The Origin of Strategy

Professor G.F. Gause, known as “the father of mathematical biology,” put two very small animals (protozoans) of the same genus in a bottle with an adequate supply of food. If the animals were of different species, they could survive and persist together. If they were of the same species, they could not. This observation led
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What is strategy? (Part 1)

1.Operational effectiveness is not strategy, during the last two decades organizations learned that they need to be flexible to answer the market’s changes and competitions and to achieve the best operation they need to benchmark    and if needed outsource to achieve efficiency. They also need to develop some core competency to overtake rivals. But
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Is charisma something to be learned (acquired)?

Growing evidence indicates the importance of charisma on leadership. It is the common feature of personalities such as John F. Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Steve Jobs, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. The following are some of the most prominent characteristics of charismatic leadership: Confidence Having a strong compelling vision The ability
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Leadership and honesty

Honesty is the foundation of a leader-follower relationship. Unfortunately, many leaders fail to understand that honesty not only means telling the truth but also leaving a good impression on people who you are working with. Albert Einstein conveyed that anyone who is indifferent to the truth in small tasks cannot be trusted in important responsibilities.
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Being committed to the key values of the organization is painful!

Organizational values are guiding principles in which the whole organization is committed to. They go beyond any rules and regulations. All strategies, tactics, plans and actions must be formulated with regard to these values, and no one in the company is allowed to do the opposite, not even the CEO! Collins and Porras point out
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Qualities of Effective Leaders

Despite all studies and research for detecting the key factors in which the effectiveness of a good leader can be understood, many of these factors are still undetected and not understood. It is interesting to know that however ordinary people do not have much trouble in identifying qualified leaders, researchers face some difficulties in this
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The art of war

“The Art of War” is a Chinese book which is written by Sun Tzu around 500 BC, and then was translated into French and later to English and other languages. Sun Tzu is an ancient Chinese strategist who wrote this book as a consultation for the empire at that time. Nowadays this book is strongly
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“The trap of extreme love”

To be terrible at your social communications there is a way: extreme love! This sort of behavior is motivated by best motivations but ends in a feeling that is as annoying as rudeness. Extreme love can be seen while we laugh at the CEO’s spoiled jokes or on your first date, when you completely agree
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Why kind people always tell lies?

Extremely good people are always ready, sometimes eager to tell lies! It seems strange because we are attached to our commitment to the truth, even at the cost it may impose on our lives. No one likes a liar for he ignores the truth for personal gain. But good people do not turn their backs
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