SECOND SECRET OF SUCCESS07-Oct-2010 - Les Hayman “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin Toffler I am often amazed that so many people seem to not understand that learning is a journey and not a des... read more » |
WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU ABOUT PEOPLE07-May-2012 - Les Hayman Business schools may be great at teaching people how to read a balance sheet, calculate net present value, internal rate of return and discounted cash flow, but they do not seem to do a great job at teaching future “masters of the universe” that ... read more » |
HOW TO DRIVE YOUR BOSS CRAZY30-Apr-2012 - Les Hayman During my career I have worked with many colleagues who have inspired and motivated me, some who made me laugh and many who made me proud of them, but I have also had a few of them who drove me crazy. Some were managers (see “There is nothing wor... read more » |
ARE FANATICS OR FOOLS THE PROBLEM ?23-Apr-2012 - Les Hayman “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” Bertrand Russell Whilst it may not have been his primary intent, I always find it interesting how accurate Ber... read more » |
WHY CEOs FAIL09-Apr-2012 - Les Hayman A lot of CEOs don’t succeed, and some who do, do so only for a short time. I have come to the conclusion that there are a number of different reasons that CEOs fail. Here are 10 of the most common ones. 1. Outlive the Founder/CEO role There comes... read more » |
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SHOULD STEP ASIDE ?02-Apr-2012 - Les Hayman I have always believed that someone in a senior executive role, particularly a CEO, should not stay in the job for more than about 5-6 years, as I believe that everything that you will do after that is likely to be just a rerun, and you will also... read more » |
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT MANAGERS ARE AMATEURS19-Mar-2012 - Les Hayman I have had a number of instances in recent years where I have become involved with a company and fairly quickly come to the conclusion that the management team that has been tasked with effectively running the company is actually incapable of del... read more » |
ENGAGEMENT HAS A NICE RING TO IT05-Mar-2012 - Les Hayman I have long found it worrying that all of the numerous studies of employee engagement point to the fact that at any one point in time, in most companies, only about one-third of employees are fully engaged, with about one-third partially engaged,... read more » |
WHEN YOU KNOW IT IS TIME TO CHANGE COMPANIES19-Feb-2012 - Les Hayman I have always believed that people join companies, but leave managers. Surveys tell us that over 70% of corporate departures are because an employee was not able to build a working relationship with his immediate supervisor, which seems logical a... read more » |
WHY ARE SO MANY MANAGERS SO BAD AT RECRUITING ?12-Dec-2011 - Les Hayman Putting the right people in the right place is a critical skill of any manager and yet for many this is a serious weakness, resulting in them regularly putting people into roles where they can’t succeed. Not only is this an expensive mistake to m... read more » |
WHO WANTS TO BE A CEO ?14-Nov-2011 - Les Hayman I am often asked about what characteristics I believe are needed to be able to become a successful CEO. It’s not an easy question to answer as there are so many different aspects that one can address, and libraries of management books have been w... read more » |
THE SOONER YOU FALL BEHIND, THE MORE TIME YOU HAVE TO CATCH UP31-Oct-2011 - Les Hayman Douglas Adams (1952-2001) author of “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” said – “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Author: Nicosmos (own work); via Wikimedia Commons Why are most people so prone to procras... read more » |
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY …..24-Oct-2011 - Les Hayman I understand that the salary that you are paid for the work that you do is important, but there are many things that are more important if you want to have a successful career, and to ultimately do well. By Hersfold; via Wikimedia Commons Here ... read more » |
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ISN’T CHANGING QUICKLY ENOUGH10-Oct-2011 - Les Hayman If global competition and business processes are changing so quickly, why aren’t our leadership practices changing at the same rate to keep up with business needs? A recent study carried out by Development Dimensions International (DDI), a US bas... read more » |
SUN TZU WOULD GO BROKE TODAY03-Oct-2011 - Les Hayman I am amazed at how many business people falsely believe that “Business is War”, and how many young managers and MBA students see Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” as being the holy bible for waging business in the same way that one would wage war. I know th... read more » |
WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT12-Sep-2011 - Les Hayman To be successful in any career it is critical that you become au-fait with “management speak”, as there are many instances when what is said is not really what is meant. Saying one thing and meaning another can be called irony, but it can also be... read more » |
DO WOMEN MAKE BETTER MANAGERS ?22-Nov-2010 - Les Hayman I was recently asked during a press interview to describe the best boss that I had ever worked for. It wasn’t hard to do, as during my time at Sun Microsystems, when asked to drive a global project for 6 months in the US, I had the opportunity to... read more » |
BEING SERIOUS IS OVERRATED18-Nov-2010 - Les Hayman I have found that many people, particularly as they become more senior in their corporate life (or just get older), start to take life and themselves much too seriously, supposedly in line with their elevated status. They therefore tend to create... read more » |
FIFTH SECRET OF TIME MANAGEMENT11-Nov-2010 - Les Hayman You have to kill interruptions as much as possible. The first step is to take control of emails. It’s interesting that we have established rules and procedures for physical interruptions, for example if someone’s office door is closed, if they ... read more » |
THIRD SECRET OF SUCCESS21-Oct-2010 - Les Hayman Being able to update your resume (curriculum vitae) every year is an important part of success. I am not suggesting that you update it and put it out on the street, just that you need to be able to update the contents every year, and that you sh... read more » |
