There are numerous different types of management style and over the years there have been hundreds (if not thousands) of books written about them, with each one usually claiming to be the best. Many of these management styles result in an increase in bureaucracy as a unintended consequence. A holacracy is a way of dividing…
The changing world of business has also often necessitated a change of management style for many business owners. A lot of newer businesses have eschewed the traditional hierarchical approach to management. In the process this has done away with a lot of unnecessary middle management and required that business owners be a lot more “hands-on”…
In an interesting piece by the BBC’s global business correspondent Peter Day, he recalls the one interview that sticks out in his memory. That interview was with the former chief executive of the computer chip manufacturer Intel, Andy Grove. According to Day, Grove was a man who was very seriously concerned with future threats to…
If everything goes to plan, hopefully your business will reach a certain point of success and then you will need to start employing people. At this point, for the first time ever, you are no longer just the boss of yourself but for other people too. It can be difficult to get to grips with…
This is a common question frequently asked within organisations. It is an important question from a company’s viewpoint because you need both managers and leaders in order to achieve business success. After all, if everyone was a leader there would be no-one to actually get things done and if everyone was a manager there would…
I don’t know how many of you have seen the film The Truman Show? But we’ve all wished we could live in a perfect world sometimes, where every traffic light is green and every decision goes your way. Working without effective feedback can sometimes seem like that – you complete a task or project, send…
