Things go wrong There is small stuff that goes wrong and there is big stuff that goes wrong. Size matters We are taught to focus on the big-ticket items, to seek out the silver bullets and pull the big levers. Think big not small Focus on revolution not evolution Be radical not incremental We are […]
The Puzzle of Motivation
TED Talk Dan Pink Improving employee performance is as easy as 1, 2, 3: Write an objective Define a metric Provide an incentive Then set people off to hit the goal. It is just a question of building motivation. In his entertaining TED talk Dan Pink explains why this approach destroys motivation instead of creating […]
Pointless Conversations
Management meetings Do you ever lose the will to live in management meetings? Sometimes they are so bad I want to scoop out my eyeballs with a tea-spoon. I’d do anything to get out of the conversation. I hate futile meetings that are a waste of everybody’s time — usually highly paid people’s time. Here […]
The Pirate School of Management
I think Mrs Lawther has a crush on Johnny Depp I watched Pirates of the Caribbean last night. If I have seen it once I have seen it twenty times… My 10-year-old daughter loves watching it My 15-year-old daughter loves watching it Even my wife loves watching it… I suspect that they enjoy it for very […]
Research: To Be a Good Leader, Start By Being a Good Follower
Harvard Business Review Kim Peters and Alex Haslam Who does the best job of finding good leaders? Assessors: managers, recruiters and trainers. People whose job it is to find and promote talent. Leaders: the person themselves. Individuals who are convinced that they have what it takes. Followers: the team who have to work for the leader. The […]
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