Viewing entries posted in 2012
The 5 W's of Communication
Ensuring communications are effective - that is reach their target and hit the mark in terms of what you want people to understand and remember – is a skill. Below are some tips for you to think about the next time you’re nominated as the spokesperson, or you need to craft up a communications plan. I call them the 5 W’s.
Keeping Vision Alive and Kicking
Is no easy feat. It normally takes centre stage in a change initiative. The difficulty can be around ensuring it is sustainable and embedded post-change activity. Successful organisations embed vision communication as BAU (business as usual) and not confine it to a point in time initiative. Find ways to embed it into everyday thinking.
How to ... give quality feedback
Feedback. The cornerstone of performance management, but usually not executed well, or at all. Employee surveys are consistently telling us that employees are not getting the feedback and direction they need and that many managers lack good feedback skills.
How to .... spot bullying at work
Identifying bullying is a difficult skill. The problem with bullying is that it isn’t always easily spotted. It can either be a set of visible behaviours that the perpetrator doesn’t understand constitutes bullying or it can be a deliberately deployed set of toxic behaviours displayed by a person who uses their personal and professional power to crush the power of others.
Workplace Bullying - what is Is.... and Isn't
For anyone who has been on the end of bullying it is a toxic and insidious experience. It can take over your life and leave you unable to cope with the most simple of tasks. However, bullying is a very real workplace experience for many employees. Research undertaken for the Department of Labour in 2009[1] revealed that the majority of employees will, at some time during their careers, be exposed to workplace bullying directly, or indirectly as observers
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How to Address Poor Performance
... and avoid a bullying allegation
Poor staff performance is one of employers’ most common complaints. Managers faced with difficult conversations about work standards and potentially litigious staff often avoid dealing with it or don’t handle it very well. But ignoring the issue can demotivate other staff, so tackle poor performance firmly and with early intervention.
The Best Interview Question... Ever?
If you were allowed to ask only one (yes, only one) question during the course of an interview, what would you go for? Try this one out for size…
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