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Posted by: Ed Stevens In: On Business and Brands
Most business books are too long. Everyone knows this.
Clever concepts, which would be great subject matter for three-page essays, are expanded into 200+ pages. It’s all done to make books thick enough to attract $25+ from customers with money to spend and problems to solve. Wouldn’t they be willing to pay even more for something that takes less time to read but delivers the same insights?
Alas, much time has been wasted by the millions of people who read business books. This can’t be the intent of authors who care about the future of American business. Unnecessarily long books are hurting our country’s competitiveness!
My solution is the Turbo Topic. Business ideas so simple, they are self-evident upon reading the very first time.
Today’s Turbo Topic: Ten Leadership Tips for Managers. I’ve learned a lot about leadership as a CEO growing Shopatron more than 80% per year for almost nine years. I am confident these leadership tips will help any person managing any number of people in any kind of company.
Take a deep breath, and get ready to learn, Turbo Topic style.
Ten Leadership Tips for Managers
- Figure out your own weaknesses. Talk about them freely. Others join in, and progress begins.
- When the facts change, change your mind.
- Hire on attitude and commitment. You can rent experience if needed.
- Always keep in mind you will die someday.
- Informality is a poor substitute for good thinking.
- Observe how people run meetings. It’s like a window into the soul.
- Never wait to cut dead weight. Your best people hate the dead weight.
- Let people hurt you. Delegation without vulnerability is micromanagement.
- Give more responsibility to people who say “I failed.”
- Conflict means something difficult is getting done.
Now . . . . . . wasn’ t that easy?