We speak about it privately. We speak about the effects it creates, mainly environmental. We link it to security and especially food and water security. We confound it with our breakthroughs in medicine and science. We confuse the issue with our diverse religious and superstitious opinions. But we never speak directly about it publicly, politically […]
Imagine this is true. That Life, including Work, is just a game we have chosen to play. There are only two games that we can choose from. Game One is the Game of Altruism, Game Two is the Game of Egoism. Game One is an uphill struggle which ennobles us. These players aim for the […]
Brian (not his real name) is an expert cabinet maker, specialising in custom kitchen and bathroom design. He loves the challenge of creating kitchens and bathrooms for residences, especially larger renovations. He has grown the 20-year-old business to employing 15 full-time employees: 4 cabinet-makers and I apprentice and 3 plumbers and 2 apprentices, 2 draftsmen […]
The greatest failures in war, commerce and community have been caused by failure at the top. I’ll go a step further: 100% of enterprise failure (whether government, commerce or community) is caused by the senior leadership, whether a large enterprise or a small enterprise, and success is caused by the whole enterprise, There’s a harsh […]
If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Really? It doesn’t have to be broken to become redundant. It reminds me of the book title “What got you here, won’t get you there”. The longer an enterprise enjoys success increases their potential for failure. That’s what the evidence shows. Why? […]
Over a period of seven years, the founder of Metattude provided personal executive coaching, leader consulting and development to the founder and managing director of Underground Services Australia Pty Ltd and his leadership team, with the aim of growing the business and preparing it for sale. The business grew effectively and significantly. The founder sold his equity […]
There are those leaders who become losers when Sucking the sauce of seeming special, Sanctioning suspect strategy Studying spreadsheets Selling spin and styles of slavery. They may be busy, but they are not engaged leaders. Because of the law of gravity They are the primary cause of Employee disengagement Poor performance Pathetic productivity […]
Why do some of us insist on making assumptions and holding expectations? Assumptions are just guesses and expectations are assumptions about others’ behaviour, actions and outcomes being in line the holder’s thoughts or opinions. I waste no time with assumptions. What I do instead is ask questions to get answers that are factual. If the […]
Root cause analysis is the process for determining the real cause of a problem, malfunction, error or oversight, so that the situation can be remedied and not occur again. Root cause analysis practices can vary according to the category, for example safety, production, process, failure and systems. However, all those categories are ultimately created operated […]
Firstly, remember, it’s an aspirational plan. Get clarity on the values, the purpose and the vision, in that order. The values are the rules of the ‘game’, how we think, what we say and do and do not say or do. The purpose is the main service/offering/product that expresses our values. The purpose expresses also […]
