60,000 Daily Reasons to Rethink!
Did you hear the news last Friday? More than one million people in the USA have lost their jobs in the last three months. One … 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
Let Down by Our Language
Do you ever pause to consider how much language might influence our behaviour? I frequently quote the passage in Jack Welch’s biography “Jack” where he … Read more
Employee Engagement = Brand Alignment
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get from it, but what they become by it.” John Ruskin A modern day … Read more
Turnaround Leadership
“In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers he must have their confidence.” Dwight D Eisenhower Simple yet … Read more
The Meaning of Work
“Implementation is straightforward if you understand the fundamentals, but only if you can engage so that modern workers are able to answer the question. ‘What’s … Read more
Leading out of Recession
“Given the difficult times, we have to invest in good quality leadership rather than reorganising and restructuring or trying to manage our way out.” Dominic … Read more
Emotion and Employee Engagement
“The state of many organisations today is like that of a body-builder who exercises only one arm.” Michael Lee Stallard in “Fired up or Burned … Read more
Flaming Enthusiasm
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” Dale Carnegie This past Saturday I had … Read more
Who do you REALLY work for?
“Each individual should work for himself. People will not sacrifice themselves for the company.” Soichiro Honda; founder of Honda What a truly humanitarian statement, and … Read more