I guess the best place to start is to define success. I believe success is just a fleeting moment when your realities match your expectations. I also realize, for many, the number of those moments they experience overtime defines what they (and perhaps others) see as a successful life. So why are some people more… Continue reading »
Oct
05
The Last Words on Winning During Change. Change – part 5 Final
The last words on change (for now) consists of a quick 8 questions to ask yourself to ensure you can win during change. The “survive or thrive” checklist 1. Have you given yourself time to think and analyze the new situation (reality) thoroughly calmly and properly? 2. Are you able to ensure you can avoid… Continue reading »
Sep
28
Change Part 4 – Strategies to Win During Change
The Role of Learning Seeing life as a continuous learning experience plus being prepared to change our attitude and to let go of our proven ‘norms’ will not only help us overcome our fear, it will prepare us to deal with a new reality. Example; how many people for years worried about the cold war.… Continue reading »
Sep
26
Change part 3: Reasons for Resistance
Having facilitated a “leading change” course for some years now I have come to realise that the implementation of change, in most cases, is badly handled at best and a total disaster at worst. There are of course many individual motivations and emotional reasons that people resist change however there are also a lot of… Continue reading »
Sep
23
CHANGE (part 2), THE BIGGEST RISK, NON-INVOLVEMENT THROUGH FEAR
Where does the fear of change come from? The fear of change comes from our natural suspicion of the unknown or of things we don’t understand. As youngsters we develop techniques to protect ourselves and over time we develop our “success formula”. This formula comprises standards of behaviour or perspectives on situations that we learn… Continue reading »
Sep
19
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, ITS NOT MY PROBLEM, OR IS IT!
Change Part 1 The new world is becoming a worrying a scary place for many employees. A large proportion of ‘old economy’ workers who rely on outdated competencies, are finding themselves out in the chilly land of unemployment and at a much younger age. Mergers acquisitions and redundancies are on the increase. In an attempt… Continue reading »
Jul
20
Excellent Career Tips from NFL Coach Herm Edwards
When you join a new company or team you must remember: You as a new recruit might have more talent than existing team members however they have more experience. It’s a privilege, not a right, to play/work in a top team regardless of how talented you are. Your place in any team is temporary and… Continue reading »
Oct
31
A Manager’s Questions WHY BUSINESSES FAIL – 2
A quote from credit reporting agency, “the reasons businesses fail don’t change much” and ‘we used to ask why the businesses failed, but we discontinued the surveys because the reasons were very stable’. They went on to say, “ninety percent of failures are the result of bad management and the other big reason is failure… Continue reading »
Oct
30
Essential Management Questions WHY BUSINESSES FAIL – 1
With the recent world economic debacle I guess it would be easy for some to justify their organization’s problems on what has been a major business paradigm shift. It is however true that many organizations weathered to storm quite well while others are still floundering in the doldrums. So what is that management can do… Continue reading »
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