Comments on: Video blog: Solve small problems before they become big http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/03/28/video-blog-solve-small-problems-before-they-become-big/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chicago http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/03/28/video-blog-solve-small-problems-before-they-become-big/comment-page-1/#comment-147581 Chicago Tue, 20 May 2008 17:18:17 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/03/28/video-blog-solve-small-problems-before-they-become-big/#comment-147581 A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

]]> By: CA http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/03/28/video-blog-solve-small-problems-before-they-become-big/comment-page-1/#comment-62633 CA Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:10:02 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/03/28/video-blog-solve-small-problems-before-they-become-big/#comment-62633 Reinforces an old adage "A stitch in time saves nine." One of the other reasons leaders and managers let go of small problems is their conflict avoidance nature. I worked with a CEO once who was your best friend - or so I thought. He was all jovial, shoulder patting, joking and laughing - in short, he wanted to do all the "fun stuff". But he did a Houdini whenever any unpleasant issue needed to be dealt with. It is no wonder, his small business was always in the survival mode. Reinforces an old adage "A stitch in time saves nine."

One of the other reasons leaders and managers let go of small problems is their conflict avoidance nature. I worked with a CEO once who was your best friend – or so I thought. He was all jovial, shoulder patting, joking and laughing – in short, he wanted to do all the "fun stuff".

But he did a Houdini whenever any unpleasant issue needed to be dealt with. It is no wonder, his small business was always in the survival mode.

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