“Zero tolerance of jerks” rule

“Zero tolerance of jerks” rule

If you want to implement change effectively and improve employee engagement, then you need to implement a “zero tolerance of jerks” rule. Change is a team sport. You cannot change alone and the more people on board the change the easier it becomes. The...
Leadership principles

Leadership principles

Many leaders strive for results and lay down a load of principles they try to follow and ask of their team to do the same. However, they often fall short of their desired objective because there have too many principles for anyone to remember. I recently read about...
Focus – do not have too many rear-view mirrors

Focus – do not have too many rear-view mirrors

Last Friday In February – Food For Thought Can you believe that this is the last Friday in February already? Time flies when you are having fun. Too often I come across analysis paralysis in business. Too often I see fancy graphs and PowerPoint / Keynote...
Employee Engagement Is Your Day Job

Employee Engagement Is Your Day Job

Employee Engagement Is Your Day Job Leaders are the key to improving and maintaining employee engagement. They need to understand how important their role is in developing a great culture that has engagement employees who want to go above and beyond and want to...
How reverse mentoring helps employee engagement

How reverse mentoring helps employee engagement

Agile leaders need to stay engaged, and perhaps more importantly they also need to find ways to keep their teams engaged, particularly in times of change, disruption and relentless technological innovations. In this age of incessant improvements in technology, a...