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... 6/17/2015 12:00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Michael Manes This content has not been rated yet. What does it take to be an effective leader? How have the principles of leadership evolved? Mike Manes, with a little help from his friends, provides multiple perspectives on the roles that leaders must play in order to win. About 35 years ago in a Political Science class, Dr. Campbell, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, stated that plagiarism is copying from one source; research is copying from more than one source. By the professor's definition, this is the best researched article I've ever written. It's also been the easiest — since most of the work was done by people better educated, wiser, experienced, and respected than I. Robert ... what manner or way' (Webster's 9th New Collegiate Dictionary) . Leadership is about why: for what cause, reason, or purpose' (Webster's 9th New Collegiate Dictionary) . In times of conflict, competition, war, discovery, pioneering, and conquest, we need leaders to nurture people and create systems. Leaders identify current reality and define a future ideal. They then mobilize, organize, and energize their followers to build a bridge between these two points and to cross that bridge. Leaders believe, We have nothing to fear but fear itself. The buck stops here. I have a dream. If you start to take Vienna, take Vienna. Let's roll. Leaders are about effectiveness — doing the right things' (Peter Drucker) . Today there's much ambiguity about the role of leadership. ...

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... have weak capital is, after all, to admit that there are many agencies. One way or another, there has been enough cash flow to make ends meet. But times are changing. Decades of "automatic" revenue growth have ended, and excesses (rates, profits, costs) are being wrung out of the system by overwhelming economic forces. The financial challenges facing agencies are not political issues, susceptible to lobbying power. Too many small-business owners kill profit to minimize corporate taxes. Some CPAs would probably object to my saying so, but this seems to be a favorite strategy of accountants. But killing most private companies' profit means killing their only enduring source of capital. Smaller private businesses have virtually no source of permanent capital other than their earnings. There's very little outside-equity ... Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Building Your Capital 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Brain Burke This content has not been rated yet. "Everything seemed to get better around here when we stopped worrying so much about taxes," Agency CEO Are you trying to build a business — to really develop an organization? Or are you trying to operate a successful practice? Either answer is okay. There are a lot of beautiful smaller agencies with happy owners. The only requirement is that your answer be truthful. If your response is that your mission is to build a genuine business organization, there's a pretty good chance you'll fail, or at least be regularly frustrated, if you're working with insufficient capital ...

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... his attitude good or bad? Is there one universal measure of attitudes or of problems? Is this measure timeless and exact? Is it situational or perspective based? What's the context of the organization and marketplace environment? Are these static or dynamic?" If you're older than 50 you'll remember the photo of Vietnam War protestors placing daisies in the barrels of M-16s as soldiers stood in formation. Many political leaders and most of our parents and grandparents criticized the "attitude problem" of these "long-haired hippie freaks." With the hindsight of nearly 50 years, perhaps we should celebrate the positive and passionate attitude of these "freaks" and second-guess all those in power who condemned them. Robert McNamara, a former Ford Motor executive, was Secretary of Defense for JFK and LBJ He was well ... Manes I was listening recently to a business owner talk about an employee's "attitude problem." Initially, I took the comments at face value. Later I asked, "What's an attitude problem? Is his attitude good or bad? Is there one universal measure of attitudes or of problems? Is this measure timeless and exact? Is it situational or perspective based? What's the context of the organization and marketplace environment? Are these static or dynamic?" If you're older than 50 you'll remember the photo of Vietnam War protestors placing daisies in the barrels of M-16s as soldiers stood in formation. Many political leaders and most of our parents and grandparents criticized the "attitude problem" of these "long-haired hippie freaks." With the hindsight of nearly 50 years, perhaps we should celebrate the ...