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We recently wrote about a simple ethical dilemma: If you had the right triggers, would you steal the office stapler?
For an organisation, the implications can be huge. There's an incredibly strong link between good managers and engaged employees.
Are you an introvert?
Are you an extrovert?
Chances are that at some point in your career you have been told that you are one or the other, either in a conversation or through an HR assessment designed to get to the bottom of your personality. There's also no shortage of literature suggesting that the secret to great leadership all boils down to where you sit on this spectrum.
By Hamish Williams
The problem many businesses face in 2016 is anaemic growth. To operate in low growth economic conditions, organisations need to focus their efforts on innovation and productivity. The ability to innovate and develop new ideas is not an innate skill. It’s a learned skill, as is the ability to do more with less and be more productive.
We all get out of the wrong side of bed some days. Even people with the sunniest of dispositions have moments where it’s virtually impossible to maintain a positive outlook.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. George Orwell
Guest post by Jessica Klein at wattsnext
Workplace culture can impact the mental health and wellbeing of your employees. I don’t think that’s rocket science to most of us, but how do you know if your culture may be harming your employees?
Here are four warning signs to look out for according to Heads Up.
Warning Sign 1: Staff eat lunch at their desk.
Great workplaces grow considerably faster than their competitors while also seeing lower staff turnover.
Have you ever been told you are an inadequate leader?
If you haven't, you're missing out. Believe it or not, the key to being a great leader may actually come from being inadequate.
Don't believe us? Well, the idea that the most successful people are those who feel inadequate actually came from an unlikely source: Sir Bob Geldof.
The traditional leadership model is one that values infallibility over admitting weakness.
The value of inadequacy
By AIM Senior Research Fellow Dr Samantha Johnson
‘To the person who only has a hammer, everything they encounter begins to look like a nail.’ Abraham H. Maslow
How hard is life, when you have to be good, not only at what you do, but at who you are?
We’re all good at doing something, in life. But are we good at being people, at being ourselves?