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 »

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 »

Oct
21

Sound Advice from Jack Welch

“The Economist” Magazine once described Jack Welch, the ex-boss of General Electric as… ‘the man who has some claim to being the world’s most successful manager of the past quarter century’. A few quotes I have collected over recent years may give us some insights into the issues we as managers need to consider; ‘the… 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 »

Jun
06

Do Something Different, Don’t Just Dumbly Crawl Along With the Rest

Truly great advice from Tony Haley Author of The Invisible Candidate ‘The story of the Processionary Caterpillar illustrates human behaviour, or rather human habit, so well. It probably illustrates typical [behavior in life, work and at the time of posting] job hunting activity in particular better than any other example of behaviour.’   “The larvae of the moth Ochrogaster lunifer has… Continue reading »