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The Swimming Teacher

18 August, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

I have a swimming teacher, she competed in the Olympics twice (she is a bit quicker than me). When she was 15 she used to drag her parents out of bed at 5 am so that they could take her to the pool. Because swimming is her passion she tries that bit harderBecause she tries […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: motivation, Olympics, purpose

Stupid Suppliers

17 August, 2010 by James Lawther 1 Comment

suppliers

Are your suppliers a bunch of wasters who are just after your money and not to be trusted? Do you spend your whole life beating them up over late orders and poor performance? What would life be like if: You ran a risk/reward share with them? You held a party for them each year to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: supply chain, teamwork, trust

Happy in His Work

16 August, 2010 by James Lawther 1 Comment

The San Francisco World Spirits Competition has awarded Chase Vodka the accolade of “Best Vodka in the World” beating 249 other brands. Chase Vodka is made in Hereford by the same man who bought us Tyrrells Crisps, the entrepreneur William Chase.  He claims the key to success is the potatoes.  “If you start cheap, you’re […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: cheap and nasty, cost saving, motivation, William Chase

Death by PowerPoint

12 August, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Death by power point may be a real phenomenon; according to General James N. Mattis of the Marine Core, “PowerPoint makes us stupid“. General H.R. McMaster believes “It’s dangerous because it gives the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control“. How about a return to the typed memo’s of the 1990’s?  They had to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: best practice, communication

Bored?

12 August, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Photo by Jose Llamas on Unsplash Are you bored at work?  Try wrecking the place. On the Ordnance Survey for the Isle of Whight, the map maker (Bill) has written his name in the cliffs.  If you are really sad and don’t believe me go to the Get a Map facility on the Ordnance Survey web site and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: motivation

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