Photo by Victoria Heath on Unsplash My 21-year-old daughter slammed her door in frustration. Turns out she had not heard back from her 101st job application for over five weeks. “Why don’t you go to their office and ask to be interviewed” I asked her. “I’ve tried that a few times and was told to go home and […]
Sharon (not her real name) had completed our three-day executive retreat and returned to her workplace determined to rejuvenate her people. Sharon is an engineer and the chief operating officer of an infrastructure service employing 120 people. Sharon’s motivation to attend the retreat was that her people were becoming disengaged, productivity was slipping and the […]
I recently wrote about the sad situation of disconnected directors. Too many leaders, directors executives or supervisors, are disconnected from the current reality and their people. The reasons are straightforward: In the case of directors, they have become more focussed on compliance and governance and the fear associated with directors’ liability. Consequently they can overlook […]
