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Winning Personal Habits

This is an extract from a mini toolkit ‘Winning Personal Habits for the Millennial to Master’ (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
From lessons gathered from forty years of observation, reading and discovery. I have broken the winning personal habits into the following categories.

 

Creating Behavioural Traits That Will Make You A Better Person and […]

By |September 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Winning Personal Habits

Should I Stay or Should I move jobs?

This is an extract from a mini toolkit ‘Should I Stay or Should I Move Jobs? ‘ (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
Choosing an organisation and a life partner have much in common.  During the courtship both parties are on best behaviour, all adverse behaviour traits are well disguised.  Promises are made, and […]

By |September 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Should I Stay or Should I move jobs?

10+ Techniques to adopt from the lean movement

This is an extract from a mini toolkit ’10+ Techniques to adopt from the lean movement ‘ (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
The lean movement, which started in Japan during the rebuild after the Second World War, had an American influence, Edwards Deming.2 The lean methods developed by the Japanese multinationals have now […]

By |September 19th, 2023|Comments Off on 10+ Techniques to adopt from the lean movement

The 10+ Major Performance Management Traps For the Millennial Manager to Avoid

The 10+ Major Performance Management Traps For the Millennial Manager to Avoid
Over the forty years I have been observing and studying performance management, I have come to the conclusion that the major performance traps are so much part of the DNA of management that they are common in most organisations. Organisations need to challenge the […]

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Leading and selling change – the three books that lead the way

This is an extract from a mini toolkit (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
Far too many well-meaning initiatives fail because we have not understood the psychology behind getting change to work. As we will know from past experiences this sales process is not easy and can be prone to failure.  I would argue that […]

By |September 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Leading and selling change – the three books that lead the way

Time Is on My Side, Yes, It Is

This is an extract from a mini toolkit ‘Time Is on My Side, Yes, It Is’ (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
I was promised, by my religious education teacher, when I reached fifty, I would be working a four-day week. The Americans had just landed on the moon, with less computer capacity than […]

By |September 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Time Is on My Side, Yes, It Is

30+ smarter ways of working

This is an extract from a mini toolkit (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
Overview
From lessons gathered from forty years of observation, reading and discovery. I have broken the smarter ways into the following categories.

Making Work Fun
Have an annual grand final

Recognition

Celebrate more

Off-site team meetings

Blue sky Fridays – making time to shape the future

Offer leading […]

By |September 18th, 2023|Comments Off on 30+ smarter ways of working

The Shackleton way – ten lessons for the millennial manager

By David Parmenter

With the film “Shackleton – The Greatest Story of Survival” doing the rounds in the cinemas it is appropriate to, once again, look at the ten lessons from Shackleton’s legacy.

Sir Ernest Shackleton saved the lives of the whole Endurance party that lived for two years in the harshest environment in the world, with […]

By |April 19th, 2023|Comments Off on The Shackleton way – ten lessons for the millennial manager

The hidden costs of reorganisations and downsizing

Extract from David Parmenter’s  Working Guide: The hidden costs of reorganisations and downsizing

Contrary to common advice do not act quickly to remove staff as you probably don’t know enough at the moment.  The companies that emerged from the 2007-08 crisis in the strongest shape relied less on layoffs to cut costs and leaned more on operational […]

By |February 23rd, 2021|Comments Off on The hidden costs of reorganisations and downsizing

15 skills successful leaders need to master

Extracted from Winning Leadership: A Model on Leadership For The Millennial Manager – Toolkit (120 page PDF whitepaper + e-templates)
15 skills successful leaders need to master
As a leader, there are fifteen leadership skills to master, and this mastery can be achieved by all leaders who are committed to learning and have a mentor or two supporting them.  […]

By |May 12th, 2020|Comments Off on 15 skills successful leaders need to master