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Is it Five O’Clock Yet?

1 August, 2014 by James Lawther 2 Comments

5 o clock

It’s Friday.  The weekend is nearly upon us, be honest, work is not uppermost on your mind at this precise moment in time. So to help you slide into the weekend here are 5 articles you really should read.  Think of it as management education…  Not wasting your time surfing the web. 1.  Can Japanese […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: blame, leadership, management style, motivation, performance management, targets, Toyota, wasted intellect

Watch Your Back

17 July, 2014 by James Lawther 3 Comments

An apocryphal tale ~ a story of doubtful authenticity ~ There was a football tournament, a very important one, something a bit like the World Cup… The first match England played Italy.  The Italians won comfortably.  The English were left humiliated and strong action was demanded.  So the coach was fired, he was accountable, someone else was given […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: blame, learning, management style, performance management

How to be a Better Manager

4 July, 2014 by James Lawther 4 Comments

Bad Management

I’ve been on a management course I was told that there are only 4 things you need to worry about if you want to be a good manager: Provide a clear direction.  Ensure everybody knows where they are supposed to be going. Give people space.  Stand back and let them go in the direction you […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: do as I say, employee recognition, leadership, management style, purpose

Good Leaders Make you Feel Safe

15 June, 2014 by James Lawther

Simon Sinek

I’ve got a new toy I can hit a button on my browser and publish things that I find on the web. So I thought I’d give it a try… Here is a TED talk by Simon Sinek.  He discuss good leadership and what he sees in modern organisations.  There was one quote that particularly hit home… If […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: leadership, management style, TED talks, video

Leadership and the God Problem

13 June, 2014 by James Lawther 8 Comments

Leadership

A little question In his book Good To Great, Jim Collins poses a small but very interesting question: What is the key to organisational excellence?  Why do some businesses thrive whilst others bumble along at the most mediocre of levels? The answer is obvious…  Leadership If you have an operations problem you need better leadership Profit problem – […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: assumptions, beliefs, human nature, leadership, management style

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