You’ve recently purchased Birkenstocks, visiting museums on the weekend’s counts as your idea of fun and you know each of the white wine varieties. All the above means you’re cultured, right? This pretty much sums up how organisations think when it comes to culture in the workplace. “We’ll add a ping pong table, coffee machine and […]
Management
Managing People; The World Changes But Some Things Never Do
5 common management mistakes; Do you have others to add to the list? Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Social media, home offices, flexible working hours, corporate downsizing, restructures, regulatory scrutiny, litigation… the list of changes in the modern workplace goes on and on. No matter whether you’re running your own SME, or working as […]
Hold up the mirror – A key to management success!
I was working last week with a new manager who had recently taken up the role in a finance based organization and he asked me as so many new people managers do – what makes a “great manager”? I started to list off all the attributes that you would recognize – almost text book stuff […]