Effective Delegation of Work

Effective managers and leaders know that they can climb greaterheights and achieve remarkable goals only if they delegate workto the good, able and talented people around them. The logic issimple – if they are able to rope in more brains and bodies to dothe tasks, they are able to get more things done within the sametime frame. Having these tasks out of the managers' hands willfree up their

Effective Delegation of Work

Effective managers and leaders know that they can climb greaterheights and achieve remarkable goals only if they delegate workto the good, able and talented people around them. The logic issimple – if they are able to rope in more brains and bodies to dothe tasks, they are able to get more things done within the sametime frame. Having these tasks out of the managers' hands willfree up their

Boss's pet and Favoritism

Favoritism is a human trait found in many relationships, e.g.,parent-children, teacher-students. As long as there are twopersons we have to interact with, it is in our nature to compareand favor one over the other. CEOs, employers, bosses andmanagers who deny that they have pet employees aredeceiving themselves. They should accept that they have, butbe skillful enough to manage the feelings

Boss's pet and Favoritism

Favoritism is a human trait found in many relationships, e.g.,parent-children, teacher-students. As long as there are twopersons we have to interact with, it is in our nature to compareand favor one over the other. CEOs, employers, bosses andmanagers who deny that they have pet employees aredeceiving themselves. They should accept that they have, butbe skillful enough to manage the feelings

The Boss is Always Right

In many places of work, there is only one rule – “The Boss isAlways Right” or “The Boss is Never Wrong”. What if we knowthat the Boss is wrong? Well, simple ... refer back to the rule.All around us, we see and hear of double standards andinequality. The recent case of celebrity heiress Paris Hiltonbeing released after three days in Los Angeles jail sparkedfierce debates on the seemingly unequal

The Boss is Always Right

In many places of work, there is only one rule – “The Boss isAlways Right” or “The Boss is Never Wrong”. What if we knowthat the Boss is wrong? Well, simple ... refer back to the rule.All around us, we see and hear of double standards andinequality. The recent case of celebrity heiress Paris Hiltonbeing released after three days in Los Angeles jail sparkedfierce debates on the seemingly unequal

Autocrats, dictators, and dominant bosses

A majority of complaints and agitated office gossips are related tothe bosses, either they are too incompetent, demanding,unreasonable, or autocratic. It is difficult to work under thesetypes of managers and supervisors and the frustrations at worklead to misery and low morale and eventually disaster for thecompany. While many of the complaints are fair and true, we havepulled out a fable which

Autocrats, dictators, and dominant bosses

A majority of complaints and agitated office gossips are related tothe bosses, either they are too incompetent, demanding,unreasonable, or autocratic. It is difficult to work under thesetypes of managers and supervisors and the frustrations at worklead to misery and low morale and eventually disaster for thecompany. While many of the complaints are fair and true, we havepulled out a fable which