“While it may be too early to know how coronavirus restrictions may change over the next couple of months, it’s still important to celebrate an end of year party for your team. Businesses have already modified how they operate day to day, so there’s no reason why the office Christmas […]
Tag: strategy
Why top-down and bottom-up innovation are both critical to thriving post COVID
Unless very clear guidelines are communicated to employees about the types of ideas the business is looking for, a bottom-up approach can end up doing more harm than good. Many of the ideas submitted are unviable, unfeasible or misaligned to the business strategy, and therefore don’t ever see the light […]
Rewiring your management style
Being a human manager is something that we should all embrace. It’s not about holding hands and singing kumbuyah and being “soft and fluffy” however rather genuine, caring, firm but fair and open to the possibility that great results will occur when we do the simple things well, writes Mark […]
It’s time for humannovation – work is about human beings not human doings
By simply heightening the awareness of the importance of these four behaviours over time, what then happens is an adjustment in the way we interact with each other. Engagement becomes more meaningful and efficiency and productivity increases due to the lack of a perceived or real need to compete with […]
Mastering the dance of management
The secret to successfully managing a transition into a new management role is to quickly master the dance of management. Great managers have more than one dance move in their repertoire, writes Mark LeBusque When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. […]