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Good Boss, Bad Boss

6 February, 2017 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The boss

What makes a good boss? Julian Birkinshaw wanted to know. After pondering the question for a while, he came to the conclusion that the best way to find out was to ask some employees.  They are the people most capable of defining what a good or bad boss looks like — we have all worked for a nightmare or […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: colleagues, culture, management style, mixed messages

Should You Dress Like Your Boss?

28 January, 2017 by James Lawther 2 Comments

conformity

Conformity Have you ever noticed that people conform? If your boss comes into work wearing a pin strip suit it will spread.  Before you know it, there will be wall to wall pin stripes. If your boss is more of a creative type — skinny jeans and a hipster beard — then you can rest […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: conformity, group think

Do Targets Work or Not?

24 January, 2017 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Culture

In summary: I hope the last two posts have demonstrated admirably that: Targets work Targets don’t work I also trust that is nice and clear. So which is it? The problem isn’t the target, it’s the culture. Do you have a culture that accepts that failure is inevitable when you are pushing the boundaries? Does your culture treat failure […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: blame, motivation, objective setting, performance management, targets

Targets Don’t Work!

23 January, 2017 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Cheat

A management education 21 years ago I was a bright young thing.  I was single, had a good job and I was determined to make my way in the world.  I am a strong believer in education so I decided to study for an MBA.  I learnt about: Operations Marketing Information Technology Human Resources Finance I […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: motivation, objective setting, performance management, SMART goals, targets

Targets Work!

21 January, 2017 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Goal

In praise of the goal On the 25th of May 1961, in a speech before the joint session of Congress, the President of the United States set his country a goal: This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: motivation, objective setting, performance management, SMART goals, targets

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