June 20, 2013

Lead by example

There's only one way to make lasting change happen and that is to lead by example. We might not be modeling… [more]

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Handle the politics without needing to be a politician

We all refer to the "politics" in organizations, don't we? It's what we call the lobbying for support,… [more]

Handle the politics without needing to be a politician Handle the politics without needing to be a politician

Reduce the cost of managing complex facilities

Complex facilities give rise to many different management challenges - running a 24/7/365 operation efficiently,… [more]

Reduce the cost of managing complex facilities Reduce the cost of managing complex facilities

Streamline services

Providing public, non-profit, and private sector services as cost-effectively as possible is a complex… [more]

Streamline services Streamline services

Achieve your own change and growth

Change is difficult. So they say. Well, it can be rather easier if you know how and go about it the right… [more]

Achieve your own change and growth Achieve your own change and growth

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Supertanker under way

A strange combination of short-termism and inertia

I hadn't thought of it quite like this before... We're used to the idea that bigger organisations tend to have more inertia than smaller ones. All other things being equal, it's harder to turn a supertanker than a speedboat. The thing is, there is another … [Read More...]

Group of people listening

The things we don’t like may be the very things we need to learn

Sometimes we react strongly against something someone else says. Or we see other people being surprisingly critical and dismissive of what seems pretty innocuous but useful information. The very strength of the reaction might be telling us something. We tend to … [Read More...]

Three people in discussion

How do you reach the problem person?

It's so often the way, isn't it? Somebody you're in touch with really sees the change you can help them make in their business. The trouble is... The person who most needs to change is someone else in the organisation, quite probably somebody very senior, perhaps … [Read More...]