Zig Ziglar by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Disciplining people has always been a difficult matter for managers with many being uncomfortable with its adversarial nature. […]
VIEW POSTThe Only Two Ways of Making Money – Bundling & Unbundling Is the whole greater than the sum of the parts anymore? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions When we look at some of the changes brought about by changes in technology we find that it has effectively, and literally, taken products, institutions and […]
VIEW POSTThe Challenge of Business Speeding Up It.is not how fast business goes that matters, it is how and if you can keep up! by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions The pace of doing business is speeding up not slowing down. Each year the pressure grows on all areas of a business including its people, […]
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