Lead Your Own Change
Putting together a successful team is more challenging than finding the best individual, as you need to consider how the team works together and what the goals of the project are. Here are some areas that you will need to address for developing a successful team: Availability – Is the person available part-time, full-time or […]
Think about how your business is performing now. Now think about where you need your business to go. What are the gaps that exist? Do staff need to learn more about their jobs and the systems to improve productivity? Do individuals have a “mind block” about certain work activities and don’t want to complete them? […]
In order to improve team communication you will need to set the rules for communication. This could be done by embracing the following: Having an open door policy – This will invite team members to come in and talk about issues before they become mammoth problems. Encourage two way feedback – Give feedback about how […]
Organise and prioritise – know what you have to do; the priority of each task; and the due date for each task. You may want to write a list of tasks and assign a priority of 1 (urgent), 2 (not-urgent) and 3 (when time permits). Stop multi-tasking and batch process instead – Do you feel […]
Take charge – this is your professional development and you will benefit from it in the long term, you will work more efficiently and understand how what you do contributes to the big picture Build resilience – we all have days when we don’t want to go to work; but keep in mind that you […]
Improving employee performance and bring many benefits to your business such as improving performance and sales and meeting budgets. Communicate goals and expectations – employees need to know what is expected of them and how they contribute to the end goals Share information – provide information that will assist employees to reach their goals and […]
Significant effort and cost is invested in a well thought out and effectively delivered staff development program and doing it well is worth it. The benefits of staff development include: Keeping up with industry changes and complying with regulations – to ensure the business operates efficiently and effectively; and is operating within legal requirements Being […]
Hire the best people – hire people that share your vision and want to be a part of the team. Listen to employees – give them an opportunity to provide feedback and listen to them. Take on their ideas and work with them to make improvements in the business. Give employees projects – if staff […]
Advise that change will happen – be honest about what will happen and what the outcome will be. Indicate the time frame for the change – share management’s expectations about how long it will take to implement the changes with realistic time frames. Understand how the change will affect your staff – know that staff […]
Coaching has a long history which can be traced back to Socrates, who believed that individuals learn best when they have ownership of a situation and take some form of personal responsibility for the outcome. Despite this long history the potential for coaching as an organisational development approach has only been recognised in the last […]
What is bullying? A worker is bullied at work if: a person or group of people repeatedly act unreasonably towards them or a group of workers the behaviour creates a risk to health and safety. Unreasonable behaviour includes victimising, humiliating, intimidating or threatening. Whether a behaviour is unreasonable can depend on whether a reasonable person […]
Change is seen as a threat. Some of the emerging research from neuroscience confirms what we already know – our brains find change hard! We still have brains that are hardwired to seek out reward and avoid threats. The latest research shows that our brains have 5 times more neural networks for avoiding danger than […]