In: Leadership
10 Mar 2010My father forwarded me this list taken from the book “La sociedad que no quiere crecer” (The society that doesn’t want to grow up) from Sergio Sinai. I think that this tips do not only apply to managerial leadership but to every other sphere of our adult lives as well. So if you are either [...]
In: Leadership| Management
25 Feb 2010The most effective leaders are those focused on people instead of just goals. Goals are important but many think of people as instruments to achieve them. You can categorize leaders in two big groups. The ‘hard’ ones are those who remain distant to obtain respect and compliance with their directives and frequently resort to a [...]
In: Management| Psychology
10 Feb 2010I wanted to write a series of posts that you could apply to your job. Something you can relate to wether you are a salesman, doctor, telemarketer or a store manager. Do any of those professions have anything in common with each other? Yes, no. Doesn’t matter. My goal is to give you some tools [...]
In: Management| Psychology
7 Feb 2010Ever felt at work that you are stuck in first or second gear or you are on those days when your motivation is idling. Well, it’s normal. No one can sustain 290 (give or take) days a year at full throttle. If you can you are either alien, on crack cocaine or you are my [...]
In: Management
21 Nov 2009During times of crisis, tightening your belt will help you cut costs and take shed from the storm, but you won’t get any advantage against the competition. Key during these times is to embrace the moment and increase your market share and/or differentiate from the competition by providing an excellent service while others retreat to [...]
In: HR| Management
8 Oct 2009There’s something paradoxical about organizational culture. The higher you go the more responsibility and power you have to develop or establish you own company’s culture. At the same time, you lose control over the memes that configure that culture.
Pretend (unless you are) that you are a CEO or an HR Director. You, your team and [...]
You are not a lazy person. You work hard. You give your very best every day; and still, every time the alarm clock wakes you up you wish you had a mace to smash it and keep sleeping. And you know what’s the weirdest part? Some time ago you didn’t even need an alarm to [...]
In: HR| Management
28 Jul 2009I learnt something today.
Yesterday I had a meeting with the director of my program in which we agreed to make some minor changes in my unit. Today I broke the news to my team and they weren’t welcome very cheerfully, especially by veteran staff. Why? Obviously (now that I have time to think), people doesn’t like [...]