Comms ALALA. This is a five-step concept, not 2, 3 or 4 steps Ask Listen to their answer Ask about their response (hold back from telling) Listen to their answer Ask about their response (hold back from telling) This will very much assist in your hearing what they are saying…
One person’s analysis of the election drama – the debates et al Talking heads calling each other, or inferring, liar! So-called facts are manufactured to either make oneself look good or the other bad Mustn’t answer the question put, but lay back on rhetoric Rely on the ‘rusted on’ voted to sheep-like – follow Pretty…
There they are, the same old parties, same rhetoric, empty promises, saying what they think we want to hear. Then along came the TRUMPET OF PATRIOTS! Lots of money, huge promises, little substance, being yelled at us through these hideous yellow pages time and time again. If that’s not a big enough turnoff, we don’t…
Just one of the promises – Port Rush Road FIX?!?. How many kilometres, how much time, how much cost does this deliver to the drivers, the goods, to our purchases? Certainly Port Rush Road is a very difficult topic BUT, this cannot be the answer. Expediency for the ‘potential’ votes value,is not Leadership. There was…
Intelligent Disobedience! The provision of an environment where everyone is equal value – where pre-emptive & groupthink are not welcome. Where people live up to expectations, not down to which becomes self-fulfilling. The Leader is not the solution but the facilitator – clarity is achieved through connectedness – not consensus; through energy, trust, respect and…
Succession Planning Rationale Any business, whatever type needs to look to the future, to judge risks and opportunities certainly, matters concerning the viability of the enterprise, but also the ‘endgame’. Work to build to sell, to hand over to family or others or just not to go broke. Many business owners consider their business as…
As a management consultant, coach and mentor of 45 years, a corporate manager before that and a business owner – I know this to be true. Group-think and preemptive-think exist less in these environments; there is again, no doubt that these two types of ‘non-thinking’ are real cancers in the majority of businesses, right through…
I have migrated my efforts from my previous websites dealing with this topic to this, which is now my main site. If you are experiencing bullying? If you are responsible for people bullying? If you are being counselled because someone thinks you are bullying? Reach out to me and let’s talk! My experience is that…
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 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…
