Management Archives

Management for Startups: How to Get Customers & Funding

How should you manage a startup company? Where do you find funding for a new company? Whereas large organizations may struggle to innovate, small businesses just starting out often suffer from a lack of managerial expertise. In The Essential Drucker, Peter Drucker explains that people starting new ventures must pay attention to the markets, manage their finances, and install a leadership team. Read more about what’s required of management for startups.

Leadership Succession Planning: Best Practices & Principles

What are the best strategies for leadership succession planning in business? How can succession planning keep your business strong long term? Leadership succession planning involves training employees to take on leadership positions and focusing on the company mission rather than your own personal direction. To lead a business successfully, you need to plan for its long-term success even after you’re gone. Learn how to successfully plan for leadership changes and prepare your company for longevity.

The 5 Most Important Characteristics of a Leader

What are the important characteristics of a leader? How do your leadership skills determine your success? The most successful people are those who lead others. For instance, the CEO of a company is surely considered more successful than an entry-level employee. If you want to take your business to the next level, embrace these important characteristics of a leader.

Embracing Change in the Workplace by Predicting the Future

Is your company currently going through a transition? How do you navigate change in the workplace? Many people fear change because it can be difficult and painful, even if it’s necessary and inevitable. Therefore, you must readily embrace change, rather than fear it. Continue reading for the key to embracing change in the workplace.

How to Practice Enlightened Leadership & Management

What do enlightened leaders do? How does enlightened leadership create an ethical company? According to Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia, enlightened leaders and managers are the most important elements of an ethical company. They have the decision-making power to ensure that all interested parties win. Take a look at the responsibilities of enlightened leaders and managers.

How to Be an Ethical Business: 2 Elements to Incorporate

How can you lead an ethical business? How should you prioritize people and good leadership in a business? To build a consciously capitalist company (CCC), you need to incorporate two elements. According to Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia, these two elements are prioritizing a good cause over profits, and practicing enlightened leadership and management. Let’s look at how to be an ethical business below.

How to Use Systems Thinking in Business

How does systems thinking in business grow companies? How should you show your care to everyone in a company? In Conscious Capitalism, John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia argue that leaders and managers can ensure that everyone involved wins if they demonstrate care and use systems thinking. By doing this, you’ll understand how their business and all interested parties are interrelated. Continue reading to get a better grasp of using systems thinking in business.

Why People Over Profit Boosts a Company’s Success

Why should you prioritize people over profit? How has Whole Foods Market thrived off this concept? Consciously capitalist companies (CCCs) succeed because making money isn’t the main focus. What’s most important is satisfying people and transforming the world. Learn why people over profit always wins, according to Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia.

The First-Time Manager: Book Overview and Takeaways

What’s the book The First-Time Manager about? Are you transitioning into your first leadership position? Becoming a manager for the first time can be challenging. In The First-Time Manager, Jim McCormick discusses how to transition into your new managerial position and build an empowering team that’ll back you. Read below for a brief The First-Time Manager book overview.

Becoming a Manager for the First Time: 2 Tips for Success

Were you recently promoted? How do you smoothly transition into a managerial role? Being promoted is a big step in anyone’s career. But it can also be nerve-wracking since you might be worried about messing up in your new position. If you’re becoming a manager for the first time, here are some tips to ease your stress.