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Thoughts on leadership, competence, organisational culture and the future of work
Culture Change
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The Employee Engagement Crisis: Why Another Survey Won’t Fix It
Organisations have spent years trying to work out how to motivate employees. They have introduced engagement surveys, recognition schemes, performance bonuses, wellbeing programmes, employee awards, team-building exercises, leadership initiatives, pulse surveys, flexible…
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Email Etiquette
Understanding Email Etiquette is crucial to avoid common pitfalls that may lead to HR issues. In the modern workplace, email etiquette is an indispensable skill. It facilitates communication, documents decisions, and connects…
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Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement in Modern Adult Education for Offshore working environments and why B.F. Skinners’ Reinforcement Theory and Foucault’s Panopticon effect are essential but challenging. Introduction Learning is a multifaceted process that has been…
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Mushroom Management: How Information Hoarding Creates Dysfunctional Organisations
There is an old management expression that describes employees as mushrooms: keep them in the dark, feed them manure and occasionally open the door to see how much they have grown. It…
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Nepotism in the Workplace
I would imagine Nepotism in the workplace is something everyone in the workforce has seen first-hand. Some have heard of it happening. You may have even been a victim of it. That…
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Entitlement is a Disease
Entitlement is a disease sweeping through western liberal society. When or how it will end is anyone’s guess. With the entitled coming together and having entitled children, I do not see it…
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Entitlement in the Workplace
I am sure that over recent years, we have all seen, witnessed or been a target of entitlement in the workplace. These people can make your working life difficult and even upsetting…
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Unwritten Rules at Work
Since birth, we have been guided by a set of social norms. Which effectively are unwritten rules that we live by. These unwritten rules guide how we live and determine how people…
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Toxic Employees
Toxic employees can be as bad if not worse than a bad manager or even inept leadership. Toxic employees are typically overconfident and selfish and generally understand how to walk the fine…
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Gaslighting at Work
Gas lighting is more common than most people can appreciate. You will see it in your personal life, but more and more, you will either witness gaslighting at work or suffer the…
