Dave Delaney's useful advice for your development as a manager

Abstract

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to convey useful and practical advice on one's development as a manager from the perspective of a successful entrepreneur. Design/methodology/approach -Based on lessons learned from founding and leading a $300 million business. Findings -Beware of the transition from school to business. Take jobs that offer real experience. Showing up is 90 percent of the battle. If you are not in a job that you consider to be as much fun as what you do when you are not working, then you should go and try to find that job. The best decisions you make will be the mistakes you avoid. If it doesn't make sense it can't last. When you are explaining you are losing. Hire people who care. Break down barriers to communication. Embrace humor. You can't lead when your pants are too tight. Never ignore the last mile problem. Big egos destroy companies. Originality/value -Valuable for managers at every stage of their development, and especially for those just entering the work force.

The effects of supervisor humour on employee attitudes

“…Results of this research confirm Gkorezis et al's (2011) findings that positive humour creates positive results and negative humour creates negative results in the workplace. Our findings are consistent with research that shows that positive humour is an effective mechanism for building friendships in the office and breaking down barriers (Decker and Rotondo, 2001;McManus and Delaney, 2007). We build upon this research by using a more fine-tuned operationalisation of negative humour (aggressive vs self-defeating; Martin et al, 2003).…”

“…Humour is considered a powerful ingredient in managerial communications (Cooper et al, 2018) and managers who use it appropriately can break down barriers (McManus and Delaney, 2007) and develop effective working relationships (Mesmer-Magnus et al, 2012). Humour, which has been defined by The Oxford English Dictionary as "that quality of action, speech, or writing which excites amusement, oddity, jocularity, facetiousness, comicality, or fun" (Simpson and Weiner, 1989), is thought to enhance efficiency and creativity within companies (Krohe, 1987), improve learning (Kaupins, 1991) and increase performance (Mesmer-Magnus et al, 2012).…”

The Role of Employee Trust in the Relationship Between Leaders’ Aggressive Humor and Knowledge Sharing

“…145 | P a g e https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/ Humor in the workplace Managers can use positive humor to break down barriers (McManus and Delaney, 2007). It correlates to well-being moods, such as self-esteem and positive emotions (Samson and Gross, 2012).…”

Business success and psychological traits of housing developers

“…As claimed by Lam (1996), the principle of being hardworking is retrieved from the entrepreneur's childhood experiences and is deemed as the most important factor behind the secret to success of owners/managers in business (Irjayanti & Azis 2013). Consistent pressure and intensive demands from the entrepreneurial environment cause entrepreneurs to work hard (McManus & Delaney 2007) to obtain better results in business. The real concept of hard work not only refers to working long hours, as proposed by Chiste (1996), but also to the willingness of entrepreneurs to put extra effort whenever necessary.…”