by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Management, Human Resources, Non-Profit, Strategy
Tough, fair, frank, straight-forward, reliable: All words that would, in my opinion, be descriptions of the type of manager you would be glad to have as a boss or working for you. Drive-by, seagull, and pain in the anatomy are not descriptions that readily come to...
by Lea Strickland | Oct 3, 2012 | Faith Blog
Through many examples, the Bible illustrates to us how the chain of command is intended to work. One of the most popular is about Joseph in Egypt, appointed by Pharaoh to be in-charge second only to Pharaoh. The delegation of duty and responsibility, as well as...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 26, 2012 | Faith Blog
Everyone talks about leadership, but what does it really mean? These days it seems that leadership in the world is more about position and prestige than about the organization or the people being led. Dictionary.com provides the following definition: Leadership...
by Lea Strickland | Aug 1, 2012 | Business Articles, The Street (the street.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Many inexperienced (and even some experienced) managers and executives get caught up in the “management” of internal issues and “working the numbers.” They forget that serving the customer is the objective. Let me...
by Lea Strickland | Apr 1, 2011 | Results, The Street (the street.com)
Innovators Pay for Results, Not Time For decades, if not centuries, our production efforts have been focused on time. We pay by the hour, day, week, month and year. We focus on the amount of time an employee (or contractor) spends working for us or on projects. In...
