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Leadership – One Minute Manager

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Author: Kenneth Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi Publisher: William Morrow & Co. ISBN-10: 0-688-03969-3 ISBN-13: Publication Year: 1985 Review: This short book (just over 100 pages of content – and the pages are small and they use a very large font) can be read quickly and easily. The authors are trying to pass along what [...]

Spot Potential Leaders

Monday, April 27th, 2009

One of the important traits of good supervisors (of engineers or others) is their ability to spot potential leaders.  Managers with this talent can make a valuable contribution to their companies or engineering firms.  To develop and grow, companies must have a pool of future leaders from which to draw.  And it is supervisors who [...]

Airplane Magazine Syndrome

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

“Things that happen because an executive (who usually doesn’t read such dangerous literature) reads an article about the “latest technology” in a magazine he got on an airplane.  Expecting that he just learned a big secret that he must act on instantly he changes the course of mighty projects to ensure he does not get [...]