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Building a Top-notch Team (by Abdulrahman Al-Deijy)

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     Sometimes we look back and ask ourselves whether we have recruited the right resource, why that resource didn't fit within our organizational culture or why resources used to leave the company without participating in realizing any vision or strategical goals. Therefore, this article demystifies the difference between a long term thinker and a short term thinker. Then, an understanding of the best combination of personalities to build the STAR Team is explained. Finally, a discussion of  Tuckman's model would highspot the life cycle that any team would go through.        Long Term Thinkers vs Short Term Thinkers     Before starting the hiring process organizations should know their position by asking themself do we have a long term vision? do we have clear yearly objectives and targets to hit? are we going to be doing the same business after five years? if the answer to these questions is YES then you need a long term thinker. On th...

Managers Tell and Leaders Sell (by Abdulrahman Al-Deijy)

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     Today authors, successful entrepreneurs and academics are stressing on the fact that any employee in a leading position should be a leader instead of being a manager. However, this idea can be criticized since organizations in many cases need more managers than leaders. So, in order to know when the organization need to hire either leaders or managers,  the organization should first be aware of the difference between a manager and a leader. Therefore, the following points have demystified the difference between them: " Managers Tell, Leaders Sell "      First and foremost, managers are considered to be a great reference to know the clear steps and actions to get the job done, but they tend not to mention the reason for performing a specific task. On the other hand, leaders always sell the benefits of why we are doing what we are doing. And by doing that leaders are competent in avoiding project fatigue syndrome in which the team get overwhelm...