I’ve never understood why, in some fields, high performance is rewarded by promotion up the management ladder. This creates a unique anomaly whereby the system pulls you away from your area of expertise. You, and the organisation, become hapless victims of your previous success. And, of course, not only does the organisation lose a talented…
Employee Engagement doesn’t work… This will be short and sweet: If your employees are disengaged, you’re not going to turn things around through an employee engagement programme. And you’re certainly not going to fix it by asking HR to take responsibility for it. Why not? Because real engagement thrives between people. You and me. EE programmes intrinsically treat…
The Power of ? I’ve been reminded a number of times over the past few months just how powerful questions can be – often more potent than the answers. A recent example of this was a management team looking for answers to some pretty nebulous issues – and I use the word nebulous in the positive…
Have you spent the last few decades striving for Success and battling against Failure? Winning some, losing some? I suspect the answer is probably a Yes, particularly given the business-orientated nature of LinkedIn. After all, we’re all immersed in the free market economy where competition thrives and survival of the fittest sorts out the wheat…
Now, take a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds… that’s better. Let the indignation and outrage dissipate slightly and prepare for a hopefully reasoned and balanced explanation of this inflammatory statement… Firstly, I need to make a few things clear: I’m an Engineer that has practised engineering and run businesses I couldn’t…
Understanding the simple dynamics of Facilitation can transform the quality of your meetings… Back in May I wrote a polemic (more of a rant, really) on Meetings. It got a pretty good reception, which I largely attribute to the picture I managed to find for it. Now I think it’s time to explore how Facilitation can,…