Jul
31
Are you rewarding your employee’s bad behaviour?
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Yesterday afternoon I was at my desk lost in thoughts when the shrill cry of a child broke into my reverie. One of the little girls who lives in the house next door was having an almighty tantrum. The real screaming stamping the feet type. Mum stayed back, let her carry on, ignoring her. Eventually […]
Jul
31
Serendipity and the power of the www
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My son is looking for his first job since graduating. I had names of a couple of people who could be useful contacts and I e-mailed them to him using his hotmail e-mail which is made up of his full name which I will not repeat it here - to protect the innocent. (He has others that he […]
Jul
30
Benefits of managers spending their time with their employees
Filed Under Leadership, Active listening, employee relations, management | 1 Comment
“Employees leave bad managers not bad organisations”
Whether you agree or not I was introduced to the work of Professor Kim Cameron from the Department of Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan and wanted to share it with you.
Prof Cameron has devised something called the Personal Management Interview Programme. She believes that employee engagement […]
Jul
28
Word of the week - encourager
Filed Under Coaching, Fulfilling potential, Motivation, feedback, Inspiration | 1 Comment
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about amibition and discected the word and meaning. With my passion for words I think I will make this a regular feature so here is my word for this week
Encourager - someone who inspires with spirit and hope..
Why?
I spent a couple of days with my colleagues from Speakersbank […]
Jul
25
Would you benefit from public speaking training?
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In my experience, when I tell people I deliver training in public speaking every single person has a story to tell about how they feel about it - and most are negative. There is very little middle ground on this.
The question I ask though is not how you feel about it but would you benefit from some training. […]