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 »
Aug
07
Presidents, Leaders, Change and Hardwired Humans
I watched in amazement as the president of a charity organization resigned three weeks into his term. The issue that has bought him to this course of action was his difficulty in instigating a change process. A new vision statement had been drawn up and he was seeking “buy in” from the group. He was,… Continue reading »
Nov
04
Questions Managers Must Ask WHY BUSINESSES FAIL – 3
Poor sales performance is a major contributor to the demise of many. Obvious on the surface however, what’s the problem? Changes in the market place, technological advances, disruption of key relationships, over dependence on one customer or key product and poor sales planning are all major contributors to failure. Two critical planning issues are, quantity… 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 »
Sep
05
20 Keys to Winning in Periods of Rapid Change
The first thing we must do is acknowledge that things continually change. Simple and obvious perhaps however many will delude themselves into believing life is stable, secure and constant and that maintenance of the status-quo is worth investing the energy in, in order to maintain that position. Once change is accepted as a constant and… Continue reading »
Jan
10
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP part TWO: A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER’S CHARACTERISTICS
Six central personality characteristics of transformational leaders seem to emerge from the prolific literature on this topic. Creative Hackman and Johnson (1991) state that creativity is “challenging the status quo by seeking out new ideas…” Managers typically concern themselves with status quo maintenance, but leaders move beyond status quo to face and deal with the… Continue reading »
Jan
10
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP part ONE: WHY EMBRACE “TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP”
To better understand why transformational leadership is a concept we should consider, a look at more traditional approaches is at first appropriate. Autocratic, army or public service style ‘instructional’ leadership encompasses hierarchies and the top-down use of power. This type of leader is supposed to know the best way to administer the business, conveys instructions… Continue reading »
Nov
25
Career Advice from Buffet and Gates
This CNBC video of a town hall meeting at Columbia University with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet is a valuable resource for all of us and particularly those looking for some sound career and business advice. Some of the assets we need as individuals seeking success: Gates: ‘continuing to learn from those that live the… Continue reading »
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