Henri Fayol

Why You Should Stop Trying to Be a Leader and Start Being an Administrator

Why You Should Stop Trying to Be a “Leader” and Start Being an “Administrator”

There is a peculiar disease spreading through modern business culture. It lives in keynote speeches, bestselling books, and corporate retreats held at places with too many glass windows. The disease is this: everyone wants to be a “leader.” Nobody wants to be an “administrator.” Say the word “leader” in a room full of professionals and […]

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Why You Should Stop Managing & Start Organizing (Henri Fayol)

Your manager walks past your desk for the fifth time today. She hovers. She checks. She corrects the font size on your presentation. She reminds you about the deadline you already circled in red on your calendar. This is managing. And according to Henri Fayol, the man who essentially invented modern management theory back in

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