Business Productivity Strategies for Success (Collection)

Truth 12. Visionary or beat cop? Your choice

The big business news that hits the headlines these days seems to fall into one of two large categories: Why didn’t I think of that? and What were they thinking? The first leads to accolades and keynote speeches; the second leads to handcuffs and legal fees. One is good; the other is bad. But both reflect a need for two separate kinds of management styles: visionary and beat cop. Visionary managers may get the limelight because of their fascination with the power of possibilities. But if you’re more enchanted with the power of rules, there’s a huge demand for you, too. (Case in point: A Google search for Dodd-Frank pulls up almost 19 million hits. People are worried about following the rules.) The ...