Many of us have a struggle making it through work daily. This is not due to the fact that we do not like our jobs this is due to the fact that our bosses make it unbearable. But why let them make our lives miserable and let t...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, August 6, 2012,
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BE YOUR OWN BOSS
How to Become Your Own Boss
Many of us dream about having our own business and being in charge of ourselves and our own time and energy. This is a great dream, but with so many choices, options and not to mention time and money on the line, how do you turn this dream into a financial reality? Read here for some guidance and tips to get you started on the road to becoming your own boss.
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Friday, June 22, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP STYLES
In 1939, a group of researchers led by psychologist Kurt Lewin
set out to identify different styles of leadership. While further
research has identified more specific types of leadership, this early
study was very influential and established three major leadership
styles. In the study, schoolchildren were assigned to one of three
groups with an authoritarian, democratic or laissez-fair leader. The
children were then led in an arts and crafts project while researchers
observed the beha...
Adapted from “The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management” by Alan Murray, published by Harper Business.
Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same
thing. But they are necessarily linked, and complementary. Any effort
to separate the two is likely to cause more problems than it solves.
Still, much ink has been spent delineating the differences. The
manager’s job is to plan, organize and coordinate. The leader’s job is
to inspire and motivate. In his 1989...
Last
November, veteran nurse Dianne Baker was named acting supervisor for
the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation center at a hospital near
Philadelphia.
Ms. Baker, whose new duties included managing three other employees,
quickly found herself at sea. She wasn't sure how to oversee former
peers and stumbled over the paperwork and finances. Monthly financial
reports were "like reading gibberish to me," she says. After operations
m...
When
working at a Washington, D.C., foundation a few years ago, Jennifer
Christian Murtie was promoted to oversee three staffers. She worried
about how to project authority without seeming mean.
"How am I going to get these people to listen to me?" Ms. Christian Murtie, now 31 years old, recalls thinking.
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Friday, June 22, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP STYLES
Leadership is less about your needs, and more about the needs of the
people and the organization you are leading. Leadership styles are not
something to be tried on like so many suits, to see which fits. Rather,
they should be adapted to the particular demands of the situation, the
particular requirements of the people involved and the particular
challenges facing the organization.
In the book “Primal Leadership,” Daniel Goleman, who popularized the
notion of “Emotional Intelligen...
Time in the organization is constant and irreversible. Nothing can be
substituted for time. Worse, once wasted, it can never be regained.
Leaders have numerous demands on their limited time. Time keeps getting
away and they have trouble controlling it. No matter what their
position, they cannot stop time, they cannot slow it down, nor can they
speed it up. Thus, time needs to be effectively managed to be effective.
On the other hand, you can become such a time fanatic convert by
buildi...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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GROWING A TEAM
I think the Army would make a serious mistake if we made a
distinction and said, “You are a manager, and you are a leader.” So my
philosophy is that we are all leaders! We also must be responsible
managers or stewards of resources entrusted to us. We would make a
serious mistake to think that we could be one and not the other. —
General John Wickham.
Leaders should not think of themselves as simply managers,
supervisors, etc.; but rather as “team leaders.” Thinking o...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP STYLES
Leadership style is the manner and approach of providing direction,
implementing plans, and motivating people. Kurt Lewin (1939) led a group
of researchers to identify different styles of leadership. This early
study has been very influential and established three major leadership
styles. The three major styles of leadership are (U.S. Army Handbook, 1973):
Authoritarian or autocratic
Participative or democratic
Delegative or Free Reign
Although good leaders use all three styles, with on...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Character and Traits in Leadership
Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing. — Warren Bennis, Ph.D. On Becoming a Leader
Building Excellence
Leaders do not command excellence, they build excellence. Excellence
is “being all you can be” within the bounds of doing what is right for
your organization. To reach excellence you must first be a leader of
good character. You must do everything you are supposed to do.
Organizations will no...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Motivation and Leadership
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long
months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful.
Honor and recognition in case of success. — Explorer Ernest Shackleton
in a 1890 job ad for the first Antarctic expedition
A person's motivation is a combination of desire and energy directed
at achieving a goal. It is the cause of action. Influencing someone's
motivation means getting them to want to do what you know ...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Leading & Leadership
Goals
Your thinking skills can be considered directional skills because they set the direction for your organization. They provide vision,
purpose, and goal definition. These are your eyes and ears to the
future, allowing you to recognize the need for change, when to make it,
how to implement it, and how to manage it. You find vision by reaching
for any available reason to change, grow, and improve. Just as you
perform preventive maintenance on your car, you must ...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Leadership Models
Leadership models help us to understand what makes leaders act the
way they do. The ideal is not to lock yourself in to a type of behavior
discussed in the model, but to realize that every situation calls for a
different approach or behavior to be taken. Two models will be
discussed, the Four Framework Approach and the Managerial Grid.
Four Framework Approach
In the Four Framework Approach, Bolman and Deal (1991) suggest
that leaders display leadership behaviors in...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Leadership, Management, Command, & Control
The four pillars of an organization are Leadership, Management,
Command, and Control. They are important for every leader and manager to
understand because they directly drive the organization. Used properly,
the business will grow; used improperly, the business will sink.
These are not distinct processes, but rather concepts that all
leaders perform in order to build and strengthen their organizations.
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Monday, February 27, 2012,
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LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Concepts of Leadership
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to
conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it;
it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
— Warren Bennis
Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and
willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop
through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and
experience (Jago, 1982). This guide will help you through ...
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Friday, January 13, 2012,
Starting a business involves planning, making key financial decisions and completing a series of legal activities. These 10 easy steps can help you plan, prepare and manage your business. Click on the links to learn more.
Use these tools and resources to create a business plan. This written guide will help you map out how you will start and run your business successfully.
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Thursday, January 5, 2012,
By F. John Reh, About.com Guide Need For Good Managers Increasing
The need for good managers is not going away. It is intensifying. With ‘flatter’ organizations and self-directed teams becoming common; with personal computers and networks making information available to more people more quickly; the raw number of managers needed is decreasing. However, the need for good managers, people who can manage themselves and others in a high stress environment, is increasing.
Posted by Bobby Enoch Edegbo on Thursday, January 5, 2012,
Leadership, a critical management skill, is the ability to motivate a group of people toward a common goal. These items will help you develop your skills as a leader.
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Your thinking skills can be considered directional skills because they set the direction for your organization. They provide 
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