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…
There is a strategy to gain maximum insight from people you are looking to learn from. A. L. A. L. A – this is not your usual communication method – this really works! ASK – not interrupting – not assuming LISTEN -to gain enough to be able to ASK at least 2 questions from what…
Sociopaths and psychopaths – words we hear, easy to generalise and make assumptions about without much or any real knowledge to go on – BUT potentially negative pre-conclusions? Both display challenging behaviours but differ significantly: sociopaths tend to be impulsive and struggle to form stable relationships due to their volatile nature, while psychopaths, known for…
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…
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,…
Enhanced Interpersonal Communications – your Brand! Let’s chat, put together a group, ew can work out a cost effective way for you to be who you should be. Synopsis:– We will cover ways to consider ‘your brand’ today and ways to enhance that to where you might want to take it. Interpersonal and brand…
Meeting maybe the biggest Leadership challenge of not only this decade or century but potentially all time is the ability to work on The ability for leaders to listen The ability for leaders to ‘really’ share decision making The ability of those under management to find ways to break through The belief that people under…
Don’t ‘manage out’(sack/fire/dismiss/make redundant) an underperforming or poor behaving employee – repatriate them! Unless your system was seriously flawed when you defined the position, when you (or people you trusted with the assignment) proceeded through the recruitment process through to engagement, the performance reviews etc, at some stage this employee had been useful, maybe even…
