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Peter Drucker, the most famous management thinker summed up the difference between managers and leaders perfectly.
It costs companies thousands of dollars when employees quit. There are recruiting expenses and time is spent training people and making sure they’re up to speed
Guest post by Dr Amantha Imber Assumptions are one of the biggest creativity killers in organisations of all sizes. They are those nasty things that sit around in the back of your head and stop your thinking going anywhere interesting. Chances are, if you have a problem you are trying to crack, you hold a whole lot of assumptions or pre-conceived notions that are boxing in your thinking.
Continuous learning has now become a critical way for organisations to get an edge over their competitors.
By Leon Gettler You thought Gen Y was something? Wait until you meet Gen Z. These are the ones born from 1995. The oldest of them will be turning 18 this year and they’re coming to a workplace near you. More to the point, they will be doing it at a time when there are skills shortages and an ageing population. So what will they be like to manage? These young workers will be arriving when Baby Boomers will be retiring. They will need a different style of attention and direction from Gen Xers and Ys. After all, this generation is radically different from any of the others.
How do you make your organisation stand out in a crowded marketplace?
Successful managers are continuously learning and developing. To do that, they always have to be trying out new ideas, testing them and seeing how they work.
For any organisation, strategic planning sets out the goals and creates the process for determining how the entity can best achieve them
Productivity is not the responsibility of workers. It’s up to managers and that’s a real challenge.
