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Effective Workplace Communication
George Bernard Shaw (pictured), famous playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, once said, «The greatest problem with communication is the assumption that it has taken place.» How true. I was reflecting on a blog entry from the Harvard Business Review when I came across the quote above. As I thought deeper, I came to…
Leer másManaging Energy Not Time
Recently, I was reading “The Productivity Paradox” by Tony Schwartz on Harvard Business Review and it was something of a revelation to me. Every day we hear people struggling with time management but what about the idea of managing energy not time? Tony Schwartz is the CEO of The Energy Project and one of the…
Leer másOrganizational Development: How to See Your OD in 3D
Organizational development – OD for short – is a term that I’m not sure many business leaders fully understand. Outside of a training and development or human resources context, OD can take the form of broad mandates or ideas around general improvement in the way an organization runs. But, in reality, OD takes into account…
Leer másLeadership and Succession Planning
Recently, I had an interesting conversation with a friend about leadership. He started by asking me how I thought leadership should be defined. What is leadership? What is a leader? I’ve heard many definitions – some rather thought-provoking and some rather laughable. Either way, one thing is quite clear – for a leader to lead,…
Leer másUse Your Head – Team Building Activities for Work
Usually when we hear the phrase “Use your head” it harkens us back to our mothers imploring us to act rationally or think logically. I’m thinking about this phrase in a different context though; when I say “Use Your Head” I’m literally talking about unlocking brain power in the way we work and the way…
Leer másThe Importance and Value of Setting Business Goals
Inc. Magazine ran this article regarding the importance of setting business goals and its effects on a business. In this article, it is stated that “More than 80 percent of the 300 small business owners surveyed in the recent 4th Annual Staples National Small Business Survey said that they don’t keep track of their business…
Leer másWant Results? Look for Diversity in Thinking Styles
One of the most eye-opening activities we do in our work is to put teams and employees together into various groups based on the way they think (and behave) and have them perform challenging tasks of problem-solving and creativity. Without fail, when teams are put in groups where there is diversity in thinking styles, they…
Leer másTeam Dynamics: Developing Workplace Communication Skills
I recently came across an Article in the Harvard Business Review entitled «Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams«, written by Lynda Gratton and Tamar Erickson, that detailed an extensive study of the factors that contribute to healthy and collaborative working teams. This study included 55 different working teams comprising 1,543 people from 15 different multinational…
Leer másGoal Setting Fundamentals
How many companies have company-wide and individual goals? It’s not a trick question; the answer, of course, is that all companies have goals. But how many companies actually train their employees on how to set goals? How to create goals that are challenging and achievable? The second point (achievability) cannot be overlooked; the tendency is…
Leer másManagement vs Leadership – What’s the Difference?
There is a clear difference between management and leadership, but the question is what those differences are and how they are manifested. If there were one single, clear way to define both management and leadership, this wouldn’t be an issue. However, for every organization or leadership consultant or management specialist, there is a different definition.…
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