Leadership is contagious

Leadership is contagious

Unlike management, which doesn’t really spread from person to person, leadership is contagious. If one person is an effective and energetic leader, those around them are likely to pick up some of the traits too. Management authority has to be arranged and people...
How thorough do we need to be?

How thorough do we need to be?

Ok, we probably need to stop before getting on to the gold plating, but how thorough do we really need to be, in practice? Perfectionism probably isn’t the ideal trait, in most situations. We need cost-effectiveness too. There’s a difference between...