By gandhi14 on February 10, 2009
The beginning of a year is the time when a lot of us set goals and objectives, determined, once again, to attend to the things that are most important to us. We hope that this time, we will stick to our plans. Mostly we do not! We allow ourselves to be distracted, we lose focus, [...]
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By gandhi14 on January 15, 2009
Life is a flow of wonderful times, good times, not so good times and bad times. All we can be sure of is that there will be constant change. We never know how long our current troubles will last, or if they will get worse before they start to get better. The light you see [...]
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By gandhi14 on January 15, 2009
Global warming, political change and global economic implosion are taking their toll. There are few organisations that are not anticipating reduced demand for products, tighter budgets and focus on head count. As personal anxieties and social pressures increase, stress levels rise. What can you do to ensure your survival? You can be in the top [...]
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By gandhi14 on January 14, 2009
The culture of an organisation is reflected in the relationships between the people in that organisation: between managers and their employees, across functions, within teams and between colleagues. Every conversation that takes place within these relationships is a microcosm of the relationship and the overall culture to which it contributes. Too often however, we hold [...]
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By gandhi14 on January 13, 2009
Meetings are often inefficient and costly. They take forever. They lack structure or process. The wrong people attend. Some arrive late. People dominate the discussion to get their own viewpoint across. Those who may have valuable contributions to make cannot get a word in. At any time, one third of the group does not know [...]
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By gandhi14 on January 13, 2009
We constantly make decisions, each of which has consequences for our lifestyle and on the amount of stress we face. There are the really big decisions that determine the pattern of our lives; for example, where to live, whether to marry or have children; the work we do, personal targets we set, and the cultural [...]
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By gandhi14 on December 24, 2008
How often have you said Yes in answer to a request for help, when what you really want to say is No? How often have you found yourself in uncomfortable situations as a result of that Yes? Many people struggle to say No, and some conversations are more difficult than others: *when you feel you [...]
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By gandhi14 on December 23, 2008
It is not difficult to identify the conversations that in the course of a lifetime have been crucial to the way in which our lives have progressed. In many ways, we live our lives conversation by conversation. Relationships develop conversation by conversation. They also unravel conversation by conversation. When you learn to recognise these crucial [...]
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By gandhi14 on December 18, 2008
Leaders, consultants, human resources departments, business books and professional journals all place great emphasis on the importance of mission, vision, values and corporate culture in organisations. Talk is cheap. Mission, vision, values: the words roll off the tongue so easily. Walking the talk however, is a very different proposition, as anyone who has tried to [...]
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By gandhi14 on November 22, 2008
If you have an abusive boss, one who criticises or belittles you, and shows no respect for your abilities or concern for your development, you may decide to hold your tongue, keep your head down, and get along as best you can until you find another position. But you dread getting up for work every [...]
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