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Thoughts on leadership, competence, organisational culture and the future of work
Decision Making
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Military Mindset
Soon we stand to see the demise of another Conservative Prime minister in the UK. With the race for a new PM fully underway. One person I would like to see step…
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Fake it, Till you Make It
Fake it till you make it !!! This was never a term used when I was job hunting. In the 2000s when I left the military and was looking for my next…
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The Loneliness of Leadership: Why Leaders Feel Isolated
Leadership is often presented as the ultimate professional achievement. People spend years developing their knowledge, demonstrating their abilities and pursuing opportunities that will eventually place them in positions of authority. Promotion brings…
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Why Carrot and Stick Management Fails in Modern Organisations
For generations, managers have built management systems around a remarkably simple assumption. If you want people to do more of something, reward them. If you want them to stop doing something, punish…
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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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Leaderships Seven Deadly Sins
We have all heard of the seven deadly sins. If you are a regular churchgoer, you probably heard and recited them more than others. You will probably also understand them more than…
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Leadership and 10 Traits to be Aware Of
Leadership traits to be aware of and not only avoid people with them but also ensure you do not develop these yourself! I have seen it time and time again where the…
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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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Decisive Leaders
Decisive leaders seek out the appropriate information they need to make good decisions. Basically they have a broad understanding of the knowledge held by their team, colleagues, and leaders, henceforth this information…
