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Remote Work Focuses on Productivity – Office Work Focuses on Activity. 1 of 2

09

Sep 2021

Remote Work Focuses on Productivity – Office Work Focuses on Activity. 1 of 2

Remote working requires managers to focus on staff productivity and outputs. Focusing (effectively) on productivity requires excellent objective setting – ‘What gets measured gets done’ right.  An objective focused culture supports an emphasis on Accountability. (‘We both agree this is what is required and we both agree on the Accountability...

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Breaking Down Barriers? Forget that, Focus on Common Humanity.

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Apr 2021

Breaking Down Barriers? Forget that, Focus on Common Humanity.

One of, if not the the most commonly occurring ‘reasons to work on the Programme Team’ that I receive is…. “Right, we need to break down some barriers here…’ I’ll agree and nod my head sagely, as I ‘know’ that to question that narrative is a battle that is not...

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Surrender and Embrace. Creating Hope Within Adversity.

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Jan 2021

Surrender and Embrace. Creating Hope Within Adversity.

Anecdotal maybe, but what I have observed over the last 12 months is those who have been most successful in this pandemic are those who have surrendered to reality and embraced the situation. Or, to put it another way, they stopped resisting or ‘wishing it to be different’. Cliche maybe,...

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Wrestling with Your Conscience? That’s a Good Thing.

02

Oct 2020

Wrestling with Your Conscience? That’s a Good Thing.

Wrestling with our conscience is an indicator: You are upset with the difficult decision you had to make and how that might impact other real life human beings. It means you are reflecting on whether or not you have made, or about to make decisions that grind with your ethics...

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Businessmen and business women gossiping near the office water cooler.

25

Sep 2020

Informal Communication Matters.

Virtual back to back meetings are now common place – ALL day long for some. Most virtual meetings are formal communication and about pressing business matters.  Folks log off one Zoom call and go directly to the next – not a minute to spare. That could be seen as a...

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Hand pushing the button.

27

Aug 2020

The Button Pushers Guide To Freedom

Have you ever considered thanking someone who is pushing your buttons? Why? Because when someone is pushing our buttons, we are learning where those buttons are and when we locate them, we can stop them holding power over us. Then we can begin to uninstall them. That is what pressed...

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You Don’t Own ANYONE’S Future.

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May 2020

You Don’t Own ANYONE’S Future.

Understandably (and with honorable intent) some folks are wrestling with unpleasant decisions they are ‘compelled’ to make just now. Furloughing, redundancies, cost cutting and the raft of other tough calls. What creates a lot of (unnecessary angst) is the assumption that this decision will wreck, upset, upend, finish or ruin...

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Not one or the other, both, choose both. Where Possibility Lives…

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May 2020

Not one or the other, both, choose both. Where Possibility Lives…

“It is critical that we talk about ‘how we open part of economy safely’ rather ‘than health vs economy’”.  CBI spokesperson April 2020 That was a very interesting signpost / message from the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) – both from an informative point, its inherent message and in the...

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The New Normal – Post CV19

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Apr 2020

The New Normal – Post CV19

My eternal optimists prediction of the new normal – that lies totally within our grasp: Social Value will become part of who we are – not perhaps a tick box. We will understand the beauty of collaborating with our fellow humans for a purpose bigger than ourselves. Virtual platform are...

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Toshiba Digital Camera

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Mar 2020

What The End Looks Like (Which will Be the Beginning)

Talking to customers right now, just talking to anyone in fact reveals a scary vagueness about endless future state possibilities. Unless, you keep it real simple and recognise one truth… ‘This too will pass’.  We will know its passed because our Prime Minister (of the time) will give the all...

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