Seal the Deal with Your People!

Despite the gloomy statistics of the employee engagement surveys that indicate such high levels of employee disengagement, there are many companies out there that do … Read more

Who do you really work for?

Who do you really, really work for? (Sung to the tune of "what do you really, really want?") This may seem like a strange question, … Read more

Beyond “The Management Myth”

"If you want to succeed in business, don't get an MBA. Study philosophy instead." Matthew Stewart.    Those words, the byline of a June 2006 article, … Read more

Recognising the Investment of Years

Businesses owe their employees – the investors of years – the same consideration that they owe their investors of capital. Discuss! However, before you do, … Read more

Will Your Principles Stand the Test of Time?

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result not a strategy… your main constituencies … Read more

Putting a New Perspective on Productivity

Is it possible that productivity is over-emphasised in the modern workplace? Have we reached the point where the focus on productivity is counter-productive? It is … Read more

Employee Engagement & Personal Responsibility

Distilled to its most basic, an employment contract is, in essence, an agreement:1. Between an individual and an organisation that the individual will fulfil certain duties … Read more

Maslow, Happiness, Employee Engagement & Value

“We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with … Read more