Warren Buffett is in the news these days after publicly expressing his confidence in the future of American corporations and recently investing $8 Billion Dollars to purchase interests in GE and Goldman Sachs. With the recent stock market turmoil, many look to the world’s wealthiest man for guidance, and rightly so. Buffett is widely recognized as an exceptional judge of corporate value. “The Oracle of Omaha,” as he is known, is arguably the most successful investor in history. Corporate leaders regularly make the trek to Omaha, Nebraska, seeking his wisdom. …

Many leaders and managers often fall into the trap of shrieking responsibility in their attempt to delegate their tasks to the team.
Magnus, an operations manager in an IT firm, was tasked to draft out the car parking and traffic plan for the company’s upcoming 30th anniversary celebration. He was given three weeks to prepare before he had to present the plan to the CEO. As he was off on a course for the first two weeks, he only began on the plan on the third week. Believing that the task …

The art of delegation does not always come naturally to all leaders or managers. While some leaders may effectively assign and allocate sub tasks to his team members, others experience difficulty in grappling with the subtleties of the skill, such as maintaining control over the process, or avoiding the crossing of the line between delegating and “arrowing”. Regardless, we all know that effective delegation is a critical skill in becoming a successful leader, for this skill allows us to effectively manage the team to achieve outcome that we alone can …

In our examinations of various leadership styles and leadership qualities, none could possibly be more apt than Barack Obama as a case study. His refreshing ideology and brilliant execution certainly bestows us with many leadership lessons to draw from.
Who is He?
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th President of the United States. As an African American born in Hawaii, Obama took interest in being a community organiser in a low income neighbourhood, and served as a church based community organiser before studying Law at Harvard Law School. He was eventually …