Category Archives: Change

Employee Engagement has passed its used by date?

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…

It’s just the “Little Things” And the Big A Word

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”…

Are we addicted to ICE? (Incentives for Corporate Executives)

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…

High Tech High Touch – A key principle in the digital age.

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

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…