Topic: good management

Make Your Employees The Best

A long-term friend and former colleague of mine who now runs his own successful business told me recently: “In the last two years I have come to realise that being a CEO means being a Mentor, too. We have to connect with our employees on both the work and the home front. It is no longer good enough just issue orders and train people to do their jobs; bosses must take a real interest in their employees’ lives, their problems and their aspirations.” More »

In-Company Mentoring

Now that mentoring is widely recognised as the way to motivate, develop and keep employees, the role of "in-company" mentoring is being explored by those aware of the profit improvement it bestows. It is a big topic so I am devoting two articles to it. More »

Organising Your Business

How much of the restructuring we hear about in business is necessary? Certainly not all of it. The building blocks of any organisation are its people. Get them right and the organisation will work. More »

Emotional Stupidity

We hear a lot about people having emotional intelligence (EQ) but seldom consider the consequences of emotional stupidity. More »