From Ian Sampson In a Wizard of Id comic I once read, the King saunters up to the sculptor chiseling away and says: “I want my new statue to remind the peasants of what I’ve done for them. What should I place in my hand a spear or a sword?” The last panel has the sculptor hanging upside […]
Misleading Conduct #13: Control Your Own Schedule And Create Chaos With Others
By Ian Sampson Leaders get to their exalted position by learning to skillfully manage time. After all, time is all we have. So the leader’s time is valuable and needs to be managed. This is usually done by a PA who is often a person who has to be at the leader’s beck and call 24/7, helping […]
Leaders behaving badly
By Ian Sampson In a recent Forbes article some learned authors distilled seven unproductive behaviours of unsuccessful leaders. They were: Habit # 1: They see themselves and their companies as dominating their environment Habit #2: They identify so completely with the company that there is no clear boundary between their personal interests and their corporation’s […]
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