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	Saturday, January 14, 2006

Gates Most Admired Business Leader A new global study conducted by Burson-Marsteller with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) names Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect, the world’s most admired business leader. The 2005 CEO Capital™ study asked more than 600 global business influentials in 65 countries to write in which CEO or chairman they admire most in the business world today. Complete story here…. 6:22:51 AM     comment []   trackback []

Great Business and Tech Links Here are some links you might be interested to read: - Is it better to franchise or to go solo? - The best and worst of Technology for 2005 - Web sites that allows users to send email to the future. - China now world’s fourth largest economy, if including service adjustments and Hong Kong. Only behind United States, Japan and Germany. 6:22:12 AM     comment []   trackback []

Lessons In Leadership Fortune Magazine in its Dec 12, 2005 edition have an interesting report on Lessons in Leadership, which asked some questions from seven respected CEOs about leadership. Here are some of the highlights and quotes: There is a heirarchy of commitments. On the highend, you have disciples — people who really believe in what you’re doing (more…)   The Greatest Management Secret in the World Sometimes, you have a once in a bluemoon chance to try to push your viewpoint. Last December 15 was my 40th birthday, and I took the opportunity of their goodwill to send a note to my colleagues in the business about certain management principles I wish they would remember…. Here’s the note, and I look forward to your opinion. ————– Thanks for all your greetings. I am feeling old,,, and feeling a little bit like an old sage who would now rather talk than run, I am going to share with you freely an advice that I think has been invaluable to my personal and business success. Just take it as my birthday gift to you…. 20 years ago, as I was nearing graduation of college, I bought a book entitled the greatest management secret (more…) 6:21:27 AM     comment []   trackback []

The Peter Drucker Legacy of Gems   I have been reviewing some materials on the legacy ofPeter Drucker. I’d like to cite some of his ideas, and writings: 1. Understanding what your Business is all about. - Ask yourself always, ” Who is our customer, and what does he consider value?” - ” There is no business without a customer!” 2. Questions Drucker posed to Jack Welch shortly after he became CEO. - “If you weren’t already in a business, would you enter it today?” - ” And if the answer is no, what are you going to do about it?” 3. When asked where he got his insights. (more…) 6:18:45 AM     comment []   trackback []

Understanding what comes First   As managers, it is our duty to see that people are happy and productive. Many managers feel the obligation that their focus is to make their people happy with the fallacy that happy people are productive. That was one of the things that after so many years I found out not true. People are happy because (more…) 6:17:54 AM     comment []   trackback []

Two Precepts I Learned in Managing This year, I have put some thoughts on the way my business is going, and I have learned two important precepts that I plan to implement next year. Business is good, but if we take time to continue to make it healthier , it does allow the business a better way to capitalize on opportunities when they present itself. These precepts and principles are known to me as it is to most businessmen, but the effectiveness (more…) 6:16:28 AM     comment []   trackback []

How much you are being Paid I meet again somebody who thinks he would have been willing to work a little bit harder and do a better job if he only was paid ‘right’. I think it is no secret that the vast majority of us feel we are underpaid, while a small minority would feel we are paid ‘just right’. An even more miniscule amount of people, which is almost a rarity, will honestly say they are overpaid. It is precisely when you feel that you are underpaid that (more…) 6:13:33 AM     comment []   trackback []

Who is the More Valuable Employee? I was reading this story to my kid, when it occured to me that sometimes values may differ, and sometimes, we have to look into things twice to make sure that we are teaching the right lessons. What do you think? —– There was once a king who wanted to choose a successor among his two sons. So he called them forward, and told them. “I am getting old. I am giving each of you a flower pot, and a flower (more…) 6:09:59 AM     comment []   trackback []

Business Blogs to be Big Shel Israel, co-author of Robert Scoble, of the business blog book Naked Conversations, predicts that by 2006, the number of bloggers worldwide will exceed 150 million. The areas of greatest growth in new blogs with large followings will be business and elected political officials. These two areas will eclipse, or nearly eclipse, the top category of technologists talking about technology. This will also make both businesses and politicians a tad more responsive to their constituencies, he believes. 6:07:43 AM     comment []   trackback []

During China’s Warring States Period, there was a person who reside in the state of Wei who wanted to go to Chu. Chu was located to the south of Wei, yet he asked the driver to start the carriage going north. His friend stopped him and asked, “where are you going?” He replied, ” I’m going to Chu State.” His friend hastily reminded, “Hey, Chu is going to the South!” He replied, ” It does not matter. (more…) 6:03:43 AM     comment []   trackback []