Management Evolution: Where do you stand?
You probably know that, if you put a frog in cold water and slowly heat it, it will eventually boil to death. This fact was … Read more
You probably know that, if you put a frog in cold water and slowly heat it, it will eventually boil to death. This fact was … Read more
By recognising and focusing on each and every individual, the ‘Every Individual Matters’ model enhances personal performance on an organisation-wide basis and thus inevitably enhances organisational performance. It provides a solid foundation for coaching and so builds a powerful, sustainable leadership framework.
Now you have an unprecedented means of creating, measuring and managing learning and development within your organisation. It turns training from an expense into a properly evaluated investment with the appropriate return on investment (ROT) that ensures your training is more effective and actually transforms your organisational performance in the way you intend it to.
This very effectively illustrates the virtuous circle of the formula and the reinforcing aspect of its independent and inter-dependent elements. As people develop themselves they will increase their asset value, inevitably enabling them to make a greater contribution to the organisation and help execute strategy effectively. Note that, per the formula, disciplined execution is the multiplier and this will be boosted by their ownership stake which will make them more naturally inclined to do so.
It is not about relativity; it’s about relationships. When you recognise this more people-centric approach and build your business model around it, you will witness the transformation it creates and bask in the success it brings – success that is sustainable.
“We JUST need to engage our heads and our hearts in a leadership process that validates the worth of every individual. Where everybody matters.” (My … Read more
More than this, though, we have to stop incentivising on the basis of performance. This emphasis on performance distracts while driving and distorting all our reward systems. It inverts the order of this model and means, even at the highest level, that managing becomes more important than leading. Furthermore, if this is not bad enough, it also breeds competition amongst the employees and so builds silos, dilutes synergy and destroys organisational integrity.
You really do not have to look any further to unlock leadership.
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
It is not the customer who is the source of profit, but the service provided to customers.
Sustained success for any organisation depends first and foremost on its employees. Thus it seems self-evident that the more engaged employees are, the more successful … Read more