Turning a Problem into an Opportunity – HBR

Ready for a good lesson this morning, read this!   Trust me, I do know it is hard to meet a challenge or a ”fire” and change the reaction to “this is an opportunity”.   Small business leadership and management great takeaways.

 Excerpt: Managers have little choice about facing challenges, whether they come from competitors, economic conditions, or customer demands. However, they can choose whether they treat those challenges as problems or opportunities.

Here’s an example of two managers faced with the same challenge — one approached it as a problem to overcome, and the other, a possibility for reinvention:

Read full article via Turning a Problem into an Opportunity – Ron Ashkenas – Harvard Business Review.

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