One of the rather often used search terms that have people land on my websites is:

“Frank Kanu’s face “.

With that in mind, I thought it’s time to begin introducing myself a bit more. Starting with my wonderful children; today

Princess Hanna.

And yes, my kids beauty is all their moms beauty!


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“Don’t come to me with a problem if you don’t have the solution!” This is a big bunch of baloney. Not even the most talented staffer will be able to live up to this—at least, not all the time. Besides, a staffer who has all the answers ought to be a manager, right?

    Just imagine you sell cars for a living and one of the models you are trying to sell always fails. So you go to your manager to talk about this dilemma. Would your manager expect you to know how to engineer a better model? You might have a few thoughts to share—but a complete overhaul?

    Ever heard the claim, “My company doesn’t have any problems”? Of course there are problems—even in the best companies! Why doesn’t this manager know that there are any? Isn’t he in control? A trust company in Germany laid off all its German/English translators; according to their management, “everyone learns English in school.” Besides, there were enough bilingual people in the office. A few months later the company had to rehire the translators. What happened? The trust lost the bid for a huge project because of errors in the contract. A typical blunder was the phrase “river diagram” instead of “flow chart diagram.” Do you think this is a sign of a management in control?

Are you in control?

Can you gain and keep control?

Do you know some of the problems?

Do you know how to address the problems?

Are you addressing them?

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We’ve all heard it; and we know it only means we are not a priority right now. While it might be funny in the movies when the hero says he can’t deliver the marriage proposal because he’s “too busy,” it’s not funny in business. In fact, it can be a real killer!

    Of course there are always situations when the goals of the business and the goals of the team members do not match. Especially lower ranked managers are sitting between the chairs. Neither being an iron man nor hard nose nor everybody’s darling leads the business to the desired success. Business and personal goals have to be in harmony.

Who do you please?

And if you please - how do you please?

Are you being used by the team to please them?

Then there is the well known variant:

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Now, there will always be some who will perform so outstandingly that they just seem to generate more praise than others. There’s no question: It’s important to recognize truly outstanding efforts. But everyone has the potential to go above and beyond in some area. Watch for each follower’s strengths and find something to praise.

Are you watching that praise is not get to the heads of those praised?

Remember: There are many ways to motivate, but praise is the least common for adults.

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Some think having only friends is better than having followers. But in reality they either surrounded themselves with yes Sayers or have no followers at all. And the same is true when you only say yes to those that you follow.

What is your objective: To lead or to gain friends?

Remember: It’s the leaders job to make decisions, not friends.

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