Sometimes bureaucracy’s simple rules become straitjackets to our common sense. But we don’t need to trash bureaucracy completely. We need to supplement bureaucracy’s simplicity with additional systems that bring greater balance, responsiveness, and flexibility to match ever-changing marketplace requirements, writes Dave Hanna. Picture yourself as a business owner back in […]
Author: Dave Hanna
5 elements that can make “virtual” a virtue
I have personally experienced first-hand how awkward a virtual organisation can be to its members. It’s like mastering any new skill, whether it be in sports, art, playing a musical instrument, learning a new language, or developing any other professional skill. Work at “virtual” relationships until you are able to […]
Be the fly on the wall and pinpoint the behaviours driving your results
When leaders in one global company used the “fly on the wall” to understand how the current performance appraisal system was working, they learned (to their shock) that only 25 per cent of the associates actually were having an annual performance appraisal, writes Dave Hanna. I once attended a morning […]
Truth or Opinion: 4 ways HR managers can be recognised as business partners
Those who have knowledge and experience in the dynamics we are trying to reshape have the right to a point of view and we need to learn from them. Everyone else might have an opinion on the subject, but they lack the knowledge and experience to be helpful, writes Dave […]
1+1=3 (or more): how to deliver synergy to the bottom line for business benefit
By changing relationships and alignments between certain organisational factors, synergy can be delivered to the bottom line to drive tangible business benefits, writes Dave Hanna Sometimes we hear someone say, “We need better teamwork in this organisation.” Managers and experts alike describe “synergy” as the epitome of good teamwork. But […]