A great article by Kevin Friery recently caught my attention and gets right to the heart of the challenge managers face as they navigate the work place of the 21st century It reports that: A recent piece of research carried out by Right Management with MDs of SMEs across the UK rather alarmingly revealed that […]
I recently watched the “webversation” between David Zinger and David Gelb on the Employee Engagement network and found it a really inspiring and enriching experience. Great, timeless lessons for anyone looking for more meaning and enjoyment at work, or for managers wanting to engage their staff. They discuss the characteristics that Da Vinci demonstrated that […]
I read a fantastic post on Marshall Goldsmith’s blog recently which really re-inforced for me how much our expectations, mindsets (and not to mention training) affect out experience and performance at work. It talks specifically about “Knowledge Workers” (people who know more about what they are doing than their managers do), and their attitudes towards […]
Did you try any of the suggestions in Part 1 of this blog post? How did it go and what did you discover? Once you start to be proactive and take responsibility for improving your job the small changes start to take effect. Your confidence and your optimism begins to recover and expand and you […]
Of all the principles in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “Habit 1: Be Proactive” is particularly useful if you’re feeling frustrated, demotivated or defeated in your worklife. Covey recommends that you examine what you can do instead of focusing on things over which you have no real control. First, notice all your concerns. […]
Last year a study by Harvard University’s professor of business administration Teresa Amabile and researcher Steven J. Kramer, delivered such surprising news it was touted as one of the Harvard Business Review’s “breakthrough ideas for 2010.” More than 600 managers from many different companies were asked to rank the impact on employee motivation and emotions […]
According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), managers who strike a correct balance between support and autonomy with their staff could see employees “go the extra mile”. The research found that Managers that provide guidance, feedback and an the appropriate level of empowerment are “key”. OK……so don’t micro manage people and don’t […]
Picture the scene, it’s Sunday afternoon and you’ve had a great weekend. You’ve re-charged your batteries, caught up with some jobs around the house and hopefully spent time doing some things you really enjoy. You probably feel slightly fed up that the weekend has gone so quickly but make sure that you do something relaxing […]
For many of us there is a particular moment in our working lives when we start to question what we are doing. We revisit the insistent question beloved by the unrelenting three year old inside us, “Why?”. We have moved on from the wonderful innocence of questions such as “Why is the sky?” and “Why […]
Perhaps you’re remembering that horrible moment, when…. you’ve just been “resting your eyes” in a rather long presentation and…you jerk awake, suddenly aware that a gentle snore or a nodding head has betrayed you and all eyes are upon you. Maybe it conjures up an image of a herd of commuters trudging zombie-like to the […]
