Power Bites
Short and to the Point Management, Leadership, and Lifestyle Advice I Give My Clients!
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Focused advice for busy leaders that can immediately be applied to real management and leadership problems. From Power Bites: It’s the petty things that rob us of our time, not the big things. You must arm yourself against the small minds of people who refuse to focus in on the issues at hand. Examples abound at meetings, but it also happens in one-on-one confrontations. Ask yourself if what you are doing is what you are supposed to be doing at that moment. Big picture focus means big picture mistakes. The biggest risks give the biggest gain...and losses. When you are the boss, go for it. Just try to segmentize the project so that the losses can be somewhat contained. If you spend time bringing your staff, subordinates and associates down, you are not leaving too much room for them to boost you up. In most instances, you will always be slightly above your subordinates. If your subordinates are pushed down, so will you. But, placing them on a high pedestal will elevate you higher than you could ever do for yourself. People working for you should eagerly look forward to coming to work every day. They should go home bursting with ideas they want to try tomorrow. They should spread the word about the great company where they work. Their children should want to follow in their footsteps. Their friends should be a little [just a little] envious. Subordinates can't grow if they are not given responsibility; and if they are not put in a position where they could screw up. Don't put them where they could foul up a major project or lose a large order, but responsibility for a small part of the project won't be the end of the world. A proper manager/delegator has the decisions made and work done at the lowest possible level. Everything counts. People judge you by what's important to them, by their agenda. You never know what shapes their thoughts. Try to anticipate their agenda and prepare for it, and your value would be increased. Every decision not made (that is, when the decision first comes to your attention) is a mortgage against your future. At some point in the future, you will no longer be in control of your time - that will be when that delayed item must be done and you would rather not be working on it. Many people don’t like loans. So why mortgage your time future?
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As a seasoned Certified Public Accountant, Edward Mendlowitz has had a long history of listening to clients relay not only their most important concerns about the strengths and weaknesses of their companies, but also their own fears about the solitude they feel as business owners—even when they employ hundreds of people. In Power Bites, Mendlowitz shares his proven advice and concise calls to action that will help both experienced and novice leaders focus on what is most important while learning to communicate clearly and effectively with their customers and employees. Mendlowitz relies on his experience, inquisitiveness, and interest in helping thousands of clients and other CPAs face and solve their problems. Here he offers practical and easy-to-implement tips on how to: • Acquire knowledge and create power • Develop a vision and set goals • Squash fears and embrace change • Create excitement and think optimistically • Do what is expected in an unexpected way • Network and establish a brand Power Bites shares effective guidance that can be immediately applied to resolve every- day dilemmas—whether in the workplace or in the home—ultimately helping to transform others into more successful leaders, managers, and individuals.
About the Author
Edward Mendlowitz, CPA is a partner with WithumSmith+Brown in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has written and edited several professional books and has served on the panel of experts for Bottom Line/Personal newsletter for over thirty years. He lives with his wife in East Brunswick, New Jersey