Proving the business case for the investment in soft skills training can sometimes be tricky. We all know it makes sense.
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This video was featured recently on Doug Shaw’s blog in which he poses the question, “What are we going to do differently to motivate our people?”
Great question, Doug. We should be asking it at every level of the organisation. While, ideally, these sorts of changes should filter down from the top of an organisation, we [...]
Alchemy for Managers Weekly Tip
To deliver change successfully or, more correctly, to enable change, you need to undertake activities that cover both leading and managing.
Leadership is the process of creating and sustaining purpose, direction and intent such that people become involved to support the purpose. Without leadership, any change is unlikely to get going, and [...]
“Beaten paths are for beaten men.”
–Eric Johnston
In a recent workshop on Leadership it was noted that, in troubled times, companies need ‘nutters’ to lead them. Nutters, by definition, are those who do the exceptional. They think differently and they tread new paths. Perhaps as leaders for our businesses, we should be looking for those [...]
This is the first of our guest posts by Paul Matthews from People Alchemy. Paul’s weekly tips for managers are very likely to become a feature of this blog. Watch this space…
We hear a lot about leadership these days. And it is increasingly true that to get your team and the people around you to [...]
“Empty pockets never held anyone back.
Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.”
– Norman Vincent Peale
Well worth remembering right now
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I recently received my ‘Thought for the month’ from Tim Kidson and it’s such a great example of talent spotting I wanted to share it with you:
“The great football managers have just a few things in common but one of them is the ability to spot and develop talent from young people at an [...]
To lead is difficult when you’re a follower of fear. ~T.A. Sachs
Businesses are operating in uncertain times at the moment. That’s the problem. It’s not that we’re in an economic downturn. It’s not that we’re having to make more with less. The biggest problem is that we don’t know how deep or how long this [...]
One the toughest things for many people to deal with is uncertainty. In the past year, there has been only one certainty in business – that no-one really knows how deep or how long this recession will be. We are certain only of the uncertainty that we face.
So what is the role of the leader [...]
How often do you hold off doing something because you’re worried about what other people might think?
Last week I went to the EEDA Ideas Exchange event at Newmarket. One of the impressive speakers there was Diedre Bounds who created an ethical travel company and sold it for millions.
When she started, she had no prior commercial [...]