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The You Tube MBA, Free and On-line

13 August, 2011 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Is there anything useful on You Tube? Anything that will challenge your outlook?  Anything that will give you a different perspective on business?  Maybe, though you do have to look hard, and keep well away from “promoted videos”, they will suck up your time and spit it out. Here is what I found, in descending […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: learning, training, video

Clean Cold Running Water

30 July, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Employee needs and running water

Depending on who you listen to we want a number of things.  Maslow will tell you they can be categorised, starting with physiological needs and ending with self actualisation. I’m lucky, by most peoples standards I am a way up that particular triangle, but it is easy to forget what you have and assume everybody […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: empowerment, motivation, purpose, teamwork, training, trust

Poo in the Pool

20 July, 2011 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Imagine the scene, you won Euro Millions, you are a multi multi millionaire. To celebrate you bought a house high above Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hills.  It has fabulous views out over the city and a beautiful aqua marine pool.  You have been there a month and are holding a house warming party, all […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: communication, motivation, teamwork, video

The Perfect Employee

15 July, 2011 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Grace Hopper

One of the biggest growth sectors for computer games is 30 to 40 year old women.  This surprised me a little; I always thought it was spotty teenagers.  Then somebody pointed me at Farmville.  It all fell into place. This fact has huge ramifications for the gaming industry.  If you are female, in your mid […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: customer focus, information technology, innovation, recruitment

Do You Want Engaged Employees or Honest Ones?

30 June, 2011 by James Lawther 1 Comment

Engaging Strategy

Employee engagement is everything.  If your employees engage with your strategy they will work hard, go the extra mile, look after your customers, come into work when they are sick and at weekends… and generally push your strategy forward at pace. Employee engagement, you want it, right?  You want them to just get behind what […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: communication, customer focus, fessing up, reinforcing behaviour, strategy, trust

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