WHO IS A LEADER

WHO IS A LEADER?

The one who has an answer to the question, "So where do we go from here?".

WHY LEADERS EMERGE EVEN LATER THAN MANAGERS

WHY LEADERS EMERGE EVEN LATER THAN MANAGERS

In the beginning, a business has need of an entrepreneur. It needs someone to do the work of creating the product, setting up the service, and winning customers. He or she does everything from licking stamps to keeping accounts. They may even hire a few hands to help them do them work. If the business survives and the entrepreneur gets tired, managers take over. Managers create order and control the growth of profits of the business. They develop the business mission and keep the business focused. A business can survive a long time with a mission and without leadership. When an organization is running well it has no need for leaders. However, when there comes a crisis, as there surely will, a leader will emerge. In times of crisis people ask, "Where do we go from here?" Only then is when vision is needed and leaders take over.

Allan

WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE FOR COMPASSION AND NOT COMPETENCE

 

WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE FOR COMPASSION AND NOT COMPETENCE

Every business hires competent employees.  They focus on skills, and then train employees for the mission. That is just the problem. Compassionate employees are willing to serve the mission and learn the skill. Of course it would be ideal to hire the both the skill and the will. However, we often place much emphasis on the skill rather than the will. Skill is about the hands and head. The will is a matter of the heart

Employing for competence is no guarantee that the employee will love the job, the customers or the organization. On the other hand, compassion is about love for what you do, the customer and the organization. Competence focuses on performance. Compassion focuses on service.  Hiring for compassion is no guarantee that a good job will be done. But it does guarantee that the job will do a lot of good. Competence is about me. Compassion is about others. One is about self the other is about service.

Allan

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD TO FIRE SOMEONE

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD TO FIRE SOMEONE?

Hiring anyone is a tiring process. Firing anyone is quite harrowing as well. The basis of hiring is work. Firing is because work is not done. I have always wondered if there is a way of making it easier for everyone. The simple answer to that question is, don't look for a job if you really don't want one and only hire if you really if you can't do without. Take the job if you are agreed and work at it like it is yours. The more complex answer is don't do work you don't like and learn to like what you do. Like what you do. Moreover, if you must hire don't hire for competence, hire for compassion.

 Allan

WHY MANAGERS EMERGE LATER IN LIFE

WHY MANAGERS EMERGE LATER IN LIFE

Management is a competence quite separate from professional ability or academic skill. These two can be facilitated by talent. And are spotted quite early in life. Management requires the gift of organization. Managers arrange things in order and organize to get things done. You can get administrators from school, but managers are made in organizations. Managers can go through school without recognition. However, they emerge in organizations when their gift is needed.  Managers are the backbone of any business. A business without managers will soon go out of business. A business with poor managers can survive a long time. It can be very effective. A business with good managers will excel. It will be extremely efficient. Yet leadership is far removed from all these.

Allan

HOPE NEVER DIES

Hope never dies. When it is buried it grows into a tree. A life giving tree .

WHAT KIND OF DRIVER ARE YOU

WHAT KIND OF DRIVER ARE YOU?

The most powerful driver I have ever seen used to be so powerful. He could tell his boss what to do. When his boss told him to go left, he went right. He had no mercy on anyone at all. No one knew when to expect his bus. It is a miracle that he ever kept a job. He caused so much trouble, but no one had the guts to tell him he was wrong. Eventually he walked away from the job. It was the kindest thing he could do. What about you what kind of driver are you?

Allan