by Larry Putterman | Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations
Hanging on too long makes you irrelevant. Organizations change. Leaders should change too. You may not be the best person to lead your business forward. The skills that worked yesterday may not work today or tomorrow. Successful leaders know when to move-on. Are your...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Vision
Leave a comment on today’s post for a chance to win one of five free copies of Compass. This post is based on a conversation with my friend, William F. Brandt, about his new book, Compass. It is an invaluable guide for creating and growing exceptional organizations....
by Larry Putterman | Leadership, Management, Organizations
Micromanagers make people feel worthless and slow organizational growth. Entrepreneurs, who cling to micromanaging styles, sabotage success.Entrepreneurs are micromanagers. They start out with small organizations and make all decisions. But, they fail when companies...
by Larry Putterman | Business, Management, Organizations
Poor planners never have enough time and run from fire to fire. They’re days are filled with crisis. People without a plan are controlled by their environment. Their team sees them as having no direction. 6 reasons planning is a pain:Consumes time.Hard to concentrate...
by Larry Putterman | Leadership, Management
Poor leaders have trouble making decisions. They follow team consensus. Poor leaders never veto a team’s decision. Consensus decision-making has it place but great leaders also make unilateral decision. Leaders must make difficult decisions even though team...