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 » |
A DUMMY’S GUIDE TO OFFICE POLITICS06-May-2013 - Les Hayman “The person who says “I’m not political” is in great danger, as only the fittest will survive, and the fittest will be the ones who understand their office’s politics”. Jean Hollands (US Trainer and Coach). Politics in the workplace is a fact of ... read more » |
HR … DOES PERISH COME NEXT AFTER PARTNER AND PLAYER ?22-Apr-2013 - Les Hayman I have long believed, written and spoken about the fact that HR organisations need to go through a major transition to be allowed to survive as a business unit, rather than just ending up handling administrative functions in a shared service cent... read more » |
MYTHS ABOUT MANAGEMENT01-Apr-2013 - Les Hayman “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” American President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Source: The White House Historical Association; vi... read more » |
THE MANAGEMENT ART OF STACKING FIREWOOD18-Mar-2013 - Les Hayman William Faulkner (1897-1962), American writer and Nobel Prize winner said “The Swiss are not a people so much as a neat, clean, quite solvent business”. I am in Klosters in Switzerland for two weeks of skiing with my family, and it is almost impo... read more » |
EIGHTH RULE OF MANAGEMENT21-Jan-2013 - Les Hayman The first rule of management is that successful management is actually more about how you manage yourself rather than being about how you manage others (see “First rule of management” posted June 25, 2012). The second rule of management is that t... read more » |
WOULD DISASTER HAVE STRUCK LEHMAN SISTERS ?12-Nov-2012 - Les Hayman I have been inspired by Jonas Ridderstrale, a speaker at the AtelierSAP conference in Berlin last week, to speculate on what would be the state of the world today if Lehman Brothers had not been founded in 1850 by Henry, Emanuel and Mayer, but ha... read more » |
ANGER IN MANAGEMENT13-Aug-2012 - Les Hayman “In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.” Theologian Abraham J. Heschel (1907-1972) Anger is a human process that has been felt by most normal people at some ti... 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 » |
FIRST RULE OF MANAGEMENT25-Jun-2012 - Les Hayman The first rule of management is that successful management is actually more about how you manage yourself rather than being about how you manage others. Management life tends to be extremely busy and demanding, particularly when you manage a larg... 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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
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 » |
CONGRATULATIONS … YOU’RE A HIGH POTENTIAL … HERE IS YOUR TATTOO26-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman Ever since Jack Welch told the world something along the lines of “ … look after the top 10% because they create the magic ..”, every company has put some effort into implementing a “High Potential” or “Top Talent” programme (Pesto effect ?), tha... 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 » |
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