Stone in the shoe of performance management
One crisp, clear morning found me trudging around the local neighbourhood on one of my regular runs. While these runs are not pretty to witness, they allow me to start my day fresh, focused and ready to hit the ground running (excuse the pun). Continue reading
The Manager verses Leader conversation has to stop!
The ongoing belief that there is a need to define the skills a manager verses leader needs to utlise is outdated and has to stop. A high performing leader is the one that can access the right tool at the right time without some sort of limiting metaphorical line. Continue reading
Conflict: Understand first ….. engage second
Just recently I had a bizarre experience with a friend that I hadn’t seen for over 2 years.
I rang him up to organise for a well overdue catch-up and indicated that I would pick him up and we could go to the restaurant we regularly went too in years gone by. He had moved since last time we had spoken so I asked for directions on how to get there from my place. Continue reading