About a week ago, I commented on a post at David Maister’s site related to sales commissions. Both David M and David Kirk asked for a bit more explanation of my comment. (This is not uncommon since I can be unclear more often than not!) This is a copy of the original comment post: I [...]
Having problems managing your day? I’m a fan of these three books and recommend them to anyone who is growing a business and/or finding that 24 hours in a day is not enough. If You Want It Done Right, You Don’t Have to Do It Yourself!: The Power of Effective Delegation (the link leads to Amazon.com [...]
Do you have trouble remembering what you’ve asked others to do (delegation) and getting timely responses from your co-workers? I have a suggestion (of course!). In David Allen’s oh-so-popular Getting Things Done book he illustrates how one should create a “Waiting For” e-mail folder. I think this is a great idea. Let’s take a a [...]
give them full authority to act. Have a look at the start-up companies listed at StartupSearch. Notice the number of employees in the companies. They are small. Not only this, they are constrained by resources. They are getting things done! Do you want to accomplish something new and amazing? Then shrink. Source: http://startupsearch.org/company/ Technorati tags: [...]
How many times have you been involved in a project where no one seems to take action until a deadline looms– then you have to manage the actions? Have you had to lead a project to get the information needed for a proposal or a report to management? When I speak to groups and ask [...]