We All Need One of These Occasionally :)

August 30, 2009

When managing people gets too tough and you are trying to please everyone, and we all get into those situations occasionally, the video below will brighten up your day and you’ll realise that HR (and management) is NOT the dumping ground for crap behaviour and stupid attitudes.
So if we come across a bit like this, [...]

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The 6 P’s of Management

August 29, 2009

Question: What does a 12 km run have to do with a meeting in the boardroom?
Answer: Nothing … and everything.
If Your Answer is “Nothing”
It has nothing to do with it performance is not important. How you fair in the boardroom depends a lot on what you bring into the boardroom. I had our monthly management [...]

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Managing People Well means Pulling a Few Weeds

July 26, 2009

Managing people can be both the most exhilarating or most depressing process.
Most people want to do a good job and will respond well to constructive criticism and encouragement – but not all people.
Some are just too hard to get through to and take up way to much time. I have heard them referred to as [...]

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It’s Just a Performance Review, Dammit!

June 21, 2009

Judgement! I think that is the problem. How are they going to be judged for the year?
There are so many ways of conducting these reviews and I have read a few posts and comments recently where some are advocating a move away from Performance Reviews (PR).
I’m thinking: “Why would you do that?”
The system may [...]

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Even Cavemen had Fire!

June 20, 2009

Talking to Child 1 (C1) earlier and how she is so disappointed with her managers. No interest in her development beyond sending her on a course and having no support or interaction afterwards. A great lesson on how to pour cold water on an individual’s enthusiasm.
Many managers these days couldn’t light a fire within their [...]

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