Many leaders have experienced the frustration when someone consistently refuses to take responsibility.   There are many ways to avoid accepting responsibility. The most obvious way is by giving endless excuses or, later, to blame someone else for the wrongdoing.   While consulting in formerly communist countries, I had an insight into why this might be happening. In those countries, dictatorships were the mode of government. The same might be

In my work as a consultant to top management, I come across the same question over and over again: “Doctor Adizes, how do I balance my professional career with my

Business texts and microeconomic theory tells us that the goal of a business enterprise should be profits, measured by return on assets or investment in both the short and the