Good Leadership: It’s All about Value
Continuing with the recent theme of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, here is something else you can … Read more
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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
Avoid the Unfortunate Consequences of The People Paradox
Have you ever heard of The People Paradox? I hadn’t either, although I was well aware of Lord Acton’s famous quote that, “Power corrupts and … Read more
Employee Engagement: Not ‘Love for Work’, but ‘Love at Work’
Talking about love at work is a surprisingly daunting prospect. Whether that is by default or design, it seems the word love is seldom, if … Read more
Why you should care!
Ultimately, employee engagement is about caring. But it is a two-way street. If you want your employees to care, then you first have to show them that you care. That is why every individual matters.
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.
Big Data Demands ‘Big’ People
Whatever data our computers generate, the determination of requirements, and the uses to which it is put, are all shaped by humans. This demands great insight, sensitivity and balance if it is to be put to effective use. Thus you need ‘big’ people if you are going to optimise your big data.
Emissions, Ethics and HR
As the world gets to grips with the fallout from “Dieselgate” I was amazed to learn that 74% of respondents to a CIPD poll agreed … Read more
Beating the Crisis of Ethics
Flavour of the past week has undoubtedly be the question of ethics. Editorial comments have abounded and most, if not all, the newsletters I have … Read more