Category Archives: Reluctant leader

The reluctant leader

Posted on February 24, 2012 by drstevelewis

Ever been to a lecture on “cold calling”? A few years ago I did just this. I sat through 30 minutes of suggestions about scripts, about what we could say to potential “prospects”. A question was then put to us … Continue reading →

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Does the boss need to be good with people?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by drstevelewis

The commonest reason for promotion to manager is: technical excellence and hard work. But if you want to lead people, those excellent technical skills won’t be anything like enough. Even worse, if you work in a business where it’s every-man-for-himself, … Continue reading →

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It’s great at the top isn’t it?

Posted on January 19, 2011 by drstevelewis

Of course we all want to be promoted, don’t we? The aspiration of every young trainee is to better herself, to climb up the greasy pole, to get to the top. Of course it is. But what happens when we … Continue reading →

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