Blending Styles, of the Individual with the Organisation.
Guru Wonder - 4S management series "If you want to go fast, go alone. if you want to go far, go together." ~African Proverb In building...
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- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Essential 4S for management success
I believe in the inherent goodness and sincerity of people. They generally want to do good and achieve. People want to realise the best...
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- Nov 18
- 2 min
Where to place the new recruits?
The Human Resources head was instructed to recruit all sorts of management talent that they could find. HR had recruited three candidates...
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- Sep 20
- 2 min
Without authority its difficult to fulfil responsibilities
Ever so often we discover that people are entrusted with a responsibility but lack the authority to get things done. On the other hand it...
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- Jul 20
- 2 min
Let the Boss go first
Three men a boss and his two juniors landed up marooned on an island. One day while walking on the beach they came upon an attractive...
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- Jul 12
- 1 min
If you want to screw it up, ....
Usually bosses work just as hard if not harder than their team members. The difference is, bosses are burdened with greater...
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- Jul 3
- 1 min
You can't reduce costs if you don't know what your costs are
One of the areas that concerns nearly all organisations is the matter of costs and their reduction. There is a simple management fact,...
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- Jul 1
- 1 min
A Manager is not a Delivery Boy
A manager's job is to manage. However many people particularly those who rise through the ranks, think to become a manager is the epitome...
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- Jun 30
- 3 min
Use annual appraisals to motivate and promote a meritocracy
What is difference between men and boys? The cost of their toys. If one is observant and sensitive, learning can come from everywhere,...
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- Jun 26
- 2 min
Annual appraisals can cause lots of demotivation
The measure of good management is to constantly increase productivity and quality whilst reducing the amount of discord and unhappiness...
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- Jun 17
- 1 min
What is not audited, is not done.
Long running successful organisations and even families that become great are, to put it simply 'well organised'. One of the most...
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- May 25
- 3 min
Why bosses and juniors are frequently in conflict?
Bosses and juniors always seem to be in disagreement. More often than not there is a subsurface animosity. Why is this so and what are...
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- Jan 19
- 2 min
Committees, the most effective way to do nothing
To take a decision is to choose between various options. However there is another rarely understood approach, that is to 'not take a...
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- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
The Essential Misfit
When visiting factories in Japan in the 1980s, I noticed that in every meeting there was always an individual who never participated in...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Are we sure, there is a problem?
People often say, 'You know the problem is ......... ' or 'You don't understand what the problem is'. They are probably right, we do not,...
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- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
The Bureaucrat's Bible
Even though they are usually staffed by competent, qualified and trained people, yet we all suffer delays, incompetence, carelessness,...
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- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Learning about attention from children.
Scientists have discovered that the maximum span of attention of a young child particularly a preschool child is less than 5 minutes. Yet...
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- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
You want to go South and me North, so, bye bye.
In the management of our organisation I interviewed thousands of people. Finding the right person is always a challenge, because nothing...
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- Apr 10, 2021
- 2 min
Throwing money at a problem always ensures expensive outcomes.
There is a story making the rounds on the internet. It is an interesting but untrue story. When NASA started sending astronauts into...
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- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
Thinking is not optional
As a species, we have come to dominate all other species simply because of the size and power of the human brain. Our dominating power...
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