Mitigating the Cost of Living Crisis
Energy, food, fuel – the costs of all the basic essentials of life are increasing dramatically and rapidly. No wonder there is concern about inflation … Read more
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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
Good versus Bad Bosses – Why Retention is the Wrong Measure
You might be surprised. I was. I had come to accept the idea that people quit their jobs primarily because of bad bosses. Yet, according … Read more
Transform Your Business Through More Effective Personal Reviews
There is an increasing tendency to do away with annual performance reviews. That is as it should be, for performance assessment should be an ongoing activity. It is also one that is most honestly done by the employee when the pressures of measurement and its consequences are removed. Career development, however, is not something the person can address unilaterally: it calls for a conversation. Managers still need to sit down with employees and ascertain to what extent they are growing and developing as people, how their work is contributing to that, and what needs to be done to provide and sustain that self-development.
Leadership made easy
The leader leads and the boss drives. Employee ownership links the life-investment your people are making in your organisation with a sense of shared purpose. It serves as a catalyst to create the autonomy, mastery and purpose that will deliver the well-being and emotional equity to secure employee engagement and sustain better performance and better results. It will thus enable you to stop driving and lead more effectively.
Talent Wars or Talent Waste?
Are people’s capabilities diminishing? Our own observations would suggest otherwise. Likewise science would probably point to the opposite. So why has talk of the “War … Read more
The Semantics Say It All!
Are you perhaps guilty of saying or implying this and making your employees feel Bolshie, otherwise and disengaged?
Hanging on to your elephant’s tail?
What on earth? I was re-reading Ricardo Semler’s “Maverick” the other day, when I was tickled by his question, “What would you rather have, the … Read more