PwC has announced it would retreat from all government consulting. Can anyone imagine a diabolical result from such a background as diabolical as this current Government scandal and how PwC had addressed it? If this behaviour is proven, as it seems it has been, they how could any client…
Networking that works. Check the network is within your target market. Have a genuine desire to learn about others. Ask questions, listen and ask about what they said. Then listen again and ask again. This will ensure the other person is interested – they are talking about themselves and you are listening. Don’t add onto…
Saturday 27th May 2023 and yet another sad story about lack of governance and integrity within a big so-called ‘respectable’ organisation. This time (once again) PwC, but it could as quickly have been any of their level competitors! I wrote to Helen Fazzino (PwC Managing PArtner People, partnerships and culture) today via LinkedIn saying “As…
I received two emails (poorly identified and set out) telling me of changes to pricing as of June 2023. One for electricity and one for gas. I rang the supplier, I waited for 28 minutes and then I am told the best they can do is 6% of the standard rate. They don’t mention that…
Equal value – partners appreciating and honouring and respecting and caring for each other. It starts maybe with how we feel about ourselves. We all carry baggage of various depths and severity from our childhood onwards – how we were treated, how we coped, the mechanisms we employed to survive. We live with expectations, and…
There is no doubt that working to help employees be the best they can be is the premium opportunity of business. Perhaps the premium deficiency in ‘management’ is over-management and micromanagement. I address some of that here. Some golden rules The need to be friendly with employees BUT not too friendly. The need to immediately…
Born innocent – probably not but just say if, not for long! So much is innate, from parents and their parents etc And then, there is the environment; starting in the womb, learning that regardless of how tired ‘mum’ is, it’s ok to stretch and kick and generally make yourself, comfortable, regardless. Then the newborn…
Today’s ISDAP SIG, Suicide Prevention webinar. Not much prevention but some good ideas. It seems to me that from a cause-and-effect situation, a lot of dysfunction comes from low self-esteem and that is often as a result of people treating people badly. Bullying, passive aggression, discrimination, harassment all serve to tear away one’s reserve to…
Addiction – Who I am today need be nothing like who I was, or who others said I was. Who I am tomorrow will be a collection of who I was, who others saw me as and interacted as if I was, who I can determine I would like to be, not want to be. And,…
I am writing to give you a glimpse at something you no doubt have either personal or peripheral knowledge of. Unrequited school/life experience. What do I want you to do with this information? Share the story so those who haven’t yet found their way can get a glimmer of hope! There is plenty of press and…
