Organizational Development
Business Quotes to Remember
Here are some selected business quotes that can help us to stop, think, reflect and who knows, maybe even modify how we behave: 1. The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same – Carlos Castaneda
Effective Interviewing – 5 Steps
Most managers conduct job interviews without any structure or strategy or method. I am also guilty of this on many occasions because I felt it was going to be quite easy to assess the job applicants. Now I know that I was wrong. Without a strategy and methodology, you end up selecting a person based [...]
The 5 Stages of Employee Value
Employees of any kind of organization have to progress through various stages of providing value to their employer. These stages or steps are not always expressed formally by the employer nor are these always properly understood or appreciated by the employee. But these are nonetheless always there and it will be useful for you to [...]
Communication Styles
Based on an extract from an MIT USA course on communications Research indicates that each of us has a default communications style from one of the following: -Analyst – data focus -Innovator – creative focus -Producer – results focus -Diplomat – people focus We may have some qualities from all four of the above but [...]
Personal and Organizational Development – Some Maps for the Trip
by Douglas O’Loughlin – International Consultant on OD and Leadership Development Introduction Most organisations and leaders are now facing higher levels of complexity, change, diversity, and uncertainty than ever before. In these times, how can we help develop organisations and leaders so that they are less likely to get “in over their heads”, as [...]
I’m Mad as Hell, and I’m Gonna Deploy the Slide!
Based on an article from About.com If you were in hibernation during the last 24-hour news cycle, you may have missed the story about Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, who was mad as hell and wasn’t gonna take it anymore…
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Conflict Management
At the broadest level, we define our identity by two things: -Who we are – our personality, our beliefs, values etc. -What we do – our actions, behavior, etc. We want others to accept us the way we are and to accept the way we do things. When either of these expectations is challenged, there [...]
