We all know that hard work is needed to be truly successful. However, we also know that hard work alone is not enough. We need our hard work to be in the right direction. One common expression of this phenomenon is that managers are very good at doing things right, but leaders are good at
It is getting increasingly common for firms to introduce opportunities for volunteering amongst their staff. This may be partly altruistic - attempting to do some good for a national charity or for the local community - but most of the firms that do it, do so for ‘selfish’ reasons. They want to show some community and/or
To be productive and to make our organisation productive, we have to inspire each person in the organisation to be engaged with the company and their role within it, to want to be the best they can be art their role, to be constructively critical of the way their tasks are carried out, making suggestions
Spoiler alert: Yes it can! Some forms of self-reporting, as part of employee assessment snd review, ask those employees to report on how well they have performed. One would assume that most employees would consider their performance to be good - or at least 'acceptable'. In fact, employees are generally quite honest -and quite perceptive,
We all know of inspirational leaders. We might not know them personally; we might not have worked with them or under them. But we have seen them on the TV, read about them in newspapers and online. Some of these inspirational leaders have emerged as truly successful businessmen - successful over a lengthy time period.
Being introduced to one of the new AI services (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) is like meeting a genie who offers you three wishes. What should you ask for? The power of AI seems so immense that it is difficult to think of the prompts to give your AI or the questions to ask it. So,
Long-term planning can be difficult for CEOs. A company is only as good as its latest quarterly report (according to many investors), so today's results are crucial. Yet, real change— especially culture change— can take years to bring about. Workforce planning needs to be undertaken alongside strategic change, technology change, and process change—all of which are long-term
Physical and mental stress are all too common as more people seem to find the pressures of completing expected work tasks and expected in-office time too much to bear. As firms shed labour to cut costs, the problems become worse. Work-life balance is not merely about cutting working hours or simply dividing hours between WORK and HOME life'
Times are tough for both commercial organisations and governments in terms of recruiting the labour needed for economic growth. Employment is high in most developed countries and there is a trend towards disengagement and ’quiet quitting’. This means that firms have to look further afield (than traditional labour markets) to find new staff. This ‘distance’ brings into
Engaged employees are more productive. This is not surprising. If employees feel they have a significant part to play in the organisation they work for, they are much more likely to share the goals of the organisation and to contribute fully to those goals. The culture of the organisation is a major determinant of the nature and level of