A Key to Optimising Your Human Capital
The perpetual balancing act between selfishness and selflessness, or self-interest and group-interest, is evolutionarily fundamental. So much so that it has been described as “The … Read more
Learning and development
Strategy and Your People: How to Sustain Success
Recently I came across an article in the July-August 2015 Harvard Business Review entitled, “People before Strategy.” (I am not sure the link will work, … Read more
The Power of Ownership
“Mine!” Who hasn’t heard a young child say that? The concept of ownership is one of our most primitive senses. Indeed, I once read that … Read more
Talking Heads or Turning Heads?
Of course you are not a talking head. But are you – or any members of your team – in danger of becoming one or … Read more
How Love at Work Transforms Performance
“Fortune favours the bold.” Or, perhaps Queen Elizabeth I’s legendary rendering of the sentiment as “Faint heart never won fair maiden”, may be more appropriate … Read more
Why You Need Love at Work
The idea was novel. It had promise. It was exciting. Yet part of me still baulked. “People won’t take me seriously.” “I will be ridiculed.” … Read more
Good Leadership and Organisational Well-Being
Continuing with the last week’s theme and pursuing the subject of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, another … Read more
Pursuing Good Business Leadership
Imagine, right now, that you are attached to a lie-detector and you are asked, “Are you a good business leader?” How would you answer? If … Read more
Business Leadership: Modern Day Pioneering
You don’t have to be a leader to be aware of the pace of change and the challenges of competing and surviving in today’s global … Read more
Put the New into the New Year
We are now well into the new year. As the days pass and you settle back into your routine, you may find yourself struggling to … Read more