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This is an extract from a mini toolkit ‘How the Millennial Manager can be a ‘Viking with a Mother’s Heart’ (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
Sir Winston Churchill is so iconic that his statute facing the Houses of Parliament simply says ‘Churchill’. What is fascinating is that Churchill’s success came after many calamities that […]
So what is a treasure map? It is using the mind mapping technique, see Exhibit 1, combined with pictures of the outcomes you are seeking. On an A3 page you set out all the areas in your life where you want to score goals, state the goals, and stick pictures to help you visualize the […]
This is a skill you need to adopt before you can be an effective manager. So best to start now. I will assume that you have attended a presentation skills course, a prerequisite to bullet-proof PowerPoint presentations. The speed of delivery, voice levels, using silence, getting the audience to participate are all techniques that you […]
This is an extract from a mini toolkit (article +E-Templates) that can be source from this link.
Performance bonuses give away billions of dollars each year based on methodologies where little thought has been applied. Who are the performance bonus experts? What qualifications do they possess to work in this important area other than prior experience in creating mayhem we […]
In Jeffrey Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it is clear how different the company is. Here are some examples:
Staff on the production line have the authority to stop production if a unit has a fault that cannot be fixed in time.
They do not merely test for quality at the end; they ensure it is in […]
THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND TOMS
I met an interesting investment banker on the plane from Melbourne to Sydney who told me about the take-over and merger game that is being played by large investment bankers around the world. It never made any sense to me when everybody knows only one in six mergers breaks even and […]
Management today are ensnared by many time wasting traps. Fortunately a few enlightened organisations around the world are forging a pathway for us to observe and follow. The time wasters I want to address are:
morning meetings
unproductive meetings
unnecessary travel
the annual planning process
rewriting Board papers
monthly performance reporting
handling emails
Let’s take a […]
here is a selection of the articles I have written., You access the on the ‘articles’ drop menu.
Self Improvement
Were we so clever to get rid of morning tea?
Minimizing own personal baggage
Hostmanship
Treasure Mapping
Staff Satisfaction
Implementing 360 degree feedback
Were we so clever to get rid of morning tea?
Leading management practices
Throw out […]
Management & Leadership Lessons For Millennial Managers
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