It is astonishing to me to see how vast the “Employee engagement” industry has become. Billions are spent on surveys, software and every kind of employee benefit. It’s a shame that the results are questionable at best. The simple, and best, Employee Engagement Intervention is ignored. You might also like ‘Employee Engagement Initiatives that don’t work!’ and ‘Praise the person’ on this website.
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Productivity through Gamification
Have you, or someone you know, been totally addicted to a game? Minecraft,Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario? Avid players become totally absorbed in the game, in the “Flow”, and lose track of time. They put every ounce of effort into achieving the objective. They even read about how to do it, how to improve their game playing skill! Don’t you wish people showed the same addiction to their work? Why don’t they? Enjoy the video!
Continue readingPositive management
Have a look at the management practice in your organisation for a moment. I’m sure you give people objectives, goals or targets and check to see they have accomplished them. That is catching people out who have failed! Wouldn’t it be better if the management process helped people achieve what was needed. The video has a trivial example, but what could you do in your organisation?
Continue readingWhich management type are you?
Management comes in as many types as there are managers. It’s a shame management training doesn’t. Are all management styles equally effective? Which management type are you? Watch the video!
Continue readingAre you an Executive? What do you do and what should you do?
Are you an Executive? A Director, perhaps the Chief Executive? What do you spend you time doing? Do you spend it on “comfort work”? Work that makes you feel busy, work that you are competent to do but work that should be delegated? If you are busy, keeping your head down, who is steering the Corporate vessel? Who is looking for the rocks on the journey or the next innovation that could move you forward? Should you be doing routine handle-turning work? Or should you be building the future? Even worse is the truth of who is steering the vessel!
Continue reading‘Impossible results’ say the HR partners!
‘Impossible results’, why would HR Consultants say that do you think? There is a world of difference between HR and People Management. HR is about behaving properly in a legal sense, contracts, obligations and so on. People Management, Line Management, is about getting work done by the people. Yes, of course it has to be legal, decent and properly done. So HR advice is needed. But their view of People Management is heavily shrouded, peering through fog of legal restriction. In essence, HR is reactive, they adapt local rules and advice to changes in the law and company policy. As a result, they are not on the cutting edge of innovation. Don’t imagine I have a poor view of the HR function! It is necessary and it isn’t People Management. The video proves the point precisely! Because, these ‘impossible results’ are historical!
Continue readingHuman Resources to be called People Managers!
Where does the move come from for Human Resources to be called People Managers? Some people believe managing people is a hot potato so are eager to offload the responsibility to the people who understand the legality. That makes me ask what are these Managers doing then, if they don’t manage people? Managing the work maybe? You can’t manage an inanimate object – that is administration. Let’s be clear, you need HR to ensure you deal with your people legally and properly. This doesn’t make them People Managers. People are people, not Human Resources or Units of Labour. Your People managers are your managers who mange people, what you call Line Managers, Supervisors or Team Leaders. If you are a Director you probably manage people too. If you have employees reporting directly to you, you are a People Manager.
Continue readingListening to Government Business Advice is a bad idea
Why do I think listening to Government Business Advice is a bad idea? We are two weeks from the supposed date for Brexit. It looks like the decision, the form of the decision may take some while longer. Parliament can’t agree. Fiddling while Rome burns perhaps? Meanwhile, businesses are all demanding that the Government do something to make business more profitable. Unfortunately, there is no academic qualification, no apprenticeship scheme, no training whatsoever needed to be elected to Parliament. The only reason to look to the Government for help is because they have the money, our money. The Government does not understand business! The video has an example of why listening to Government Business Advice is a bad idea.
Continue readingThe thought process to raise productivity
There is much confusion around productivity, and its meaning, not helped by the same word being used to mean different things. The meaning differs for an individual, an organisation and the Government! Productivity is important, indeed vital. It determines your standard of living: whether your organisation succeeds and how much the Government has to spend. We need better productivity to afford the NHS, Education, Police, in fact, for everything the Government provides. You can watch a definition of productivity here Watch the video to improve your thinking on productivity.
Continue readingValue Engineering your Processes
Value Engineering is an approach to understanding how what you are doing contributes to the value your Customers’ receive, and that they value. You may be surprised at what you unearth when you think about it! The video shows you the way.
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