Eight steps to creating winner KPIs Our role as leaders is to make sure that every person in the team wins, that they consider themselves a winner. Winning is when we meet our promises (KPIs) when we break through our critical number when we experience the joy of...
I have learned that stress is a self-induced phenomenon. As such given that no one imposes it on you, then I have had a good look at what I do to keep myself balanced (some might argue I have not succeeded). Here are some of the ways that I reduce the...
Rod Beckstrom has founded, grown and successfully exited several businesses. But he is a curious sort of a guy…he wanted to know about the unstoppable power of leaderless organisations. So together with Ori Brafman, he set about researching those organisations...
Definition of leadership There are many views on leadership and the definition of leadership. I was speaking with a friend on the weekend and he said that the single greatest trait of a true leader is that they live in a world without blame. A great leader takes...
Experiences can be part of the recruitment process I was on the phone with a customer earlier today and I mentioned that experiences can be used to recruit people and perhaps he could include this in the reward and recognition program.”Yes,” he responded,...
What it takes to ensure Creativity is King Further to yesterday’s blog about Dan Pink’s Whole New Mind Presentation … here’s the good news – Creativity is King. Dan Pink shared with us that apparently Steve Jobs (Founder and CEO of Apple)...
Dan Pink – creativity and empathy presentation summary Dan Pink (author of ‘A Whole New Mind’) took to the stage with gusto on the final day of the n-PODs conference. What a simple message, delivered in an entertaining and enthusiastic way. Here is...
Meeting Malcolm Gladwell in person Was quite a different experience to hearing him on stage. Quietly spoken, intense and clearly not so comfortable with endlessly meeting people. He was more like an academic than a journalist. Perhaps he is an academic but what...
The things I learned about People Development I have been attending the National People and Organisational Development Summit event at Darling Harbour. I will share with you over the next few entries some of the insights gleaned. Goran Carstedt, former head of Volvo...
This story brought tears to my eyes…Thankyou for saying thankyou ‘My father turned 84 yrs on 17th October 2006 and I wanted to give him a special present. As he loves anything to do with planes and he had often commented that he would love to fly on a DC 3...
