leadership
There are lots of blogs, facebook pages, twitter posts, and libraries on Leadership. This is one of the consistently better ones, with often useful thoughts and links. http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/how-to-extend-your-influence/
Being effective on the web.
Organisations of all types and sizes are grappling with the impact of social media. It is simply a fact of life now that many if not most customers, employees, and value chain partners use it, the potential as a marketing and communication tool is only just starting...
Undecided or indecisive
There is a big difference between these two states, and they can have a powerful impact on the way organisations react to the decision maker. Someone who is seen as decisive, but as yet undecided will be have the respect of others, who will usually assist in the...
Monty Pythons Canberra Party.
If Australia's management has been slow to pick up on the need for intensive and innovative energy management programs, is it little wonder, with the litany of indecision, populism, back-stabbing, and just plain lies eminating from Canberra. The Howard government...
Simplicity Vs mastery of the detail.
Throughout my experience one factor continues to be a foundation for success in pretty much everything I see. Keeping "it" simple, or "KISS" reduces complication and the potential for misunderstanding, turf protection, and unintended consequences, and is far better...
Over-experienced, Over-qualified, Over-age.
All sorts of changes are occurring in our working lives, but one that has huge potential to add to the economy, but is actively ignored, is the large pool of over 50's (of which I am one) who are working at far less than their potential, and willingness to contribute....
Value adding ratio.
Articulating a Customer Value Proposition, understanding which activities add value to the customer, and which do not, is core to any successful marketing activity. However, so many CVP's I see are a bunch of words dreamt up over a beer, and have little to do with...
Leadership Libraries replaced.
Leadership is a topic that has probably had more earnest academic stuff written about it than anything else, libraries would be denuded if all the material was suddenly removed. Whilst it is dangerous to reduce complicated concepts to a list of bullet points,...
Role clarity and performance.
Writing position descriptions for employees takes up a lot of management time, just another job that has to be done by a date. If this is the case in your business, you have missed the point, as it is people that make a business, not the other way around. To me it is...
The power of will, not won’t
When I gave up smoking some 25 years ago, I did it "cold turkey" albeit after a lot of practice. It was not easy, but probably not as hard as the industry supplying stop smoking aids would now have you believe. The single strategy, which I applied with considerable...