Taken for granted?
How much do you take things for granted? Something that helps keeps me on guard against this is an unforgettable experience I had when in … Read more
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Why Employee Engagement is Essential and How to Ensure It
When you do that you have engendered the employee engagement which, the data shows, is the foundation for solid teamwork that gives you the organisational integrity to deliver your strategy, transform your results and sustain your success.
The Secret of Personal and Organisational Alignment
Employee ownership strengthens an employee’s sense of purpose and thereby changes their attitude, but it also helps break the tradition of looking at people purely as a cost and so reinforces the sense of autonomy that builds a virtuous cycle that perpetuates and solidifies the organisational alignment and hence the organisational integrity. Why would you not want to consider this – especially when you can do it at virtually no cost to either individual or organisation? It offers a better employee engagement remedy than anything else in the market.
Redundancy: When will they ever learn?
As long as you continue to manage people as costs, rather than as assets, redundancy will always remain an attractive option. Even if redundancy is not a “knee-jerk” reaction to bad performance it certainly can seem like it. At best it reflects badly on management and calls into question their ability – and therefore their right – to oversee a large organisation. Why?
It’s about people management – not talent management!
To function effectively and sustain success any business, regardless of its type, has to be more organic: to operate more as an organism than an organisation. This means you have to create an environment where everyone works together to meet the organisational purpose.The collective capability is what creates the precision that powers and propels performance and sustains success.
People as Assets – A Practical Proposition
The challenge Last week we looked at the statement “people are our greatest asset” and found that it was more than a cliché. The definition … Read more
People as Assets – Fact or Fiction?
“People are our greatest/most important assets!” How often have you heard that? It has become rather a cliché. But how much validity does the statement … Read more
A spectacular own goal!
For a profession that vociferously proclaims its right to a place at the high table of management the HR profession is remarkably adept at undermining … Read more
Ban the Rule Books and Performance Management
If nobody ever sets out to do a bad job, why do we need to spend so much time and effort controlling how people do/did their work?
HR: The New Frontier
It’s been 10 years since I set out on a new career path with the mantra “HR is the new IT.” For me it was … Read more