Common flaws prevent most organisations from experiencing true authentic leadership and often correcting these flaws is more about stopping what we are currently doing than adapting new more positive habits or having a personality makeover.
Read MoreI listen to my fellow professional colleagues and feelings of overwhelm; overload and burnout seem to be a common theme. Higher demands and fewer resources are the new normal.
Read MoreIs a “happy” employee an engaged employee? Do happy workers translate to hardworking and productive employees? And if so can company fun days/outings, free lunches and Friday casual days which are fun, sustain employee happiness? –Experience would indicate that whilst these efforts may be beneficial for other reasons, they cannot sustain ongoing employee happiness and more importantly making employees happy does not equate to them being engaged.
Read MoreDid you know that a recent global Gallup study on the State of the Global Workplace showed 79% of workers as either not engaged, or actively disengaged? (Australia at 76%) Gallup estimates that it takes five fully engaged workers to cancel out the impact of one actively disengaged colleague (Smith, 2009).
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