The essence of a meeting in an organization

Meeting is an essential activity that must be regularly conducted in an organization. Whatever and whoever are involved – business owners, employees or customer… meetings should be done effectively. But how can we do that? By assembling people together and telling them what to do? And then by making these people follow our desires and commands, we can already consider that we had an effective meeting? No, we cannot absolutely consider that as a successful meeting. Rather, we may call that an effective announcement or an accomplished instruction. Managers and leaders are the ones who control meetings in an organization. For this reason, they should realize one important thing – the essence of a meeting. Read more

How to become a great leader in five basic ways

Leadership is the process of using values and principles to govern and influence people to effect a change for improving each person and the organization as a whole to accomplish a common goal. This is my humble definition of leadership. Romans 12:8 of the Bible even describes “to lead” as “to govern diligently” which also means leadership requires hard work not only physically but more than that, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Great leadership is essential in business, political, societal, spiritual and other organizations. That’s why, a leader should see to it that he possess all the qualities and values of a great leader and never stop learning from them. The following are five basic and fundamental ways to become a great leader: Read more

Business management tip: Directing people in an organization

Directing is considered as the most humane function of management. It is also called as the heart of management. This function involves influencing human behavior through motivation, communication, coaching, leadership, discipline, development of interpersonal skills and assistance for the achievement of individual’s personal goals. In this function, managers are transforming into good leaders – that is, they are considering not only the organizational goals but also the personal objectives of their people. Directing tries to align the future of the organization and its people. The philosophy behind this is that, the organization cannot be considered as successful if its members are failing. Read more

The importance of organizing your business organization

The business management function of organizing usually follows after planning. This involves the assignment of tasks, grouping of these tasks and the allocation of resources and people inside the organization. An organized company is an entity which its elements (people, systems, policies, information, properties, etc.,) are rearranged and placed in order. It is important for a company to achieve effectiveness and efficiency in its business operation. A simple capability to find things in the fastest possible time saves money. Why? Time is gold and gold is money. A minute lost in searching a certain important stuff misplaced in a disorganized work environment, is already a cost convertible in money. If you earn $100 an hour, then a 5 minute wasted time in searching a particular office document will already cost $8.33.  Read more

Difference between leadership and management (Leaders versus managers)

What is the difference between leadership and management? How do leaders differ from managers? These two subjects and kinds of individuals have always been compared and differentiated over the years. Being a leader and being a manager have similar features and common functions. Both involve people, actions and goals. Both are also significant for individuals, organizations and businesses to live, run and achieve success. But despite of their resemblances they also have important distinctions that separate them from each other. They focus on different specific aspects and they are directed into different purposes. To understand more and brighten up our minds on the different features of leadership and management, let’s reflect on the following table of comparison. Read more

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