How many times have you replied “that’s okay, thanks for letting me know “ when team members apologise for: Being late for work Projects are incomplete Deadlines are missed Poor punctuality While you may feel that this shows kindness, it also sends a message that occurrences such as these are not important. Indeed, they are …
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In a few short months, a pandemic has transformed work and workplaces in a way that change management strategies never could. Social distancing, contact tracing, working remotely and, from home are the new normal. Working and workplaces in the future will be different. As many hope to salvage pre-COVID ways of working – as though …
Let’s be clear, return to ‘normal’ will be different once the danger of COVI19 transmission passes. Accept that COVID19 or some other superbug can be expected in the future. Unlike the way we used to work and conduct business, the bounce back to normality needs to be different. Here is some food for thought for …
While the world copes with the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses are facing an unprecedented challenge. While the damaging effects of the epidemic are inevitable, modifications in engagements with suppliers, customers and employees can help cushion them. The ‘work from home’ culture has undoubtedly experienced a boom in recent times. Cloud applications and technology advances mean that …
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It may sound a little unusual to read that it is not always a bad thing to experience conflict at work. We have been programmed to think conflict is bad. At Verity, we prefer to treat conflict as a healthy reminder that change is inevitable, complacency is problematic and conflict are manifestations of a need …
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Having the right employees beautifully matched to your organisation’s purpose is the perfect situation. Right? If only it was that easy. When there is a mismatch between people and purpose the explanation could be wrong purpose or wrong people. Let’s unpack purpose from the perspectives of the organisation and its people. Business-as-usual: people and purpose …
“Purpose” has become a core word in management conversations and referred to in thousands of books and articles about business management and leadership. Yet many of the purpose statements we read can be a little generic and vanilla. For example, … “ cultivate a strong network” …” be employer of choice” … “ maximise shareholder value” …
If you polled employees today, how many would know the company’s purpose? Read More »
When you employ staff, you bring them on for what’s in their heads. When they sign your employment contract, they bring their hearts as well as their heads. It is common to think that staff motivation is about the money. It is less common to think it’s about connection, purpose and alignment to core values. …
If the answer is, “build a great culture” … what is the question? Read More »
Let’s take the Monday morning test….. The alarm sounds. It is the start of the new working week. How do you feel? Do you bounce out of bed looking forward to getting to work? Do you feel excited about seeing your work colleagues again? Have you missed the bosses because they truly are great leaders because …
Haven’t we all at least once been in that situation where we wish we had made time for something a few months back? Well, recruitment is one of those things. If you are thinking of hiring a new staff member in January, we would strongly advise you to start looking now. The “New Year – …
