Personal Productivity

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!

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Brexit 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?

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Managing 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!

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Dull, 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!

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The 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.

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The 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.

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