I have written several paragraphs regarding the leader’s indispensable abilities that centred upon problem-solving, be it related to systems or people. I believe in the importance of problem-solving abilities, although I also believe that it is just a step toward true value creation – for which eventually a leader is appointed. The brief introduction of [...]
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Balance of problem-solving and opportunity-seeking
November 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Leadership and Management · Pondering
Leading in Emotional Times
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments
I have just read an undeniably timely article by Jeanie Daniel Duck1 with the title “Leading in Emotional Times”. I immediately thought that there was no greater time in these days then now, to mention what she has written in the article. She states, and I could not agree more with her, that in times [...]
Tags: Change Management · Leadership and Management
A “Greg-Rich-Theory”: Emotion-based corporations
October 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Excitement. Energy. Passion. Drive. Thoughts. Actions. Challenges. Trust. I love these words. Whenever I was in the admission council, even as a president, in the BME Management Association of Students (MSZK) I never failed to ask or check whether the candidates are passionate, energetic, driven, excited about being part of a unique association, such as [...]
Tags: Corporate Thoughts · Leadership and Management
Strategic thinking - as I see it
October 19th, 2008 · Comments Off
Strategic management requires the practisioner to think strategically. No matter how many books, methods, frameworks, best-practises you have read and memorised, it will not make you a good strategist unless you know how to think as a strategist does. However, if you make strategic decisions on a regular basis, reading a lot on the issue [...]
Tags: Leadership and Management · Strategic Management
Leadership and paradigm shifts
September 8th, 2008 · Comments Off
I first encountered the term “paradigm shift” when I read the “Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn. This book was written almost fifty years ago and strange as it may sound, it caused a shift of the paradigm about the shift of paradigms within the realm of science. Paradigms are solutions to the [...]
Tags: Leadership and Management
Solving problems as a leader
September 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments
This article is dedicated to the president-to-be of the BME Management Association of Students (MSZK).
It might sound immodestly to present myself as a leader, even so presenting an article with title “solving problems as a leader”. This thought might emerge from two facts. First, I am only 24 years old. Second, I have been in [...]