engagement

Love at Work: A Practical Recipe

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“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

How far will you go?

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Wellness, well-being and mindfulness are all becoming hot topics in the HR and business fraternity. It seems that there is a growing awareness of the … Read more

Transforming Human Resources

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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”

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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

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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.

Why you, unwittingly, may be just going through the motions

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If you want to change this and turn things around to fully engage employees and optimise their effectiveness you have to find a way of changing the employee’s relation to their work. This essentially means that you have to create an environment where your employee is not working to “make someone else’s goals come true.” The only way you can do that is to create an environment of shared goals, where your goals and the employee’s correspond. That is the necessity. You have to ‘make your business their business’ – there simply is no other way to resolve this fundamental problem.

Big Data Demands ‘Big’ People

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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.

How You Overcome That Great Fear

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Most “disruptive” ideas – like the examples rejected by IBM – were first mooted internally. Their originators, however, had the conviction, determination and drive to pursue them and see them through to success, with the ultimate financial rewards that followed. We call that entrepreneurial spirit, but there is no reason why it has to occur outside the organisation. Supporting their development and offering the originator a royalty in return, creates the best of both worlds. It taps into the creative capabilities of your most important assets whilst simultaneously ensuring that results remain “in-house.” That, surely, is the ultimate win-win.

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