Learn to build a world you yearn for in the world that you inherited. To those individuals that job hop: serve a minimum of four years in a job. It’s not that difficult if your mind is programmed to view… Read More ›
People
We fundamentally believe that the most important asset for any organisation (including family) is its people (staff). Organisations that get the best out of its people, shall get ahead of the others in the race for productivity and effectiveness.
The curse of food and work
Are we eating and working ourselves to death? We eat food and die of food. We get a job and die of the job. We do too much work, and end up stressed and brain dead. We eat food and… Read More ›
When employees act like encrypted smartphones – series 2 of 2
This is fact – employee encryption is a problem that won’t go away soon. It’s a human thing that relates so very well to the engineering of the smartphone. We will call it for purposes of this series 2, human… Read More ›
When employees act like encrypted smartphones – series 1 of 2
Well, let us be blunt on this one. Don’t managers all over the world grapple with this dilemma – how to get maximum productivity from their employees. Managers, the good ones at that, will know that apart from the employees’… Read More ›
Easter, the Abrahamic religions and creating an apolitical workplace
Do you dream of having an apolitical workplace? A workplace where everyone one is not interested or involved in political acrobatics? Is this wishful thinking, after all, workplaces are run and dominated by humans? Humans are by their nature political… Read More ›
Ubuntu – getting the best out of the Ugandan worker in me
We all grow up watching how those we live and work with, manage other people. Proximity to particular cultures and the habits that develop from such closeness, make us learn and embrace certain management habits. We also learn to defend,… Read More ›
The organisation-development X-ray (ODX)
It has been eleven (11) months since we wrote the first blog of the Effective organisation – organisational vitals and bionic balance series. We have written over forty (40) blogs on the subject. We set out to answer the question: what… Read More ›
Negotiation proficiency a non-negotiable for the 21st Century leader!
When people discuss the profile and enablers of an effective leader, power is top of the list. To do their work well, leaders require outright power. Leaders crave outright power because when they attain the state of powerfulness, they can… Read More ›
Sanitising change management at your company
Change is a constant factor in the life of all organisations. Most people fear change. More often than not, change is a constant distraction to company staff. Even excellent and focused employees can be unsettled by change. When staff are… Read More ›
EQ – adults throwing the toys out of the pram
Have you ever experienced those ‘where do I hide?’ moments when your parents, seniors, or peers throw toys out of the pram? Read throwing temper tantrums Well, this people OV sub-series, brings to the fore yet another people dynamic. One… Read More ›
