Steve Davies Online

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most successful song writing partnerships in history. They worked together for a period of about seven years and were driven apart by their success and their egos. From a business perspective, the inherent flaws in their business relationship provide an object lesson on how not to structure a partnership.

In working with business owners, there are four management styles that I see. Most CEOs tend to fit into either the Army, Enabler or Wheel category, but the more sophisticated and successful are working at adopting Win-Win. Although all of these can coexist in the same manager, with different styles apparent on different days, most managers tend to have one predominant style.

I was surprised to hear on the radio that CBS had developed a special technique to encourage people to cheat their employers by watching the NCAA March Madness tournament on the CBS website while they are at work.