The best way to lead…
One of the best leadership lessons I was fortunate enough to learn is that the best way to lead your people is to ask how can I help you fix this? How can I help you through this challenge?
What is keeping you awake at night
Many years ago, one of my team who was relatively new at the office came in one morning and said “I woke up at 3 this morning and I was worried about client XXX”. My response was “welcome to my world”.
Return on Culture - Part 1
Culture has become the buzzword of the decade and organizations still struggle to find a path to creating rich and robust culture and business excellence. Once achieved this yields a measurable return on culture.
Finding Low hanging fruit
I was sitting in the garden looking at my lemon tree. I noticed that the lemons were visible in the lower half of the tree. I then realized the significant link between these lemons and many businesses out there.
What Happens "now now"
When confronted with the pandemic of 2020 there were myriads of responses from various people and I thought I would classify them into the words of my upbringing and my adopted country.
What happens “Just Now” ?
As the world cycles through emerging from lockdown and retreating into lockdown its businesses are going to have to restart. That is a pretty obvious statement but has multitudes of meanings.
Sitting, waiting and wishing is not a strategy.
However, every time I am on the beachfront, I see many groups of surfers staring out at the ocean and I think of the words of Jack Johnson’s song as these surfers are most certainly waiting and wishing.
Right Place - Right Time
And so being in the right place at the right time is now in whatever business you're in. It is about looking at that business in a lot of detail, without getting caught in the detail.
Soaking up the rain
And so just like the plants in the garden that are soaking up the physical rain, I am soaking up the metaphysical rain
Motivating your mind
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What is a Mentor - Do you need one (many) ?
The idea of a long term mentor is one who provides a framework for the mentee to be able to grow.
Profiling tools : Divine or Devil ?
What are profiling and assessment tools, and what is their role in your organization ?
How flexible is your organization ?
This article considers the need for the cultures of the future to be fundamentally focused on creating flexible working environments. This is not around the bean bags in the meeting rooms or the table tennis tables and most certainly not about hot desking and open plan offices.
Lifelong learners or learners for Life ?
The question is why lifelong learning is becoming a critical factor in the cultures of tomorrow and the future of work.
Employee experience or employee engagement – the future ?
Employee engagement extends to understanding the role of the employer in the life of the employee, hence the future of the employee experience.
The future of culture is the future of work
Sometimes culture has a seat at the executive table. Companies around the global are coming to the realization that cultureis a critical component of the future design of the organization.
Dive In - be agile
One of the keys to business excellence is the ability to empower the organization to be one that makes decisions and then has enough flexibility to adjust the course later. My Book "Dive in - lessons learnt since business school" proposes that we need to be more agile and flexible.
World Day for Cultural Diversity
It would be great if our world was a place where dialogue is the norm. Where people talk to each other with respect and dignity.
Episode 161: The Savvy Dentist with Dr Jesse Green
Are values aspirational ?
Apart of the global research into culture, I interviewed the HR manager of a food manufacturing and distribution company. As part of the discussion we looked at values. We addressed the importance of values.