Category: Macromanagement
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Strong Leaders Don’t Give In to the “Yeah, buts”
I recently worked with a CEO who taught me some great lessons in management. One of the best I learned was that strong leaders must set clear and steady vision, and the leader can’t get drawn into a battle of “Yeah, buts”. So, what is a “Yeah, but”? A “yeah, but” describes a tiny attack on your…
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Macromanagement: Vision vs. Details
We have all heard the phrase “He can’t see the forest through the trees.” When people say this about leaders, it is certainly not meant to be positive. The suggestion is that the leader gets so bogged down in details that he can’t see the full picture; he can’t see or articulate a vision. Paula…
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Micromanagement Dragging You Down?
A struggle for many company leaders is resisting the urge to micromanage. What enabled you to rise in your organization was your ability to get things done – to take full responsibility of making something happen, based upon your own extraordinary skills in specific functional area. But now you are a leader. Yes, you probably…