As soon as we take our foot off the pedal in terms of looking for and learning from informal and formal learning opportunities and observing, reflecting and questioning our core character, actions, relationships and self-development – we stop growing. The gap between who we think we are and how others perceive us widens. Eventually, as […]
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Organisations are now starting to use LinkedIn as a recruitment tool – a cost effective method that cuts out the recruitment company costs. However, prospective employees are also using LinkedIn to vet your organisation and in particular the manager and colleagues they could be working for. Guy Kawasaki promotes this method on his blog page […]
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A blog item by Team Management Systems likened active listening to playing the game of ‘Chinese Whispers’. Even when the starting person initiates the game with a simple, short sentence and distractions are kept to a minimum in a quiet room – the end person still doesn’t always get the complete and accurate message as […]
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Do you ever feel as though you have to stand behind some of your team members and metaphorically ‘push them’ to get any movement forward in completing work to the standard or timeline you find acceptable or to encourage them to join in team activities or help others in the team? Have their been times […]
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In a Business Review Weekly edition (BRW May 5 – 11, 2011 page 14), Michael Sherlock, co-founder of Brumby’s Bakeries explained how profiling and feedback improved the Executive Team’s performance. This Executive Team completed the Team Management Systems (TMS) ‘Types of Work’ and ‘Team Performance’ Profiles with feedback being provided via a 5000 word report […]
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A: Not what you are thinking! Real Answer: The ability to move your team (the object) to get the most output for the least input! Q: Is this always possible? A: Yes. Usually when we recognise poor teamwork we ‘push harder’ with our solutions and our efforts to encourage and motivate. However, finding the real sticking […]
Continue readingManagement tasks include the aligning of work process to business objectives, prioritisation of work tasks and ensuring that your work and that of your staff is completed. However, influencing staff to stay motivated and interested and to work effectively and efficiently as individuals and as a team requires leadership. Developing an understanding of each team […]
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We are all very aware that most of us don’t achieve change unless we set goals and we all know that to achieve these SMARTER goals, we need to have action plans that are very specific. Well, on paper, it all looks great and very achievable but often – we fail to achieve our goals. […]
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When we are working in management positions, we are busy with our own tasks and overseeing those who directly report to us as well as negotiating and working with those ‘above’ us who we need to influence for favour. Because the ‘busyness’ of our work is mostly about technical aspects specific to the industry or […]
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