The Informed.

I guess, you have read through the post of last week, here, on which it was crystal clear that leading a business should be the preferred choice, for entrepreneurs or would be entrepreneurs, to managing it. In other words, in business, to be a leader far outclass being a manager, in performance and productivity scale. One very important point was the fact that, a good leader is a combination of leading and managing effectively and efficiently - a combination of the two. In lieu of that, this post focuses on leadership tips for first time managers. By reason of the nature of the job or position, one may be taken as a manager, but turning that into a leadership role or duty is something that should be very helpful in increasing efficiency as a manager. If this is true, then this post is for you. Yes, I mean just for you! There are no best or most successful leadership tips for everybody, no one-size-fits-all, not at all. However, there are some highly effective tips that seem t...

Last week, the post did some justice to the issue of persuasion, dishing out the six (6) elements of a persuasive style of leading or managing a business or organization, or in sales and marketing of a particular service or product. This week, the emphasis is deeply rooted in a closely related aspect of growing our personal and business potentials - addressing the difference between a business leader and a manager. What difference is there, between leaders and managers, in a business or work environment? Are leaders more effective and efficient than managers in business? Which approach would you take from either one - a leader or a manager? Does it really make any difference, as a business person or in pursuit of your entrepreneurial goals?  It is one thing to be a manager, but an entirely different issue to be a leader, especially, an effective and efficient leader - a leader, who challenges his or her team or group to attempt and achieve greater heights than the status ...