Articles
Thoughts on leadership, competence, organisational culture and the future of work
Decision Making
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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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Imposter Syndrome
Previous articles I have written can come back to Imposter syndrome. My article on mental health looked at men’s stubbornness when it comes to admission of needing help. Then later we looked…
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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…
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What is Work Ethic
I have looked at lousy management practices and what makes a good leader in previous articles. Also, I covered the issue in today’s society where meritocracy has died in the liberal West.…
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Using Instructional Design to Improve Learning Environments
Using Instructional design to improve learning environments is a concept slowly becoming a requirement in education and industry. Although instructional design only recently becoming a phrase more widely used it has been…
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Leadership Values: Why What Leaders Tolerate Matters
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters Almost every organisation claims to have values. Leaders display them on walls, print them in corporate literature and repeat them during induction programmes as though putting a collection…
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When Leadership Becomes Bullying: The Abuse of Authority at Work
Leadership gives people power, but power does not make someone a leader. An organisation can give somebody a job title, a team, a budget and the authority to make decisions, but none…
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The Power of Servant Leadership
The Power of Servant Leadership: Putting Your Team First is a concept that emphasises a leadership style focused on serving the needs of the team members and stakeholders rather than prioritising the…
