MEN AND WOMEN ARE NEITHER FROM MARS NOR FROM VENUS25-Feb-2013 - Les Hayman In early 1993 I read the book called “Men are from Mars Women are from Venus” written by John Gray, American author and relationship counsellor. The book sat on the American best seller list for 121 weeks and reportedly over the last 20 years has... read more » |
HUMAN ENERGY IS THE GREATEST RENEWABLE RESOURCE09-Jul-2012 - Les Hayman The dictionary defines renewable energy as “any naturally occurring, theoretically inexhaustible source of energy, such as biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric powerthat is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel.” I was in India ... 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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
GIVING POSITIVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK05-Dec-2011 - Les Hayman Noted French writer Francois de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) said “Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.” via Wikimedia Commons (United States public domain) Many managers ... read more » |
COME BACK E.T. EUROPE NEEDS YOU07-Nov-2011 - Les Hayman Here we are in November 2011 and despite efforts by the Greek Prime Minister to personally derail the rescue, the Euro has been resolutely saved … yet again. This time all that was needed was to increase the European Financial Stability Facility ... 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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
ARE YOU AN AUTOCRATIC OR PERMISSIVE MANAGER ?04-Jun-2012 - Les Hayman Management styles are mainly based on the two key elements of how one goes about making decisions and how one relates to people, which tend to point towards someone being either an autocratic or a permissive manager. Whilst many managers may hav... 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 » |
THE THREE ENVELOPES09-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman Just after I was appointed to the role of IT Manager at International Harvester NZ about 40 years ago, a colleague told me a story that highlighted the tenuous nature of management roles. It involved the removal of a CEO by his board after the co... read more » |
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