‘Successful organisations are no longer built on force but on trust. The existence of trust between people does not necessarily mean they like one another. It means that they understand one another. Taking responsibility for the relationship is therefore an absolute necessity. It is a duty.’ (Peter Drucker) Everyone goes...
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Waiting for our ‘negative emotions’ to subside and be replaced by positive thinking is a waste of powerful energy – and the catalyst for good that energy can become. That anger can eat us up, or, it can move mountains when channeled as a force for change and action is...
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I’m mindful of the similarity in one sense of the principle applied that ‘if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear’. That is all well and good except you are not the one who is deciding what needs to be hid or feared. If residing in Uganda,...
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How’s this for a typical inspiring sales pitch to the Project Team: “The purpose of collaboration is to create value that would not otherwise be created by working independently. Lets Collaborate!”. I’m with you. A bit dry and one dimensional (even if the essence is true!). Typically we are pitching...
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I have two confessions to make that could have me struck off the HR party list and may raise the eyebrows of a few of my fellow thinkers on matters human: I’m not singularly passionate about my work all of the time. It has peaks and troughs. I believe indiscriminately exhorting...
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The epic corporate collision. Our team mate omits us from a communication – we stomp, pout, call down plagues upon them and cross them off the Xmas card list. We may later regret our reaction and then write it off with the justification that our emotions got the better of...
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It might be more advantageous to recognise that construction project players don’t just suddenly end up ‘in silos’ – they were on an inevitable collision course. It would be advantageous because we could stop being surprised, stop reacting and start planning a different outcome. We have not ‘retreated into a...
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During the downturn personal overwhelm was a function of survival. We did the hours, we did what had to be done, because of scarcity and fear. Oh how we longed for brighter days when contracts would be plentiful, a thriving market, and we could catch our breath in a world...
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‘The weak can never forgive, forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.’ Mahatma Gandhi We need to talk about forgiveness, especially in collaborative relationships. When talking of forgiveness as a key quality for project teams, one can almost feel the discomfort in the room – the avoidance of edgy conversations...
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives – Annie Dillard It’s not time we lack, its a reverence for the preciousness of time and a day to day acknowledgement of its declining balance. We live like we are going to live forever such is...
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