May
25

ANT ACTION IN LEADING & MANAGING, YESSIR WE CAN LEARN FROM ANTS part 4

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The collective intelligence we looked at in part 3 is also found in other ants. Experiments with one group, ‘lepticthorax’, effectively demonstrate how one individual’s behavior can influence those around it. By including each individual in the decision making process they enable or cause the simple actions by one to generate more sophisticated actions by… Continue reading »

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May
23

DO ANTS KNOW ABOUT LEADING & MANAGING? Part 3 ‘YESSIR’

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“Collective intelligence”, how about that as a concept for getting things done… The legendary Army Ants gain their fearful reputation and devastating power because they are driven by an obsessional purpose combined with an extremely high level of determination and use what is known as their collective intelligence. The amazing thing is that this all… Continue reading »

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May
22

SO WHAT ELSE CAN ANTS TELL US ABOUT LEADING & MANAGING Part 2

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Recent economic woes must teach us all that the quality of our management and in many cases the weak and unethical behavior of some of our renowned business leaders means we need to get back to some basic principles. Some basics of business and some more ant antics… OUTPUT QUALITY. Another ant variety, ‘Rattue’, can… Continue reading »

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May
21

ANTS CAN TEACH US A LOT ABOUT LEADING & MANAGING Part One

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Who cares what ants do… I’m busy with crocodiles… (‘When you’re up to your backside in crocodiles its hard to focus on the fact that your original mission was to drain the swamp’) So what can we learn from ants? Ants have been around for about 100 million years and in their terms we are… Continue reading »

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May
05

Human Relations Communication and the Five Types of Listening part 3

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Finally… 5) Facilitative Listening This goes beyond even empathic listening because it implies and requires that you are able to extend an especially helpful approach to the other person or people. A crucial factor here is “the capability to interpret the cognisance or self-awareness  of the speaker and the extent to which you are hearing… Continue reading »

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May
05

Human Relations Communication and the Five Types of Listening part 2

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To continue listening… 3) Listening to understand. Business Balls states here “you listen only to the content and fail to receive all the non-verbal sounds and signals, such as tone of voice, facial expression, reaction of speaker to your own listening and reactions”. “Attentive data-only listening is typically driven by a strong personal results motive.… Continue reading »

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May
05

Human Relations Communication and the Five Types of Listening

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As human relations and communication are probably the most important issues we face if we are to be successful in our careers the discussion of the central communication skill of listening is always an important topic. Bearing in mind we are all different, possessed of different personalities and natural tendencies in how we deal with… Continue reading »

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