Do you manage Individuals or do you manage a cohort of Human Resources or Units of Labour? The problem with human beings is that they have feelings and a brain. They sense when they are cared about and when they are not. If you don’t manage your organization with your people in mind, they won’t work with your organization’s needs in mind either. The odds are that you haven’t experienced a team working, with their brains and good-will, releasing voluntary effort. If you had, you wouldn’t need to watch this video!
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Managing managers
You have seen me speak a lot about managing people. As you progress in your career you will find yourself managing managers. How you do this, how you do this well, is of even greater importance because your management of managers, also impacts on those managers direct reports. You may have heard the saying “rain” falls downhill, or something like that. But how do you get what you expect from your managers?
Continue readingCongratulations on your new job!
All that preparation, all those interviews and you landed your next job! Well done! What do you do on Day One?
Continue readingAccountants and Pornography
You’ve heard the phrase ‘steeped in culture’? Maybe that resonates with a concept of an intellectual approach to life for you, the arts, literature and performance. But we are all steeped in our own culture. The culture of our peers, our workmates, our family. That culture directs your attention, develops your interests or censors them. What do you think of this story? What has their culture blinded them to?
Continue readingPromoting a team member?
Are you thinking of promoting a team member to team leader? You should whenever possible but there are issues that need to be addressed!
Continue readingDull, menial jobs? NO! Just dull, menial managers!
How many times have you heard that you can’t expect people doing dull, menial jobs to be engaged in their work? I suppose it’s just as well that there are people stupid enough, that we don’t care about, to do them? Total twaddle. The people that say this have no idea what they are talking about, and I find it insulting! Enjoy the video!
Continue readingThe Definition of Engaged Employees
Are you interested in the employee engagement phenomenon? Do you believe employee engagement can lift your organisation’s performance substantially? To start down this path you need to have a working definition of engaged employees.
Continue readingThe Benefits of Employee Engagement
I’m sure you have an opinion on the benefit of employee engagement. Do you believe a 10% uplift in performance is possible? Or 20% or 30%? Or perhaps you think employee engagement is just a PR exercise of no commercial value? Watch the video and open your opinions to change.
Continue readingThe drivers of Employee Engagement
Have you wondered how to engage employees or increase employee engagement? If you have, then you need to understand the drivers of employee engagement.
Continue readingStrategic Thinking and Decision Making
What do I mean by Strategic Thinking and Decision Making? There are some great examples of Strategic Thinking in the management books. There may be some great stories in your organisation too. Decision Making is the poor relation of the duo, but without good Decision Making the best strategy will run aground. Do you have a strategy? Do you practice critical thinking in your decisions?
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