No-one is Insignificant
“No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt.” Lord Clarendon Rather a negative thought that one, … Read more
Talent Management
Maximising the Value of the Workforce
“More than ever, today’s global organisations are focusing their time and attention on maximising the value of their workforces.” Those are the opening words of … Read more
More on People Management
"Talent-management processes can’t work if managers don’t think it is important to develop their people” This, the sub-title of a 2006 McKinsey report titled “The … Read more
A Perfect Storm
Are you sailing blithely into it or are you steering well clear? This week I came across an MIT Sloan Business Insight article (“How to … Read more
Spotlight on Success
Have you ever stopped to think about success? What it is? Whether you have it? How you get it? How important is it? How much … Read more
Motivation: The Rainbow’s End?
“It is not the job of the manager to motivate employees. That is impossible. It’s a manager’s job to create a happy work environment in … Read more
It’s all about the people!
Business is not complicated. In essence it is simply a case of people finding a way to deliver a product or service to other people … Read more
What is so special about footballers?
Like many people I often ponder the lives of footballers who earn as much or more in a week than I earn in a year, … Read more
Judge not!
It is stating the obvious to say we are all different and hence we all do things differently. Yet this is probably THE single biggest … Read more
Is Management the Brake on Performance
If you had a squeaky door that was driving you nuts, would you decide to wait until it had stopped squeaking before you oiled it? … Read more