Tag Archives: people development

How to have the workforce motivated and energized

pic courtesy: ronmartin.net Many leaders and organizations make a mistake of placing the emphasis on the outdated reward and punishment model of manageme......

Use Time Wisely Before It Uses You

Do these time management habits sound familiar? It is always interesting to me to observe how others especially managers manage their time. For example,......

Why Traditional Career Development doesn’t work

What is career development? Many organizations view career development in a typical way that a person will move up over time within a specific job ladde......

A New Definition of Quality

While the traditional definitions and measurements of quality are worth aspiring to, I would like to offer an additional level of thinking. Webster’s de......

How to Build Better Teams

Why many teams don’t work well together Have you ever wondered why the team that you were on didn’t work very well together? Many teams originally were s......

Communicating: The Essence of Organizational Success

Failure to communicate Failure in communication is the biggest problem of management. When this occurs, it affects everything. Overall performance of pe......

The Best Manager Book is Published

Sadly, the world now is experiencing the worst economic crisis in many years. While much of the blame has been placed on financial greed, corruption, ......

Over-emphasis on Reward and Punishment

Employee recognition Does this sound familiar? It’s a Friday and another day at the office. Today is employee recognition day. As usual once a month the......

More Emphasis on Alignment

People feel good at work when they can align their abilities and interests. People feel even better without the threat of punishment or reward. Manager......

Coaching Vs. Managing

Managing and coaching is different Think of the best coach you ever had, either at work or outside of work. What did the coach do that was effective? How......