“Management is not leadership.” Those bald words are from John Kotter’s 2012 updated preface to his 1996 book “Leading Change.” He makes the statement to … Read more
It could hardly have been better timed. After writing last week about achieving the remarkable, I received a newsletter from Charles Bennett, Partner and Thought … Read more
Where does your company rank in the echelons of “best employer” or “best company to work for”? After all the likelihood is that, even if … Read more
You might see the unpunctuated phrase love at work as a simple statement. Or as a question. Or you might perhaps see it as an … Read more
Ultimately change requires vision, and vision is the initial prerogative of few. It is the visionary who conjures a different future. Yet,without entrenched power, they must win “popular opinion” to realise it, because the majority only accept the need for change when the status quo becomes unbearable.
So beware prejudice governing you and your actions. Even more importantly, ensure prejudice is not stifling your organisation. Make sure all your people have a clear vision of what you are trying to achieve and that they listen and help one another “to be the best they can be.” After all, isn’t that what personal fulfilment really is? And that is the best guarantee of organisational success.
I see a day when all people of all nations will rise up and live their life to their fullest potential. I see a time … Read more
Now you can understand why employee engagement is not an airy-fairy, feel-good concept that HR is trying to foist upon you, but an essential part of business and something that you are – or should be – doing as an integral part of leading your organisation. This is where engagement and success come together. Without employee engagement your success will always be limited.
Life is an enigma. Nevertheless there are certain things that one ought to be able to take for granted. Without question one of those should … Read more
Sustainability has to include sustainability of the organisation itself. Paradoxically that demands an external focus.