Goal Setting, the Real Work continued Problem four: The common difficulty with goal setting is that although you need to focus on the positive (some say in ratio of four to one) often there is little attention paid to assessment of obstacles and the strategies to overcome them. What we need to do is spend… Continue reading »
Oct
11
Goal Setting is Just The Start of the Real Work
Recently I have been involved in a visioning process and it reminded of the most common problem that occurs in organizations as they attempt to match their reality with their desires. Hours can be spent setting a vision, supporting it with a mission and checking it for validity against our values. Usually everyone will enthusiastically… Continue reading »
May
21
ANTS CAN TEACH US A LOT ABOUT LEADING & MANAGING Part One
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 »
Oct
09
Why doing one thing at a time, correctly, will help you get the job done!
“You might think a lot gets done when you multitask, however a study conducted by Stanford researchers Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass and Anthony Wagner says it isn’t so.” “People who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information do not pay attention, control their memory or switch from one job to another as well… Continue reading »
Oct
08
Vision Mission and Values Ian Berry Gets to the Reality
A great video by consultant Ian Berry and the reality of Vision Mission and Values statements. More of Ian’s great stuff and doses of reality can be found at: http://www.ianberry.au.com/. I am no way associated with Ian or his organization just like what he has to say. Lessons worth learning! Ric (orglearn) **Link for direct… Continue reading »
Jul
09
STEPS FOR SETTING UP A LEARNING ORGANIZATION – ONE
Remembering that the only way to improve is to learn and the only proof of learning is a change in behaviour, how can we create organizations that learn and more importantly change? 1. Budget, time, money and manpower to achieve both individual and organizational learning – ensure management and ALL employees see learning as a… Continue reading »
Jun
25
LOOKING FOR LEADERS A DIFFERENT APPROACH
I have spent a large part of my life trying to turn highly qualified technical engineers into managers, then I often get re-hired to turn inept managers into effective leaders. So am I a lousy trainer/facilitator or is the managerial candidature process flawed. Yes we could (and mostly do) make the best engineer the next… Continue reading »
Jun
23
WANT TO BE MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL? YOU MUST PLAN YOUR LEARNING
…and of course you must learn your planning! Entrepreneurs are active continuous learners If we are to capitalise on future business opportunities we need as entrepreneurial leaders to be ‘entrepreneurial learners’!!! The old think, decide, act and asses (or plan, do, assess and adjust) single loop corporate learning cycles advocated in the past are no… Continue reading »
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