What are you working on right now? What is occupying your time? Is it revolutionary? Will it set you head and shoulders above your competition? Is it new, innovative, exciting and exhilarating? Is it brilliant? Does it matter? What are you working on that makes you proud? Something or nothing? If the answer is nothing… Why […]
Are You a Fairy Princess?
Remember my daughter? She is five, all blonde curly hair, giggles and she thinks she is a fairy princess. This weekend she went to a birthday party. A five-year-old girl’s birthday party. It was a fancy dress party with a fairy princess theme — this is called knowing your audience. The local church hall was […]
Bonus Time
It is the best part of the year. You have been performance managed and appraised. Your year-end rating has been cross calibrated / validated / ranked and stacked. You have emerged from the annual death match unscathed. Your rating has been moderated to allow for business results. Senior managers have assessed “the curve” to check it […]
4 Ways to Change Behaviour
There are 4 ways to change people’s behaviour: The first is the stick: Beat people until they do what you want. The stick works, but people hate being controlled, they will rebel — sooner or later. Repression is not a great strategy. The second is the carrot: Provide an incentive. Incentives work beautifully, until you remove […]
The Simple Reason People Won’t do as You Ask
Some people just won’t follow commands. They won’t follow directives; they hate being told to what to do. This is a problem, particularly if you want them to behave differently, if you want that all elusive “cultural change”. Some cultural changes are harder than others Imagine the challenges facing Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the man who […]
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