Is Donald Trump too old to be president of the United States? Certainly not in my opinion. At 70 years of age the recently inaugurated 45th President of the United States, President Trump is an energy machine. I don’t know where he gets it from. Nor do I know where Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg or
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The Big Opportunity For HR
HR Practitioners are often in a bind. Tasked with developing an organisation’s greatest assets, they are the first to have budgets slashed, cop the blame for any ‘people’ problems, and rarely get a serious voice at the Leader’s table. But what if that could all change? First lets look at what the function of HR really
Holiday Leave: How Far Should You Switch Off?
I am sitting in the office today, writing this between the Christmas and New Year holiday break. I will be honest and say that I am actually on my lap top in the boardroom watching the cricket as I write, so while I am working, it would be fair to say that I am cruising
2016 – Pause and Reflect!
Many of us do not take the time to stop and reflect but I find it very useful and kind of a cleansing process! The year of 2016, I think, will be a very famous one for many reasons. Here are some headlines that affected and stand out for me on a personal level: The
If feedback occurs in the forest….. did it really happen?
If feedback occurs in the forest but nobody receives it, did it really happen? Feedback. It’s a word that can send shivers down the spine of many people. In the constant stream of HR-related social media posts, there is no shortage of experts who have developed sure-fire methods of getting feedback right. Some of the
Three Steps to Retaining Great Staff
A few years ago at the height of the mining boom, most people in the Recruitment and HR Consulting industry were banging on about there being a ‘War for Talent’, a phrase coined by consulting firm McKinsey in 1997. We were all, of course, referring to the drastic shortage of skilled, relevant ‘talent’ in the
Fostering An Organisational Learning Culture
Organisations are seen to “learn” through their individual members – employees acquiring new information, or employees joining the organisation bringing with them new knowledge. The challenge for Learning and Development (L&D) teams is to therefore understand (a) how to efficiently capture the new knowledge being brought into the organisation, (b) how to foster a high
Who Will Become The Most Powerful Person In The World?
Four years ago I wrote a blog about the presidential election in the USA evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the two protagonists. That election ebbed and flowed before President Obama pulled away from Governor Romney in the final fortnight of the campaign and won decisively. It could be argued that Governor Romney never fully
Right People In The Right Jobs!
As a GM one of my aims is to get everyone in my team motivated to achieve goals and make sure all my team are happy, clear about their objectives and know the role they play in the organisation. Although this sounds easy, I am continually finding and hearing from our clients that a lot