Whenever there is a conflict between two departments or two individuals within a department, we have found that 90% of the time it's because nobody knows who has the authority to make decisions in that area of conflict. I will provide you with one example of many. A two-bit leader would be one who has not mastered either the specialst or management competencies to the maximum degree, and more than likely they would not have mastered the hard-skill competencies of strategy, planning, organizing, leadership, teamwork, and control. It also includes the soft skills which accompany these hard skills, such as empathy and kindness.Ī leader is promoted by being the best at her or his specialist talent first, but keep in mind that a promoted-leader seldom has any knowledge of the hard-skill competencies of leadership management. The management talent includes all the hard-skill competencies of the six functions of leadership management: strategy, planning, organizing, leadership, teamwork, and control. These are skills and competencies which are trained. It includes the competencies of accounting if you are a part of that department, engineering, warehouse receiving, etc. The Specialist talent includes all the competencies of skill sets required on your job description. There are two types of talent in business: specialist talent and management talent. “A two-bit hack!Īre you a two-bit leader? What composes a two-bit leader? It's a leader who is not good at what they do with their direct reports, their team. 'Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, all for St Mary's (your school) stand up and holler!” And everyone would stand up and cheer for their team.īut in the 1920's the term 'two bit' took on a negative connotation, describing a person considered being someone who's not good at what they do.

It went like this, and yes, I cheered this one. In the 1940's following WWII, there was a cheerleading cheer that originated in Florida, and used in every high school in the country. Whenever you asked, 'how much does this cost?' The answer was always something like this, 'Two bits,' or 'Two bits and a nickel.' (You can look up the origination of a bit on google.) From GW’s Leadership Management Workbench….īack in 'the early days of the 20th century,' yes, before my time, everything sold at a local store was sold in 'bits.' Two bits equaled 25 cents.

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