Productivity is about getting more done with less. It doesn’t mean working longer, it means working smarter. Unfortunately, modern technology does the exact opposite of making you smart, by constantly distracting you. Enjoy the video.
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Trust!
One of the key attributes of an employee is trust. Not just that they won’t pilfer the petty cash, but that when they say they will do something, they do it!
Continue readingHow is your organisation running?
Does your organisation run like a well oiled machine or does it feel like you have square wheels? Enjoy the video.
Continue readingRevenue Growth through Operations
Your Gross Margin is an essential statistic to live and breathe. Improving your margins is something everyone should do every day! Enjoy the video.
Continue readingBrexit and the Frog
Brexit, are you fed up of hearing about this now? This seems to have been in the air forever! But, in reality, it hasn’t been a live issue for long. The Referendum was never expected to return a Leave vote, for obvious reasons. The Leave majority was a shock and galvanised businesses into action to consider trading conditions when we put a tariff barrier between us and our nearest neighbours. The sudden shock produced a reaction. Human beings are good at determining relative differences: warmer or colder, nearer or further, louder or quieter. Business could see what Brexit might mean! But what about the slow change, the slow decay of our productivity?
Continue readingManaging Individuals
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!
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.
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