Chris A Watkins - Business

Throughout my life, in both business and personal spheres I have found that individuals seeking answers invariably look for 'silver bullet' solutions.     In a recent post on LinkedIn a n Influencer wrote that she had been asked the question ' Who is the most powerful person you ever met? '     The question was posed by a 17 year old and the author guessed that the answer being sought was the name of some sort of X-Factor figure, This strikes a cord with me. Throughout my life, in both business and personal spheres I have found that individuals seeking answers invariably look for 'silver bullet' solutions. This applies to all generations, 'Boomer, X-Gen and Millennial, it applies to individuals of all levels of intelligence, and to individuals at all levels of authority.     The desire for someo ne to appear, like a genie from a lamp, wit h either ' the answer' to a problem , or ' the power' to solve the problem, or

  , or Elvis has left the building...   Who can sing the song when the star is on stage at a rival venue?     Climbing to the Top - Chris A watkins Within the confusion that s urrounds the label ‘Leader’ I am at tempting a clarification of what defines a leader in a business sense. In an earlier post on LinkedIn ( Misled, Mismanaged? Or just Mistaken? ) I o utlined three types of leader w hich may be valid in a business environment .     By sharing the text of a speech delivered in 1917 by Major Bach, Jason Versey outlines the ideal ‘believer’ leader type. Describing an individual with character closer to that of a god rather than that of a  m ortal this is, even so, a good template to work from .     Recently in a post entitle d ' Would you work for Me? " on LinkedIn, James Caan described the organisational set up he has established at Hamilton Bradshaw.      Caan says - "...when it comes to working on a project, say I need so