Chris A Watkins - Business

  , 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

I believe that you have every right to disbelieve the corporate line, every right to kick back against authority.     I’ve walked my own path for years, disregarding the conventional, so how can I criticise a generation who’s members seek new paths ?     Okay, so I’m old, that doesn’t mean that you should disregard what I have to say. The fact is I agree with most of the stuff about Millennials that guys my age hate.     In the world of work, where you get paid for completing a task, you have only two things to sell . The first is your time and the second is your skills.      That’s it, nothing more.      For me the contract was always simple , I work, you pay me, let's negotiate the rate and get started.     For many years I’ ve steered clear of ‘employee benefits’, had no interest in maternity rights, paternity rights, holiday pay or even redundancy. I’ve contracted and been paid only for the work I’ve done . For the most part