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A Manager is not a Delivery Boy
A manager's job is to manage. However many people particularly those who rise through the ranks, think to become a manager is the epitome...
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Use annual appraisals to motivate and promote a meritocracy
What is the difference between men and boys? The cost of their toys. If one is observant and sensitive, learning can come from...
Jun 30, 20233 min read
Annual appraisals can cause lots of demotivation
The measure of good management is to constantly increase productivity and quality whilst reducing the amount of discord and unhappiness...
Jun 26, 20232 min read
What is not audited, is not done.
Long running successful organisations and even families that become great are, to put it simply 'well organised'. One of the most...
Jun 17, 20231 min read
Why bosses and juniors are frequently in conflict?
Bosses and juniors always seem to be in disagreement. More often than not there is a subsurface animosity. Why is this so and what are...
May 25, 20233 min read
Committees, the most effective way to do nothing
To take a decision is to choose between various options. However there is another rarely understood approach, that is to 'not take a...
Jan 19, 20232 min read
The Essential Misfit
When visiting factories in Japan in the 1980s, I noticed that in every meeting there was always an individual who never participated in...
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Are we sure, there is a problem?
People often say, 'You know the problem is ......... ' or 'You don't understand what the problem is'. They are probably right, we do not,...
Nov 16, 20212 min read
The Bureaucrat's Bible
Even though they are usually staffed by competent, qualified and trained people, yet we all suffer delays, incompetence, carelessness,...
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Learning about attention from children.
Scientists have discovered that the maximum span of attention of a young child particularly a preschool child is less than 5 minutes. Yet...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
You want to go South and me North, so, bye bye.
In the management of our organisation I interviewed thousands of people. Finding the right person is always a challenge, because nothing...
May 3, 20212 min read
Throwing money at a problem always ensures expensive outcomes.
There is a story making the rounds on the internet. It is an interesting but untrue story. When NASA started sending astronauts into...
Apr 10, 20212 min read
Thinking is not optional
As a species, we have come to dominate all other species simply because of the size and power of the human brain. Our dominating power...
Apr 5, 20213 min read
Foreign companies want to move their manufacturing plants out of China, but ....
China's deteriorating relationship with the world has crossed the point of no return. The CCP cannot change its model without self...
Aug 8, 20203 min read
Those, who seek the rose.
Nothing in life is absolute. Everything comes in pairs and opposites. Day and night, light and darkness, joy and sorrow, sweet with...
Jul 14, 20201 min read
Meaning of Developed, Developing and Underdeveloped.
We often hear the terms 'developed countries', 'developing countries' and 'underdeveloped countries'. It has nothing to do with progress...
Jun 29, 20204 min read
Are they goals or fantasies?
Everyone who attempts to do anything, wishes to be successful. Success can come accidentally but rarely so. If we desire to be successful...
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Succeed by working smart.
Ask any adult, which teachers do they respect? At one time we may have been angry and displeased with some of them, for being so...
Dec 19, 20194 min read
Way we see things
We often ask, why can't they see the obvious. What is obvious to us, is not necessarily obvious to others. A man is usually stretched...
Dec 9, 20192 min read
The Upward Delegation Trap
Work never ends, especially if you are looking for it. There is always something new to be planned, and executed, or something that needs...
Sep 20, 20193 min read
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