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There’s a second stage when your business moves out of the ‘consolidation’ phase. This is when the focus of the leadership group needs to move away completely from day to day operations: they need to become Directors, with their focus on strategic, financial and legal issues – and the second tier of management needs to take over the day-to-day running of the organisation.

Still on the subject of meetings, a guest blog today from Jesse Lyn Stoner: I’ve attended a lot of meetings that are a waste of time – it’s part of my job. (I help teams improve their performance and often observe to understand their issues before I intervene). However, I must say this was the most boring meeting of my career.

You’ve heard of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People? Well, here’s our selection of the seven habits of highly incompetent ones! Check yourself out, and look around you for these key indicators of management incompetence:

Do you get confused over the distinction between ‘doing’ the job, ‘managing’, and ‘directing’? Here are some distinctions: Doing: Carrying out a deed or action, especially when held responsible for it. Managing: Getting people together to accomplish goals through interpersonal relations, information processing and decision making…