Words of Wisdom Courtesy of Meet the Boss TV

Straight from the mouths of CEO's. How to lead your team. See more here.

Think You Know All the Answers? It Might Be Better If You Don't...

So, your team is given a problem, and people look to you for answers since maybe you're the one with who has the expertise in that field. You think you know, but you're not sure. Soon, that little voice of self doubt begins to whisper in your ear....What do you do? You can't just say you don't know....or can you?

This excerpt from an interesting article on businessinsider.com provides a little insight on the issue:

Some advice for this situation

• Remember that when we are in self-doubt, we are usually operating out of fear. Somebody wise once said to me, we can operate out of fear or love and nothing good ever came from when we we operate out of fear. Instead, love the process rather than fear the ambiguity.

• Perhaps the “answer” is to figure out what questions need to be asked, and answered to know more. Build a list of questions that could help you map the situation more fully.

• Redefine leading from knowing already, to knowing how to know. Easy problems are easy. If you want to help your company solve the tough problem nuts, you gotta get comfortable with the fact that you will need to do more discovery to figure it out...

For the full article and some other tips, click here.

Stress Busters That Can Make You Look Better

Feeling a little rough around the edges because you are doing an MBA? Check out these ten stress busters that will make you look better!

1. Sleep more
2. Exercise a lot...


For the full article.....click here!

How to Be a Good Boss - Tips from TV Bosses That Ring True

Although I'm sure the boss on the TV show The Office has many redeeming qualities, management skills aren't one of them. Or are they? BusinessInsider.com says, "He spends most of his time at work trying to encourage everyone to have fun -- rather than actually working."

What managers can learn from Michael Scott is that treating employees like people is important, and how you treat your workforce reflects how you too would like to be treated. This amongst many other pearls of wisdom can be found here.