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Leadership Styles

Do You Have the Right Leadership Style?

Diana Keith asked: Let’s take a look at a familiar team scenario: You’ve assembled an exceptional team for an upcoming project, and spent time and money choosing members based on their experience, personalities, and skills pertaining to the job at hand. You know you have the talent to get the job done, so there is […]

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Leadership Styles

A Leadership Model for the Times

Wayne Messick asked: The vast percentage of all business startups and entrepreneurs fail. Of the few who survive long enough to become successful, less than a quarter of them make a successful transition to the second generation. As CEO of The Working Person’s Store, Eric Deniger is doing just that. Eric’s leadership style illustrates what’s […]

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Managing Performance / Setting Goals

Give Your Employees the Best Managers With Management Training Courses

John McLean asked: is a topic that the majority of employees would rather not talk about, often it is thought to be dull, hard to concentrate on and instantly forgettable-and this is the reason that many training courses fail to deliver what they promise. This is made even worse if the people on the course […]

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Defining Leadership

A Look at Some of the Most Effective Leadership Styles

Muna wa Wanjiru asked: Leadership style differs from person to person according to the tasks, team and individual capabilities. However the following tips will help to achieve effective leadership styles; * Whenever possible, delegate the work to the employee as a whole. But be sure that the employee understands the whole process. You can also […]

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Leadership Styles

Leadership Lessons From the Kings of Chocolate

Denise Ryan asked: Milton Hershey and Forrest Mars were different types of leaders who both built successful companies. We can learn much from them: 1.) There’s no one way to lead. Milton was a dreamer; he wanted to build a worker’s utopia. His people loved him. He ran his business with his heart. Mars was […]