How to encourage employees to engage themselves in what they do!There is a problem with employee engagement. And I am not talking about the reports decrying the low levels of employee engagement in business globally. The problem is deeper and more profound. It is that the whole premise of employee engagement is based on a […]
VIEW POSTHow to use Newton’s three laws of motion to become more productive In our physic classes as children, we all learned Sir Isaac Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Universal in their application they can also be used as an interesting analogy for increasing your productivity, simplifying your work, and improving your life. Newton’s First Law […]
VIEW POSTIn 2015 SouthWest Airlines received a job application every two seconds, but it was very selective. It received over 287,000 resumes from which it interviewed 102,112 candidates, and hired only 6,582 people. Why has SouthWest Airlines gone to such an extreme to recruit so few people, less than 2% of all applicants? The key to the […]
VIEW POSTHow to use deadlines to your advantage We often live in fear of deadlines or see them as the main source of our stress. You know how it goes: “Only two months left to make your annual target”, “The report has to be completed and on the boss’ desk by Friday morning”, or “The customer […]
VIEW POSTHow to free time, reduce your to-do list, and move back to managing from being managed!!! Many managers often find themselves with long to-do lists which get longer, with more seeming to have been added then taken off at the end of each day. The fault for this most often lies with the manager himself […]
VIEW POSTHow to make decisions at speed Speed to market is increasingly important when you need to respond to business, competitive or market changes. Making a poor decision, implementing a decision poorly or taking too long can cost you money and time, and create stress and frustration. Here are five steps for deciding at speed: Make […]
VIEW POSTChoosing your own way, and choosing to be free of interference from others in doing so What does freedom mean to you? You will come up with many answers covering many concepts, situations or contexts – but they all fall into one of two categories: freedom from and freedom to. “Freedom to” – this is […]
VIEW POSTHow attitude is a good predictor of prospective employee success, and how you can identify those with the right attitude for your business. The top challenge for CEOs according to a survey from the Conference Board (January 2013) is Human Capital – the ability to develop and acquire the right people, with the right skills […]
VIEW POSTA few tips on how to handle negative feedback well rather than poorly We all have experienced receiving negative feedback, and if we are honest there are times when we have not handled well. We may know what to do, but in the moment of the feedback being given to us our amygdala brain hijacks […]
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