A hot topic in organisations is employee engagement. What does it mean and how can you achieve it? Is it worth the effort? You bet! I once overheard an employee say “my care factor is zero.” My heart sank. I had been working with the management of the organisation to improve culture and we decided …
Not to put too fine a point on it, but could you be a Crap Boss (CB)? 1. A CB is unclear what they want from their people. They are ambiguous about their expectations. It is likely that they are not sure what they want from their people but they still expect them to know what to …
There was a time a while back when people used to boast about their long work hours and how little sleep they needed. Some wore it as a badge of honour. There is strong research that shows sleep deprivation inhibits good decision making and therefore good leading. In fact, suffering from lack of sleep can be …
I’ve been banging on recently about how we should stop trying to be perfect (because it ain’t going to happen) and just focus on becoming incrementally better. If we tried, each day, to just be a little better than we were the day before, and we did it for long enough, our leadership effectiveness would …
“I’d be a better leader if I just had more time” I have worked with thousands of aspiring leaders; managers that want to be more influential, but don’t have the time to be. It’s not as if it’s not important to them, it’s just that everything else is getting in the way and they simply …
Praise and recognition cost nothing, but are the keys to productive relationships and good leading. There is strong research that shows that heartfelt praise and recognition for good work are far more powerful motivating factors than money! If you don’t believe me, imagine working in an environment where nothing you did was recognised and you …
How many employees do you have? How many of them care, REALLY care, about your organisation? Write down the % that you think are motivated, passionate and enthusiastic about working at your place. Global gurus in employee engagement, Gallup Consulting, have research that shows that in Australia, on average, only 24% really care. That’s less than one …