Gallup’s data shows that 82% of managers are ‘wrong hires’. As CEO, you are ultimately accountable for that error, aren’t you? The HR department can only go on what is given them and they are often so risk averse that they’ll not effectively challenge key assumptions that lead to the wrong hire. Untested role description, […]
Made a list of all the important unresolved issues/opportunities/challenges in your business. Calculated the cost of doing nothing about resolving each of those unresolved matters. Calculated the potential return on investment for resolving each of them. Created a plan to deal with the most crucial. Executed that plan effectively. Do you think it would be […]
There’s a severity about our overall culture that seems to be embedded in our workplace. It has to do with judgement, punishment, revenge and isolation. We are quick to demonise others’ transgressions, forgetting our own errors and lesser choices of behaviour. Once a person is judged, s/he is ‘branded’. We hold on to our judgements […]
The precise duties description of the position being filled. The behavioural dynamics of the team that the position must enhance. The relationship opportunities that the position must enhance with her/his supervisor. The influence the position must bring to the overall culture of the business. What the successful candidate must accomplish in the first three months […]
I ask that leaders of all persuasions be trained to lead, not just be technically or operationally competent. What’s tougher to learn – the technical or operational requirements or the complexities and diversity of people and their personalities? I know it’s the latter. Why do we spend years learning professions and other skills like project […]
Can you remember a time when you were acknowledged for having done great work? How did you feel? Too many people in the workplace feel they aren’t recognised or acknowledged for having done great work. The cost of not acknowledging great work is high – it leads to employee disengagement, frustration and a lowering of […]
The research by Gallup shows that 82% of management appointments are the wrong people. Having the wrong people as managers is the greatest cause of employee disengagement, loss of productivity, less profit, and lost customers. On the other hand companies that choose or develop management talent outperform their competitors by 147% in earnings per share, […]
Most businesses that have been operating for any length of time have ‘sacred cows’ – those people, attitudes, equipment, issues or systems that never get fairly challenged, critiqued or corrected. Often they are protected due to misguided loyalties, fear, habits or just plain not knowing how to deal with them without risk. There is often […]
We all realise the value in developing leadership in our companies and community. Yet often we wonder whether it’s been worth it. Resolve this concern by insisting on the following: Ensure the content of the development program is contextualised to the needs of your enterprise. Insist that participants apply the learning to real workplace issues […]
I plead with you for your answers to these five questions: Why, when we know the value of leadership and the massive return on investment in having effective leaders, do we not invest sufficient and realistic time and energy in developing effective leaders? Why, when we know that shared values drive sustainable desired outcomes for […]
