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Whilst the great George Orwell in this infamous line was making reference to political irony, and also an acknowledgement of the futility of absolutes, there is some irony in how we view the conversations in our workplaces. There are conversations…and then there are conversations. I tend to label conversations in three ways: Personal Conversations – the chit-chat and banter that focuses […]
My best friend from my childhood married much earlier than I, and had her second child around a year before I had my first. After many years, we found ourselves in the same city and relished in the time we were again able to spend with each other. They were those unique years when your […]
The statistics are compelling… Leaders spend 80% of their time in conversation. On average, an employee spends around 37% of their time in meetings – which are essentially group conversations. That’s a rather large percentage of the time spent in the workplace on conversations, and that doesn’t include emails and chats. And let’s face it, […]
Someone will always win – let it be you! My friend ‘Harold’ and I were yesterday discussing the critical impact that conversations have on the culture and performance of an organisation. Harold is a highly respected and experienced businessman and consultant, semi-retired, and currently Chairman of the Board of a very large institution embarking on […]
I’d like to hedge a bet and say never, or at least rarely! One of the challenges of being human, is the limited capacity of our ‘thinking’ brain. Whilst it is powerful in many ways, it is also quite limited in its capacity to think though complexity. The pre-frontal cortex (the bit that makes us […]
‘We are heading into a two-year change transformation phase’ I hear this all the time from clients. What do they really mean? They mean that things are not quite working the way they want or need, and they need to change how things are done – they need to change the culture. On the […]
I’ve been hearing and reading a lot lately about the Millennial Mindset and the need for leaders to stop avoiding and start embracing it. So who are these Millennial’s? Technically, depending on who you ask, they are a generation born post 1980 (ish), they are about to take over our workplaces in big numbers, and […]
Having a theme for the year has served me well over the past few years. There is a part of your brain called the RAS (Reticular Activating System) that decides what data – from outside and inside your body – your brain will pay attention to. You need your RAS because there is way too […]
There is no doubt that, as leaders, we are amazing people who know best, and by golly, aren’t our people so privileged to be the receivers of our well-intentioned advice! As humans, we don’t like being told what to do, yet we do love giving advice, and all of us have valuable experience and information to share. […]
Big, successful organisations, across the globe, are dropping performance ratings. It’s on the agenda, and it’s on the increase! YES, really! And their experience shows that it is something we should all consider in some form or another. Take a moment now to allow your fight/flight centre to calm down, because it’s pretty hard to […]