Gerhard Kemp

04/12/2017

28/08/2017

Rules For My Son 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs ain’t one. 3. The man at the gr…

16/08/2017

17/06/2017

"It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is the one that sings."
– Wendell Berry, The Real Work, Standing by Words (1983)

Evening approaches among woodland wildflowers

10/04/2017

Difference between Leadership and Management

MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

1. Planning and budgeting

As a manager it is your responsibility to implement detailed steps, timetables and deadlines to achieve company goals and results. At the same time the necessary resources should be allocated and in place, to make it happen.

2. Organising and staffing

As a manager you are responsible for establishing and implementing practical structures to accomplish overall company objectives. The right person for the right position needs to be appointed. A successful manager needs to delegate and motivate team members to achieve company goals. Policies and procedures should be in place to guide individual team members and various methods or systems should be created, to monitor implementation.

3. Controlling and problem-solving

As a manager you need to monitor results, identify deviations from the company plan, then planning and organising to solve these problems. A successful manager produces a degree of predictability and order in a company. He/she has the potential to consistently produce the short term results expected by various stakeholders e.g. for customers - always being on time, for stockholders – being on budget.

LEADERSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

1. Establishing direction

A great leader develops a vision of the future (often the distant future) and the necessary strategies to produce the changes needed to achieve that vision.

2. Aligning people

Successful leaders effectively communicate the vision and direction in words and deeds to all members whose co-operation are needed. Teams and coalitions need to be created and aligned. They have to have a clear understanding of the overall long term company strategies in order to become enthusiastic about achieving the company goals.

3. Motivating and inspiring

Great leaders energise and empower team members to overcome major political, bureaucratic and resource barriers by looking after and satisfying basic emotional human needs. A successful leader often produces change to a dramatic degree. He/she has the potential to vastly produce useful changes e.g. new products that customers want and new approaches to labour relations that help make a firm more competitive.

The best way to test if a person can lead rather than manage, is to ask him/her to make a positive change.

07/04/2017

Many people dislike math because of the strict rules involved. This test will challenge that idea completely. YOU might actually be a math genius! Click to reveal the solution...

28/03/2017

Today I will do what others won't, so
tomorrow I can do what others can't.
- Travis Bradberry

22/03/2017

You hired them for their strengths.
Now why focus on their weaknesses?