1. What Makes A Great Manager by Gerard M Blair

    "The first steps to becoming a really great manager are simply common sense; but common sense is not very common. This article suggests some common-sense ideas on the subject of great management." read article
     

  2. Why Most People Will Never Reach Their Goals by Carole Nicolaides

    Customer service is the foundation on which businesses are created. Unless you understand your customers and treat them with respect, you will go out of business. That is a well-known fact. However, too often leaders fail to see that creating high quality products, or delivering excellent services is dependant on people, not corporations. Individuals within your firm must be treated well and managers must be instilled with a caring attitude toward others in order for your business to function at its maximum potential. How can we expect our people to give customers good service if they are not given that from us – their leaders? read article
     

  3. Quotations from Chairman Powell by Oren Harari

    I'd like to share with you a compendium of advice from the general. With the exception of the occasional paraphrase to keep grammatical consistency (which will be noted), I present Powell's words verbatim in bold—18 priceless lessons, to be exact. After each quotation from General Powell, I attach my own civilian commentary which I hope you will find useful.
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  4. The New Version of NO
    Published: 03/02/2010 by Iain Sandy

    A friend once complained to me about a suitor who would not accept “no” for an answer. I was curious, and asked her to tell me what she said to the gentleman.

    She said… “I told you. I told him that I did not want to go out.”

    I persisted, and asked her to tell me EXACTLY what she said, to which she responded,

    “Well, he asked me out, and I told him I was busy. But he keeps asking me!”

    I said to her, “Well there you have it, you did not tell him no. You simply pointed out an obstacle. What he heard was ‘if I was not busy then…’”

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