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What does your workplace reward?
One area Grant looks at is workplace culture. He feels he paid too little attention to how teams and organisations shift towards norms of generosity.
Overcoming overwhelm
She’s not alone. Many of us feel we’re drowning in a sea of overwhelm.
Letting go
I let go of something last week. Something that's been in my life for the last few years. Something I perhaps should have let go sooner. I'm not a hoarder, and I'm not sentimental about stuff. I've joined the local Buy Nothing group and have farewelled...
Make generosity part of your growth strategy
I love the principle that we should be coming from a place of generosity and kindness.
Changing plans
Strategies are not carved in stone, like a headstone on a grave.
Be strategic about productivity
‘Do less, better’ is the mantra of managers in several organisations I consult to.
Nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
Peter Drucker is one of the best-known thinkers on management…
A real strategy involves a clear set of choices that define
Unwillingness to stop anything is the most common reason I see strategies fail to make impact.
Apology accepted or not?
When sorry is done right, it is sincere. It shows that the person or organisation at fault is taking action to ensure their mistake never happens again.
Today I’m thinking about whether sorry is enough.
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