Why Honey Bees Don’t Need Managers

Honey bees have the ultimate structure in that every bee understands the objective of the colony and every bee understands their place in achieving this. There is no hierarchy, even the queen has no authority over the others and yet everything operates perfectly. They have the ultimate communication system and…

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Effective People Do Today What Makes Them Better Tomorrow

The problem with the constant drive for productivity and efficiency is that it leaves little or no time for future improvements. Effective people do today what makes them better tomorrow. Effective organisations do the same. The strive for short term results particularly if you are reporting to a short-sighted organisation…

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Why Managers Are Not Effective But Leaders Are

In order to understand why managers are not effective but leaders are, we need to understand the difference. Management is about productivity and efficiency. Leadership is about effectiveness. The problem for managers is that the problems of efficiency and productivity have been solved. We have all the techniques, Lean, Prince,…

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