How do you create meaning for yourself in what you do? People want and look for meaning in what they do. The meaning has to be created by you – you cannot just take what others have created for themselves, it is not otherwise sustainable. In creating meaning for yourself you need to find the […]
VIEW POSTHow to build your ability to be objective. A common mistake made by managers is to equate what they think with what they know. But there is a world of difference, let me explain. At the core of this is being able to differentiate between the objective and the subjective perspective of the matter to […]
VIEW POST“Bad companies are destroyed by the crisis. Good companies survive them. Great companies are improved by them” – Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel I know the commonly accepted thinking is that to be more successful you need to address and leverage your strengths, not your weaknesses. I have even written an article on this previously. […]
VIEW POSTHow you can improve employee commitment and engagement by demonstrating respect? A recent Forbes article revealed that 65% percent of people would rather have a different boss than a raise! Take that in for a moment; people would trade money for a better boss. Furthermore, a recent study by Harvard Business Review of 20,000 employees […]
VIEW POSTLeadership and management may complement each other, but they are very different So which is more important, management or leadership? This is not the right question to ask, rather the question to ask what is the balance between management and leadership that you need to have? To answer this, you need to at what role […]
VIEW POSTLeadership and management may complement each other, but they are very different Most people use the words “management” and “leadership” interchangeably and usually only distinguish between the two by where the person is in the organizational hierarchy. Here you have ‘leaders’ at the top, ‘managers’ in the middle, and ‘labor’ at the bottom. Simple, but […]
VIEW POSTHow failure can make you more successful… We all make mistakes, but do we learn from them? As children we are often taught not to make mistakes, and that it is important to be right. This is reinforced as we become adults and so we learn to equate mistakes with failure. And when we do […]
VIEW POSTFour key strategies to use when managing conflict, and when to use them When assessing what strategy to use in managing the conflict there are two key criteria: the importance of the outcome and the importance of the relationship. Their relative importance will vary with each situation. The four quadrants in the above matrix are: […]
VIEW POSTHow to determine and assess future leaders, and where and how to focus your efforts in their development. You are looking to develop future leaders for your business. How can you do this so that you can consistently evaluate them across the board? What is more important when you evaluate them – their past performance […]
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