It was just over five years ago I was talking to corporates about employee engagement and ways to engender it. Some interesting strategies on rewards and remuneration were around and some of the incentive or “points” reward systems were in place. In Ireland in particular, high employment meant getting and securing suitable employees was a challenge. …
I was once on a course at the IMI and my teacher was Prof Terri Monroe from the University of San Diego. The module was leadership and she took a very intersting couple of days where she was a guide rather than a teacher. This unsettled some who were used to being told what to do next …
I am constantly amazed by the impact of a mindset. I see it in business. I see it in with my friends. I see it in rugby all the time. Often success is a result of the view we have formed of ourselves and our norming behaviour ( behaviours that move our outcome up or down towards …
People are suffering all over this country at the moment. I heard a story the other day which really hit me hard. That of a teenage girl who was skipping school on Thursday and Friday because she was being bullied. The timing element was due to their being no electricity at home due to her …
Back in the early nineties I was working with Business Process Re-engineering which is still current today if as part of other systems. It laymans terms it was a way of looking at a process within a company – for example how an invoice is processed – and simplifying it so that it takes less …
When I worked in London and drove around that horrid M25 Ring Motorway with about 100 Million other cars there used to be a term you would hear on the radio – “Rubbernecking”. An accident on the motorway in say the clockwise direction would cause those going anti-clockwise to slow down to see what was …
I am meeting a lot of people who feel helpless to do anything in this economic onslaught. As I say to them – “there is always something you can do” – even small things that get you rolling again. The benefits of high Emotional Intelligence have been well catalogued. Emotional Intelligence accounts for more than …
I recently gave a talk before Cavan County Enterprise Boards recent Awards Dinner on the topic of Motivation, with reference to the current economic climate. The reaction to the talk was extremely positive and also the feedback was particularly interesting. I told the group that there are times I think when we forget the basics and lose ourselves in worry …
I was driving through the pouring rain the other day and I was listening to the latest ESRI figures describing the contracting Irish economy and the increasing number of unemployed. As I arrived on this dark dank day at my destination – a conference – I walked into the room and the speaker was talking gloomily about …
If you are looking for “something else” while you ponder the impact of the global downturn on you and others around you and you are perhaps reaching for another set of values – you might do well to get a cup of coffee or two and watch this series of lectures. Here is the first of …
