Motivating Others – where to start?

Motivating Others – where to start?

Let us begin by asking ourselves how we like to be treated.  If your friend who loves football keeps taking you to football matches, even though you prefer watching tennis and have told them so, how does that make you feel? Do you like it? How much do you...
If it’s not broken, what’s to fix?

If it’s not broken, what’s to fix?

It’s a popular perspective in business – to “leave well alone”.  However, in a competitive environment, to be successful you know you cannot standstill. So, what to do? You know that you must remain open to ideas for change and improvement, but does that...
Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn

Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn

I hear a lot of excuses about why leaders fail to coach and develop their people continuously and sustainably – daily operational pressure, difficult economic situation, financial constraints to the business, all hands needed on deck to cope with the workload, etc,...
Have you got the right people in the key roles?

Have you got the right people in the key roles?

That’s a question I always ask clients.  Quite simply, if you haven’t you can’t expect to be sustainably competitive or to achieve outstanding growth. How do you know you have the right people? A good place to start is by rating your key people, on a scale...
Don’t bother talking about engagement

Don’t bother talking about engagement

No, seriously – there’s no point!  You can’t talk engagement, you need to do it.   You can tell me that you want my involvement all you like and how important my opinion and contribution is to you and how invaluable my input is to the improvement...
Business Rigour Or Business Rigor Mortis?

Business Rigour Or Business Rigor Mortis?

Too drastic a headline for you?  What is the significance of rigor mortis in business?  Interesting question.  What if a lack of rigour in your internal alignment creates rigor mortis in your productivity?  Don’t buy it?  Fair enough, who says...