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. [...]
I recently came across a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review. In this article, the author reveals that when companies hire lower-wage workers, the productivity of both its current employees who are paid higher wages and the new workers who are paid lower wages, are negatively impacted. This leads to an overall decrease in [...]
A recent doctoral study of 3200 candidates by Christian Enger Gimsø at BI Norwegian Business School found that those with narcissistic personality traits tend to ace interviews and get selected for management and leadership positions. The study found that when organizations set out to recruit new leaders, they typically look for candidates who are dynamic, [...]
It was 1986. It was a cold January morning at Cape Canaveral. Engineers had been frantically preparing for the launch of the space shuttle Challenger. On board the space shuttle were 7 crew members. Just as in all previous launches, safety checks had to be done prior to the launch of the mission to ensure the [...]
Yes, Purple Cow. This was a concept popularized by Seth Godin in his bestselling book Purple Cow. The basic concept of the Purple Cow is to stand out and be insanely different from your competitors. According to Godin, the world is full of mediocrity and if you want to be successful in business or in your [...]
This article first appeared in the the HR & Education Section of Singapore Business Review portal on 20 March 2013. http://sbr.com.sg/hr-education/commentary/top-3-secrets-high-performance-teams Productivity is a big buzzword everywhere today, and companies are always looking for ways to increase productivity through their employees. One effective way to increase productivity is for employers to look at creating high performance [...]
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is consistently ranked as one of the world’s wealthiest, successful and most influential persons. One of Buffett’s famous quotes is “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing". Buffett should know it better than anyone else. He has seen his wealth skyrocket from practically nothing back in the 1950’s [...]
Are you a Leader or a Manager? If you are in-charge of a team of people, then should you function as a Leader or a Manager? The differentiation between Leadership and Management was started by Professor John P. Kotter some years ago. According to Professor Kotter, the difference between Leadership and Management are obvious and should [...]
Do you perform Character Reference checks on your job candidates? Not too long ago, an ex-colleague of mine asked me to be his character referee for a job he was applying for. I agreed as I always have. Several days later, the recruitment firm that was representing my ex-colleague called me up for the “reference check". [...]
Recently in an article “Not All Leaders Are Created Equal" Dr Daniel Goleman cited a study that was conducted by Professor Groysberg and Nitin Nohria from Harvard on GE Alumini. As most of us probably know, GE is not only known for being an outstanding company, but it is also a “talent factory". This is evident [...]
