I am a white Australian, relatively intelligent female with average looks and being born into humble beginnings. Have known what it is like to have only $300 and limited prospects. Worked my way from nurse, midwife to HR Directive. First went to University at 28. Been regarded as “the experiment” when I was the first…
Introduction. I have spent hours writing an article on employee engagement and at the end of it I realised that Employee Engagement is passing its use by date. The world of work is changing dramatically. There should be no expectations by employers that employees will be so absorbed by their work, that they will use…
A consequence of a secret fear of failure. Achilles Heel Syndrome (AHS) is a consequence of a secret fear of failure and due to modern day circumstances I believe it is becoming more prevalent. AHS, although it is not a new concept, I don’t believe it is well understood. My aim therefore is to explain…
Acknowledgement. The big “A” word is one of the most significant things we can do when managing people, yet how often do we consider its importance, forget about it or stuff it up completely? How often do we think about acknowledgement as the “big things”, like the awards night rather than all the “little things”…
Would you sell Bessie? Have we as a society considered what the social and economic impacts will be to our society when both government and private companies continue to make employees redundant at the current rate of @ 400,000 employees a year? Of those employees being made redundant the redundancy packages will continue to get…
ICE is addictive and doesn’t solve our problems, so why do we persist? People need to be paid adequately and fairly as the old adage says a “fair days work for a fair days pay. This is fundamental. What is not fundamental is, the remuneration system that promotes greed self-interest and short-term thinking. Interestingly, a…
The principle of ensuring both a High Tech High Touch philosophy in the digital age is a principle that will serve us well in both our personal and professional lives. It is too easy to centralise, computerise, analyse, digitalise and misplace the importance of human interactions. It is not an intentional strategy but an evolving…
The Virus analogy is a useful framework to help people in organisations influence and accelerate the desired change. The principle is how you can infect as many people, as quickly as possible, so the change that is being introduced is effective and sustainable. The great storytellers are often those that use powerful imagery to provoke…
Some years ago, early each morning before I went to work, my friend Brenda and I ran around the Botanical Gardens in Sydney. As we did so, we shared stories predominantly around of our lives including numerous work stories. I was a GM of HR at the time and Brenda was a Chemical Engineer. It…
As a part of my executive coaching practice, I understand just how important confidence is when achieving organisational and career goals. Competence in itself is not enough; Confidence is a critical enabler like a key is in a lock. Research shows that men and women in business are equally competent, however women are not as…