Posts Tagged ‘margin’
Mind Your Own Business
Business is the activity of making one’s living or making money. Acumen is the ability to make good decisions. Great organizational leaders are able to make great decisions about making money, they practice business acumen. When we use the expression “Mind your own business,” it’s usually used in a negative way. What we are really…
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(This post was first published here on October 26, 2015.) In my last post I shared that we now open our teaching on business acumen with the simple belief that value wins the day. I wrote that it is critical that business leaders understand the basics of business even if their area is highly focused on…
Read MoreEven the Greatest Leaders Struggle with Margins
This is a true story about a leader, his team, and the difficulties with establishing boundaries and margins. As is often the case, one of the things that made this leader great was that he could get things done that no one else could. Even though he had trained his team and delegated well, a lot still…
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(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it.) In my last post I shared that we now open our teaching on business acumen with the simple belief that value wins the day. I wrote that it is critical that business leaders understand the basics of business even if their…
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