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I’ve been fortunate to have had many clients who see the benefit of including contractors and consultants in team building exercises. The status of someone as part of a team has little, if anything, to do with payroll arrangements! One of the more common group activities is the personality or behaviour assessment. Typically, after an…
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I see this every day. People are dissatisfied with their current job, their current work environment or even the processes they follow. They want a change. Enter the optimistic enthusiasm to change stuff! The eager rush to quit their current job and find a new one. The excitement of kicking off and working on a…
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This year I was fortunate enough to be staying with relatives in the south of France for a few days. This, by coincidence, was right when the Tour de France was coming through that area. Pretty cool. Now I ride a bike. Not brilliantly, but I can keep up with friends over a reasonable distance.…
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I’ve worked with honestly hundreds of portfolios in various states of maturity. From building them from scratch to the ones that have been going for years. One thing has been common to them all. Prioritisation issues. I’ve never found a team that does not recognise the need. Far from it. Pretty much every team tells…
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When it comes to the successful delivery of a project you need to know the goal. That is true. If you don’t know what you are aiming for how will you know when you are done? This alone, however, is a common reason why people fail to deliver. A singular focus on the goal, instead…
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In today’s workplace the problem is not often that you don’t have options as to what needs fixing or improving. Typically it’s quite the opposite. We are all spoiled for choice. Enter Barry Schwartz and the introduction of the Paradox of Choice. A good book, by the way, on the impact on consumers in having…
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There is an old saying that I will admit it took me a while to fully appreciate. You can’t cross the same stream twice. Simply put, going back to a situation that you experienced in the past will not be the same as the first time. Many people tell me that this is because the…
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The question of ethical behaviour has again hit the news. People are rightly looking into the issues associated with advisory based behaviours. I’m not going to go into that specifically; that’s a bit self-interested (even for me!). My thought for the day, though, is that it seems we simply don’t learn to change each time…
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I have a confession to make. I’m not great at cooking steaks on a BBQ. I’d love to be. I really enjoy having friends over and sharing a good social afternoon. I’m just not that skilled at this bit. I need to get people who are better at this to help me each time. I…
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Is this just the way we operate now? The idea with the most repetitions must be the best one. The most reliable one. What utter bollocks! Hearing something many times just means you are hearing it many times. It doesn’t make it right. Odd as it may seem, it also doesn’t make it more relevant.…
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