Being Effective – Not Busy!

Here are some interesting pieces from The Standard, a Hong Kong newspaper, reporting on a seminar for corporate executives held there last week.
“We believe long working hours are a sign of loss of productivity and efficiency,” said Ambrose Linn, Hong Kong manager at Dutch mail company TNT, which enforces a maximum 48-hour week on its [...]

Pepper’s 5 Leadership Lessons

I was reading a great post on the Leading Blog about 5 lessons that the outgoing CEO of Proctor and Gamble, John Pepper had distilled from his career.  I won’t recount the details in full, but in essence they are:

accountability for creating leadership results – attracting winners to the business who then feed of each [...]

121s and Reducing Interruptions

 If you have recently been to one of the PMN training sessions on introducing 121s you will know that I reckon by committing to weekly 121s with all direct reports you will actually save time.  I amsure this is the case from my own observations and reports from people that have tried them.  But if [...]

Building An Outstanding Organisation

This post was inspired by something Tom Peters’ wrote in his blog.
“In business, you reward people for taking risks. When it doesn’t work out, you promote them because they were willing to try new things. If people come back and tell me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to try [...]

Reasons and Excuses; Organisations and Individuals

Seth Godin writes:
Most organizations need a good reason to do something new.
 
All they need is a flimsy excuse to not do something for the first time.
 
And they often need a lawsuit to stop doing something they’re used to.
How does this translate to individual managers? My guess would be pretty much the same. [...]

REMEMBER: No-one rises to meet low expectations

This is great reminder for Progressive Managers. Set expectations high and there is a good chance that with some support your team will rise to meet them. Provide feedback, coaching and a strong management relationship using 121s and you will be amazed at what people can grow into.
You can read more here.

What do Virgin Vie, CAB, The Insurance Partnership and Goodwin DT Have in Common?

Well on the basis of the first PMN event in Hull – much more than you might expect. Managers fighting against time pressures, resource constraints and the challenges of developing and inspiring staff were certainly common themes across all 25 people who attended the first PMN events in Hull – the vast majority of [...]

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The Essence of Competitiveness?

“The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important – and then get out of their way while they do it.”
Jack Welch – Retired CEO of General Electric
 
“The power of passion is liberated, and results achieved, when we help people to know that what they [...]

Britain Has Got Talent…and the Professional Development of the Progressive Manager

Well the Apprentice is over for another year.
What TV does the Progressive Manager watch now in the name of professional development?
Try Britain Has Got Talent. Not usually my cup of tea – but watch Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma.
Notice the body language of the judges as they:

Find out that a car phone salesman is [...]