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Circles of Influence: Do You Want Your Team Flexing Their’s?

4 February, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Circle of Influence

Three very important circles: The smallest is our circle of control, the things we can directly influence, the time we get out of bed in the morning, how we spend our money. All of it within our gift. The largest is our circle of concern, world poverty, global warming, the economy. All the things we […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: empowerment, teamwork

Problem Solving: 4 Simple Steps to Success

21 January, 2012 by James Lawther 5 Comments

Problem Solving

I was once told that success in life is as simple as getting your arms around a problem and knocking it off.  If you agree with the principle, (and there is not really a lot to disagree with), then by definition, problem solving leads to success.  Solving problems isn’t that difficult, it is just four […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: fessing up, problem solving, project management, root cause analysis, test and learn

Presentation Tips: Why are You Talking to Me?

10 January, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Presentations I'd rather not attend

Monday is not going to be a good day. On Monday morning I have to sit through a four hour presentation.  There are things in life I enjoy doing, I enjoy riding my bike, I enjoy taking my children to the beach, I enjoy reading thrillers.  But I do not enjoy sitting through four hour presentations. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: communication, effective meetings, presentations, purpose

Forced Fun: Is it Working Yet?

31 December, 2011 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Forced Fun at Work

You must have fun! I worked for an organisation that believed in having fun at work.  If you were having fun you were happy and if you were happy you were engaged and if you were engaged you were productive (or so the logic went). To make sure we were all having fun we had […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: forced fun, motivation

What Can You Learn from Your New Year’s Resolutions?

28 December, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The biggest obstacle… To any new improvement programme is the phrase “Been there done that” Been there done Lean Been there done Voice of the Customer Been there done 6 Sigma Been there done Work Out Been there done Business Process Management Been there done Complexity Reduction Self delusion If I told you that I had Been there done going to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: accountability, focus, objective setting, wasted intellect

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