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FLOGGING A DEAD HORSE

02-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 »

CAN WOMEN LEAP HIGHER UP THE MANAGEMENT LADDER

20-May-2013 - Les Hayman “For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.” Written by Isabelle Allende, world famed Chilean author. Autho... 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 »

MOVING AT THE SPEED OF SHELF LIFE

15-Apr-2013 - Les Hayman The dictionary defines shelf life as “the length of time that foods, beverages, pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals and many other perishable items are given before they are considered to be unsuitable for sale, use or consumption”. Author: Jü (own w... read more »

MYTHS ABOUT MANAGEMENT

01-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 »

MANAGERS SOLVE PROBLEMS

11-Mar-2013 - Les Hayman I believe that one of the key critical skills of anyone in a management role is the ability to be able to solve problems, despite my loving the fact that Albert Einstein said “Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them”. Photograph by Or... read more »

TENTH RULE OF MANAGEMENT

11-Feb-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 »

TO BE OR NOT TO BE … A MANAGER

20-Aug-2012 - Les Hayman The best job I ever had was being a computer salesman for Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970’s. I was the only one in my territory of the South Island of New Zealand and my boss was miles away in Auckland so I saw him only rarely. I shared... read more »

FIRST RULE OF MANAGEMENT

25-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 SURVIVE AN INCOMPETENT BOSS

11-Jun-2012 - Les Hayman We have all at one time or another been really disappointed with our boss, if for example it is because we believed that he had made some bad choices, struggled too long with a decision, or promoted someone who was more politician than profession... 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 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 »

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ISN’T CHANGING QUICKLY ENOUGH

10-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 »

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 »