Leadership & Management
Keys to teamwork success – focus and strategy
Alternate Title: Successful teamwork needs focus and strategy Printable version of Post Why focus and strategy? Have you ever observed a really good team in action? Whether it’s sport, business, military, or even politics, there are two things that set a good team apart from ‘the rest’: they have a ‘focus’ (i.e. they know what … Continue reading
What drives employee loyalty?
Printable version of Post Alternate Title: Workplace loyalty – how does it work? Employee loyalty and Gen Y Every now and then there’s a headline telling us that employee loyalty is on the decline. Often it is noted that Gen Y is at the forefront of this trend [See Note 1]. Does Gen Y … Continue reading
Teamwork and Leadership – it’s all about the planning!
Printable version of Post Let me begin by adding something to the title: Teamwork and Leadership – it’s all about the planning and the execution! At the Adelaide Clipsal 500 I spent a weekend recently at the Clipsal 500 V8 Supercars motor race in Adelaide (South Australia). The Clipsal is Australia’s largest domestic motorsport event, … Continue reading
Motivation – why do we do what we do?
Printable version of Post Motivation affects us all Let me start with a story: Once upon a time there was a small team. The people in this team were all highly motivated – they had a passion for what they did, and they always gave 100+% effort. They were very collaborative with each other, and … Continue reading
Employee Engagement and Workplace Politics
Printable version of Post Two recent events have lead to this Post topic: reading press reports about a Gallup Study into global workplace engagement, and a colleague expressing their dislike for the ‘politics’ that happen in most workplaces. I often hear comments about a dislike for ‘politics at work’. My colleague’s comment came at the … Continue reading
Effective leadership – where do good leaders come from?
I find leaders fascinating! I want to know what makes them ‘tick’, and why they want to be leaders. I also like to look for the things that allow some people to be ‘effective leaders’, while others are not. If we take a look, leaders are everywhere. We have leaders in our local communities, in … Continue reading
Change, Vision, and Leadership
Singapore – From Third World to First. I have borrowed the words above from the title of the book by Lee Kuan Yew. Lee was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1965-1990). When I lived in Singapore during the mid-1970s, while some parts of the city were very modern, most of the … Continue reading