The Power of Purpose
It has been an extraordinary week. It is as though the whole world has aligned with my endeavours. New light has radiantly illuminated my inner convictions … Read more
Learning and development
Leadership: Do Our Leaders Really Know What It Is?
True leadership isn’t about antiquated ideas of traditional leadership or leadership development, but about ensuring that you create a culture and environment in which everyone cares: in which everyone is a leader. That is why every individual matters.
Love at Work: A Practical Recipe
“Work is love made visible.” What do those words of Kahlil Gibran’s say to you? I see them both as a constant source of inspiration … Read more
Transforming Human Resources
You likely heard the news late last week that the Shell share price rose 7% in response to the news that the company was cutting … Read more
Turning “Human Resources” into “Humane Resources”
Last week I wrote about the strange dichotomy in organisations: their dependency on people while generally failing to take any account of the intrinsic drivers … Read more
The Strange Dichotomy of Organisations and How to Bridge It
Thus, although coming from three totally different perspectives, all three of these writers reinforce one another’s conclusions. This makes their findings more credible, and more significant for you as a business leader. To significantly transform performance and results you have to create an environment that makes the best of your people or – more accurately – that allows them to make the best of themselves. For this you need to consider how you are going to create a system or systems that addresses the physical and psychological needs of your people. Both collectively and individually, because every individual matters.
How effective is your incentive remuneration, really?
Who doesn't like a bonus? It is always nice to get more in your pay packet than usual. A bonus naturally make you feel good … Read more
The Secret to Successful Change
I was shocked! And slightly disappointed in myself. In hindsight perhaps I shouldn’t have been, but I was – even though I suspect change professionals … Read more
How the Learning Cycle Fits into Organisational Development
This is key: while you intuitively understand that your organisation is the aggregate of the people who work in it, you must consciously recognise that every person is an individual. Maximising your organisational learning means maximising individual employee learning. Thus creating a learning organisation, with an effective continuous improvement programme that secures your organisational development, necessitates ensuring you introduce mechanisms that will identify and circumvent the limiting effects of these filters. Your business demands nothing less.
Kill the Performance Review
Performance reviews remain in the news. Last week I wrote about Accenture’s abandoning them, but this week came the even more shattering news that GE … Read more