The Employee Engagement Profit Chain
The motherlode of wealth runs not through the executive corridors but through the vocational landscape of frontline employees.” I know I quoted this, from “Firms … 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
Pursuing Good Business Leadership
Imagine, right now, that you are attached to a lie-detector and you are asked, “Are you a good business leader?” How would you answer? If … Read more
Mastering “The Paradox of Being Human”
The whole conundrum around the struggle between selfishness and selflessness, with its biological roots – or what Simon Sinek calls “The Paradox of Being Human” … Read more
“The Paradox of Being Human” and Its Implications in Organisations
“The Paradox of Being Human” is how Simon Sinek refers to life’s constant conflict between selfishness and selflessness: between “me” and “we.” We spend our … Read more
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
Here and Wow!
The other day I had an epiphany! I was watching a Matthieu Ricard TED Talk on “The Habits of Happiness” and was struck by his … Read more
How Management is Lobotomising Leadership
The divide between leadership and management is being perpetuated and exacerbated by our modern systems.
Increasingly sophisticated systems have accelerated business to the extent they have thrust decision-making ‘down-the-line’ and created what is popularly called distributed leadership or decision making. That is a good thing, but unfortunately, with their built-in and rigid controls to anticipate and cover every possibility, they have, paradoxically, also taken away the decision making capability from the people who operate them.
“Double Standards”
The recent announcement that Network Rail bosses are getting 6 figure bonuses despite failing to achieve corporate targets hardly caused a ripple. Apart from the … Read more
Don’t be a blind follower!
The HR news this week has hardly been encouraging, and brings to mind rather forcibly the adage “If a blind man leads a blind man, … Read more