David Summerton Business Consulting
Am I A Leader Manager or Entrepreneur? Leader: has a focus upon CHANGE, sets the direction, brings resources together and motivates people. Manager: has a focus upon COMPLEXITY, plans, organises, coordinates, optimises and controls. Entrepreneur: has a focus upon OPPORTUNITY, identifies, innovates and creates value. For more details of our services visit the website http://www.davidsummertonconsulting.co.uk …
Manager, Leader or Entrepreneur – Which One Are You? Time for a quick bit of self-analysis and reflection. Look at the Titles and their descriptions and consider which one best suits your approach and style and ultimately which one you want to be (if you are not there already). Manager – has a focus upon …
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Let’s not fool ourselves – we all think that, as managers, we are solid, revered and that our organisations could not do without us. Wrong. Very wrong. Under most circumstances, a leader is elected or appointed. As long as the lucky person has some kind of “experience” then it should work out. Possibly. Every once …
There are numerous ways in which those around us communicate subtle and sometimes not-so subtle, messages. These codes and messages give us information only about the here and now – it is immediate information but it is by its very nature transient. It cannot tell us about how the person in front of us were …
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It is important that managers ask challenging, positive but constructive questions. This is essential to encourage staff involvement and for staff to understand situations and problems that arise in the business... Some of these questions are difficult and uncomfortable but that SHOULD NOT stop us from asking them!! (1) Help find or make meaning • …
Whilst the organisation and the role may change, and the work of different departments even inside the same organisation may be different (the Production Departments has a very different feel to that in Finance) the one common factor is that the role and responsibilities of the Manager are likely to be very similar. Every managerial …
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We all know someone who is a “good” manager. How many of the following traits do they show? • They define themselves precisely what they want to do. • They set demanding but not unrealistic time scales in which to do it. • They convey clearly what they want done and by when. • They …
