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Why should you involve people?
Not so long ago I came across this sentence in a management book: “People are generally opposing their own ideas far less frequently” I let this sink in for a while. Now I realise what was disturbing me. Firstly It’s just wrong! I can name any number of my own ideas that have floundered due
Should you want to be the best?
It’s an ambition you regularly encounter in organisations: being the best. Ranking highest on the list. Reaching the Champions League. I grant any organisation the feeling of euphoria if they are recognised as being the best. But I wouldn’t easily advise people to choose this as the ambition to change. This is because of the following
Can you only help someone if you’ve been in his shoes?
‘Never Judge a Man Until You’ve Walked a Mile In His Shoes, sang Elvis in 1968. If this was true, I might as well close my business. Because I have made it my business to help top and middle managers but have never been one myself. So, how literally should we take these words from