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Category Archives: Work
Employee Engagement – we are doing it all wrong…
I am reading more and more articles beginning to debate the value of employee engagement initiatives, and more recently, the wasted money, time and effort that companies spend on trying to improve employee engagement. It is an interesting conundrum that … Continue reading
Posted in Work
Tagged career, content, contentment, corporate values, dissonance, employee engagement, identity, joy, model aeroplanes, resonance, sailor, satisfaction, satisfied, synergy, values
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Values and Behaviour – a reflection on the Volkswagen tragedy.
As an HR practitioner, I have watched with interest not so much the media frenzy surrounding the Volkswagen debacle (although that has itself been instructive) but rather the company itself. It’s behaviour as an organization at this time is a … Continue reading
Posted in Work
Tagged actions, behaviour, Board of Directors, CEO, corporate values, culture, goals, hypocrisy, leadership, profit, values
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Integrity
Had a very interesting discussion yesterday about values, specifically “integrity”. This morning, an article in my email feed talked about Integrity being the number 1 corporate value. But what, actually, is a value? I have found that this is often … Continue reading
The Dragon called “Me”…
I have written this series using the allegory of a sailor sailing rough seas, and encountering Dragons, as depicted on those old nautical maps where the untraveled cartographer needed an excuse for his cluelessness; and I have offered thoughts about … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged Bill Gates, challenge, character, culture, grace, guardian, honesty, HR, HR Practitioner, humility, influence, integrity, leadership, learning, reflection, selfless, vision, wisdom
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The Dragon called Vindication and the Helmet of Humility
As colours go, black and white are very simple. Put next to each other, there is no confusing anything. This one, white. That one, black. And here is the line between them. Very nice, very organised. Very good. People aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged altercation, black and white, character, dignity, grace, graciousness, helmet, humility, integrity, lose, vindication, win
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The Dragon called Desperation and the Dagger of Discernment
It was hard to find an apt name for the Dragon this time, but not hard to recognize the feelings it evokes when it stirs. Conflict in the workplace – conflict anywhere, in fact – evokes an age old response. … Continue reading
Posted in Work
Tagged desperation, discernment, fear, integrity, relationships, risk, risk management, self preservation, truth, values
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The Dragon called “Politics” and the Scabbard of Sincerity
A scabbard is the sheath for a sword. Made out of shaped wood and leather and worked metal, they are beautiful and functional, but play a lesser role to their glorious partner the sword. There is a legend, though that … Continue reading
The Dragon called “Solo” and the Cloak of Cameraderie
Every sportsperson knows that beyond the weekend hacker level, no matter how solo your sport “looks”, there is a team seeing you through to victory. My favourite sport is tennis, and within that, singles. It’s like a chess game, played … Continue reading
Posted in Work
Tagged accountability, balance, band of brothers, battle, cameraderie, campaign, caution, conflict, integrity, military, perspective, preparation, reconciliation, recovery, singles, support, team, tennis
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The Dragon called “Naiveté” and The Shield of Slightly Cynical Wisdom
Many HR discussions that take place do so where the stakes are high, and at the same time they take place when privacy is an important concern. The stakes are usually high for the employee involved, and less so for … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, confrontation, control, cynicism, employee, employee relations, half-truth, manager, manipulate, meetings, over-trusting, performance management, preparation, risk, risk management, suit of armour, trust, undermine, untruth, witnesses
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The Dragon called “Average” and the Sword of Knowledge
Although his life and achievements are discredited professionally, there is no doubt in my mind that Lance Armstrong remains one of the most dedicated, hardworking athletes this world has ever seen. While the use of drugs taints his every memory … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged average, blogs, empathy, excellence, exceptional, human resources, humanise, knowledge, laew, learning, life-long learning, mediocre, philosophy, policy, procedure, process, workplace politics
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Notes From the Road 