Mind-set – The Winning Factor It’s been a pretty stressful week, and one of the factors which have made it so has been the work I am doing with my daughter helping her set up her online fashion store. There are a number of factors making the process stressful, not least the damning data which show 50% of start-ups fail within 2 years of launching according to Theo Paphitis reported […]
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Common expressions and practices we use at work from a business perspective, instead of motivating excellence can result in closing down employees
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Conflict can be a positive experience if directed in the right way A research paper entitled “Workplace Dispute Resolution and the Management of Individual Conflict — A Thematic Analysis of Five Case Studies” has just been published by the UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS). The thematic review “aims to provide new insights into the challenges faced by organisations in managing conflict.” There are many great insights in this […]
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Leaders Can be on a Crash Course, if they remain unaware Research is showing what we have suspected for decades It is becoming clear creating an environment where your employees are allowed and encouraged to be happy is going to be the competitive advantage for businesses in this New paradigm for leadership. Any business or organisation that might unwittingly be on a leadership crash course needs to be aware of […]
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Building Reputation through your Employees is always the first step It is even more important to encourage behaviours and demonstrate values which enhance your reputation. There is a lot of competition out there. Businesses are growing stronger through the power of networking, collaborating and becoming social. Great businesses have already caught on to the fact that building reputation is a multi-faceted process which of course includes customers, but also stakeholders […]
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A Management role is a multi-talented one! I have read so many negative reports about management over the last few months that I felt I had to stand up and hurl in a different perspective. In the past few months, I’ve read quotes such as: “three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to manage people” […]
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Of course, most leadership positions in the business world are focussed on achievement and results. Meeting targets, getting results, setting goals are usually the main focus of any board or CEO. After all, isn’t it the job of the leader about taking and leading others to a pre-determined destination? Usually when that destination is reached it is deemed to be successful, if it isn’t reached it can be viewed as […]
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Are you creative in your routine? A human myth is that there are creative people and people who simply aren’t. The truth is that we are all creating. Some of us simply create more routine in our lives than others. Some create a more adventurous lifestyle, hone artistic qualities or even can create much drama in their lives. One of the determinants of how you will use your creative skills […]
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Disputes at work cost us much more than loss of productivity As we speak I have placed myself at the centre of a dispute. Now for me this is quite a big deal because quite frankly I am against being in dispute per se. The details of the dispute are immaterial because all it really boils down to is that the other person I am in dispute with simply sees […]
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Image Link Getting Focused is the key to getting things done! I don’t know about you but I do struggle at times to feel in control when my “to-do-list” is over the page. Unfortunately while mindlessly reacting, I’ve developed an almost comic strip routine, a little like starting a new healthy eating regime, it only lasts a few days of being focused and then old habits usually take over. The […]
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