The burden of excessive bureaucracy is one of the leading causes of lost productivity for businesses. Admin, record keeping and infrastructure are necessities and can’t be avoided. But many of them can be improved.
This week we’re continuing our Doctor Who theme, looking at the qualities of a great leader and the reasons why leadership can fail.
Continuing our series on leadership – we examine where leadership begins, how to develop leadership skills and the differences between being a great leader and being a mere controller.
Every business needs good leadership but not every business knows what good leadership looks like. We needn’t just look to real people for examples of good leadership – fiction can teach us just as much about the qualities of a great leader. And there are few better leaders than The Doctor.
For many of us, work takes up roughly 8 hours of the day, plus a commute to get there and back. The people we work with may form the majority of our social interaction, outside of close family. The place we work in appears, half-remembered in our dreams. Clearly, work is an important ingredient of our lives, even if we don’t always take it seriously.
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Previously on the blog I’ve talked a lot about new businesses. Today I’m going to focus on taking a fresh look at an existing business – and what this means in terms of planning. So, your business is up and running. Maybe it’s been trundling along for years, or maybe you’ve been furiously climbing the slippery slope to financial stability as a startup. You might not know it but you’ve reached a point where it’s time to take a new look at your business.
We’ve probably all worked for a variety of people, some good, and some not so good…but generally speaking, great leaders all share similar characteristics.
Effective and successful leaders of businesses inspire, motivate and lead their staff to working towards a common aim. With a clear vision for the business, staff will understand where the business is going, how they fit into that picture, and how the goals will be achieved.