HR … WHAT’S HR GOT TO DO WITH INNOVATION? ISN’T THAT R&D?04-Oct-2010 - Les Hayman Why is it that when you talk about innovation most people can’t look beyond product innovation? It’s a wonderful thing to have superior products, particularly if you can create products that people just love to have and to use, like Apple. My wi... read more » |
SECOND SECRET OF TIME MANAGEMENT30-Sep-2010 - Les Hayman Diaries are meant to be an aid to help us all manage our time allocations but in most cases are rarely used in a way that actually helps people to really achieve this. The problem is that most people use diaries mainly as a means of giving other... read more » |
FIRST SECRET OF TIME MANAGEMENT23-Sep-2010 - Les Hayman Can anyone really manage time? We all get allocated exactly the same amount, just 24 hours per day, and yet some people never seem to have enough time and always have a growing mountain of undone tasks, and others seem to be able to do an incredi... read more » |
THE PROBLEM WITH COMPROMISE06-Sep-2010 - Les Hayman I have always hated compromise! I believe that the problem with compromise is that no-one really gets what they want and therefore no-one is really committed to the success of the compromise decision, and I find this to be as true in pe... read more » |
QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE02-Sep-2010 - Les Hayman I believe that “People join companies, but leave managers”. People will join a company in the belief that the image and reputation that it projects is what they are looking for in an employer, and as such somewhere that they can learn, develop and... read more » |
HR … POLITE TO POLICE TO PARTNER TO PLAYER26-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman Whenever I speak to a group of HR Professionals, I tend to start with the need for HR organisations to go through a process of change, and I call this transition “Polite to Police to Partner to Player”. HR people have always tended to be the polit... read more » |
MOVE THEM UP OR MOVE THEM OUT23-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman I have long believed that managers need to always have a “ladder” of their people graded from best to worst performer. This is not just to ensure visibility of the top performers, but also to ensure identification of those that need help. The pro... read more » |
IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME16-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman When I was appointed to the SAP Global Extended Board in 1999, my bosses at the time (the Global CEO and the Board Chairman) approved my title as “CEO Asia Pacific, Board Member SAP-AG”. This was based on the fact that no-one outside of Germany r... read more » |
THE 3 GREAT BUSINESS LIES02-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman It is incredible that marketing organisations within companies spend such an incredible amount of time developing a company’s mission, vision and values statements and yet they all tend to come up with basically the same things over and over aga... read more » |
HR … THE PESTO EFFECT22-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman A number of people have asked me to write of my experiences running a company internal HR department after 40 years in business roles. When I was first asked whether I would do this, rather than retiring, I felt that it was a bit like asking Attil... read more » |
GYMNASTICS AND BUSINESS19-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman Some time ago I was surprised to learn that in gymnastics competitions at global levels such as the Olympics, achieving a “perfect score” for a perfectly executed routine in any of the disciplines, needs more than just the perfection of the routi... read more » |
MANAGING YOUR CAREER14-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman I have found that most people do very little to manage their own careers. The majority of people seem to work their way through their jobs with varying degrees of skill and commitment, and wait for opportunities to present themselves, then pick ... read more » |
I LIVE TO WORK OR I WORK TO LIVE05-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman The great thing about being a Manager is that you only have one primary objective. All you have to do is to create an environment where people can be unbelievably successful. I understand that this is easier to say than to do, but it’s not a bad ... read more » |
FLOGGING A DEAD HORSE02-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman I have lived and worked in Europe for the last 9 years after more than 30 years working in the IT Sector in NZ, Australia, Singapore and the USA, and have worked with, for, and also been responsible for, hundreds of different Managers at varying ... read more » |
VIVE LA FRANCE25-Jun-2010 - Les Hayman The French Unions have called for National Strikes in response to the Government’s announcement that it will raise the official pensionable retirement age in France from 60 to 62. This could be the first real test of the Sarkozy Government... read more » |
GROWING A NEW LEG20-Jun-2010 - Les Hayman I was in Belgrade, Serbia, recently to speak at a conference of Business people. On the way in from the Airport to my hotel, I asked the young driver as to whether he felt that things had improved or worsened since my last trip to Belgrade a year... read more » |
Getting the Best Future for Your Company01-Jun-2009 - Stephen Burr Early May saw SAP release the latest “Enhancement Package” (EhP4); these packages are SAP’s way of deploying new software functionality to customers without disruption. Although there are notable improvements in the core HC... read more » |
Investing in the future01-Apr-2009 - Damian Williams Employers are not willing to let their talent suffer, according to the latest research from Ochre House. Some 67% of surveyed employers are planning on rewarding their top performers with a pay rise this year, despite the current economic cl... read more » |
Equality Bill, Diversity Management06-Oct-2008 - Damian Williams Diversity management is one of the largest challenges organisations will face over the next decade. Making sure an organisation has a successful mix of staff from different genders, races, ages and ability levels is not only becoming a legal requi... read more » |
Talent Management: Nothing to do with employee benefits?15-Aug-2008 - Damian Williams Talent management is the current buzzword in HR. Talent management is the identification, recruitment, development and deployment of a company's most capable employees. It is a strategy used by employers to improve the retention ratio of thei... read more » |
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