The Conflict Phil asked Sheryl for a hand completing a proposal for their client. Sheryl responded quite firmly: “No, Phil, you’re always asking for help at the last minute and I’ve my own deadlines to meet. You should have started the proposal earlier!” Phil: ”That’s not fair, you know what I’ve got on my plate.” […]
I’ve read people claiming leadership is now dead, and it’s the time of the team. They then go on to promote their expertise in team building. I say “What a load of bull - - it!” At worst, formal leadership may be absent in team, unsatisfactorily replaced by haphazard informal leadership and group-think. Teams need […]
After five years as CFO Gary was promoted to CEO of the logistics company, whose long term competitive edge was document and parcel delivery within 24 hours nationwide to capital cities and within two days to regional cities. They were being challenged now by growing electronic document transmission and democratised parcel delivery. Gary’s charter was […]
