As a Speaker, Trainer and Facilitator, I get that question a lot. Culture is also one of the things I always talk about in my workshops and talks. The fact is, I too, sometimes struggle to fully explain what Culture really means. Is it the collective behaviour of the people within the organisation? Is it the [...]
Are you still hiring during this time of economic uncertainty? If you are, then you know you have to really stretch your hiring dollar and ensure you hire the right people for your organisation. It’s clearly a buyer’s market these days. As a hiring manager, there is a whole host of confusing advice out there about [...]
There has been so much talk about the rise of Artificial Intelligence and Robots, and how these machines will one day take over our jobs, our lives and our world. But how much of this will actually come true? Will artificial intelligence and robots really take over EVERYTHING – including our lives, our thoughts and our [...]
Recently, I was invited to conduct a Leadership Styles workshop for a Korean software company. This Korean software company is an established company with a global footprint with its global headquarters based in Seoul, Korea. Over the last decade, this company has grown by leaps and bounds and have established bases as far as the United [...]
"While culture change can be an important and exciting project for HR, making it HR’s sole responsibility doesn’t work out as anyone had hoped. Too often, it devolves into a transactional “box-ticking” exercise." So who should be leading a organisational culture change? https://hbr.org/2016/11/hr-cant-change-company-culture-by-itself The author of this Harvard Business Review article says it should be the [...]
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint." ~ Hesoid, [...]
Our conventional wisdom about teams are about to change radically because everything we previously knew, or thought we knew, about team work have all been quite incomplete. What would you say makes a cohesive, effective and high performing team? I'm sure most of us would start to think about the following: - Clearly defined goals - [...]
Hiring the wrong employee could cost the organisation dearly in terms of time, productivity loss, and opportunity costs, just to name a few. What most employers fail to realise is the enormous opportunity cost bad hires can potentially cause. The amount of time, resources, and money expended mitigating the fallout and negative impact of a bad [...]
Looking to improve employee motivation, engagement and fire-up the passion of your employees? Over the last decade, a lot of things have been said about employee engagement, motivation and passion, and most leader know the "Whats" and the "Whys". However, most are still in the dark about HOW to actually engage, motivate and inspire your employees. [...]
The measure of friendship on employee engagement has been touted by Gallup for the longest time. In their employee engagement surveys, one of the questions employees have to answer is: “Do you have a best friend at work?" The question is: Does the measure of friendship determine the level of employee engagement? The answer I believe [...]
