The biggest mistake in leadership

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Source: http://www.innovatrs.com/blog/the-biggest-mistake-in-leadership/ Last Friday we posted a video which featured a series of top management figures explaining what they considered to be the crucial skills for tomorrow’s leaders. This week we’re going down a different path- we’re turning a negative into a positive! So, what are the biggest mistakes that leaders (and indeed future leaders) can make? Once again we turn to the insightful thoughts of this select group of managerial leaders- including  Harvard Business School’s Professor Bill George, Dr Ellen Langer and Carl Sloan. In today’s video, we learn about the most common mistakes leaders commit- such as putting your own interests ahead of the business… Please watch the video via the link mentioned above....
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Top skills for future leaders

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What are the most important skills that will be required of tomorrow’s leaders? In this video interview, management thought leaders- including Dr.Ángel Cabrera (President, Thunderbird School of Management) and Bill George and Dr. Ellen Langer (Professors at the Harvard Business School) - share their ideas about what they consider to be crucial leadership skills - trust, empathy, human connection, accuracy and the ability to impart knowledge to others. But are they missing anything? What qualities do you think characterises a good leader? Via: http://www.innovatrs.com/blog/top-skills-for-future-leaders/ ...
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40 Investing Quotes To Lead You Through Any Market

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Via: www.investinganswers.com 1. Those with the enterprise lack the money and those with the money lack the enterprise to buy stocks when they are cheap.   -Benjamin Graham 2. A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.   -Henry Ford 3. Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.   -Donald Trump 4. After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.   -Calvin Coolidge 5. "Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.   -Paul Samuelson 6. If investing is entertaining, if ...
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Straight planting

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New trends in the planting methods reveal higher benefits for soil preservation Direct planting, or “no tillage”, is a planting and fertilizing method involving the least possible movement of the soil at the moment of seed insertion, which is done through a small opening in the soil, which is then closed. In this way, the soil remains intact from planting until harvesting, leaving the residues from the previous harvest over the soil, which thus become organic fertilizers for the soil. This method not only allows preserving the soil structure, but also offers the following benefits: • Prevent the erosion and wash of the soil generated by the rain and wind, that normally lead to the loss of valuable organic mass – mulch – which, in this way is being increased • Less evaporation caused by the soil labour, with the consequence of saving water, allowing for early planting, higher productivity per ha., especially in places where the water is scarce • Less nitrogen lixiviation...
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