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!
Continue readingCommunication skills in the workplace
Have you thought you need to improve your communication skills? Do you sometimes see examples that you haven’t achieved effective communication? Do you want to be an effective communicator but can’t see yourself as the inspiring public speaker who can raise a crowd to its feet? Then the video has some good news for you! Enjoy, please share and leave me some comment.
Continue readingManaging people at work – the divine spark
How do you manage people? If you haven’t done it, you won’t know how difficult it can be. Sometimes, because it is difficult, managers hide behind their authority. Have you worked for someone like that? Unfortunately, far too few managers get proper training in how to manage people. Enjoy the video
Continue readingFun employee engagement activities
Fun employee engagement activities? Really? Is that what you’re searching for? Why don’t you make the work more fun? It is allowed you know! Watch the video and the other in the series, and you’ll see lots of ways you can make work fun. In fact, if it isn’t fun, you are not managing properly! I can help.
Continue readingProductivity 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 readingLeadership and Communication
You will have heard that to be a great leader you need to be a great speaker. You need to stand before your employees and inspire them with your stirring oratory. It’s a useful skill to be sure, but Leadership comes in as many styles as there are people. Clear communication is the requirement. A quiet word can be equally, if not more, motivational. Please 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 readingPraise the person, criticise the behaviour – Performance Review
Whether you do annual Performance Reviews or have adopted a process of regular ‘chats’ the title applies – Praise the person, criticise the behaviour. It is possible to have a conversation about what they did, their behaviour, as something apart from their self. You can have a dispassionate discussion as to why the behaviour was not appropriate, not optimal. It is impossible to discuss what went wrong when the person feels attacked and threatened. Conversely, when someone has done something well, praise the person for the behaviour. The balance makes a person feel more positive about their work, their manager and their employer, so they seek to achieve more positive feedback. Don’t forget “Praise the person, criticise the behaviour”! I’d call that a win-win, wouldn’t you?
Continue readingEmployee Engagement Initiatives that don’t work!
Employee Engagement Initiatives, I’m sure you’ve tried some or seen some? They promise to fix your low engagement score yet your survey results barely change? Using to a survey is like using a microscope – any change you see will be microscopic! An effective employee engagement programme will show on your bottom line. If it doesn’t then it hasn’t worked.
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