One hour to cool off
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Friday, 30 March 2007 |
Sydney Australia will switch off the lights at 7.30 pm on Sat 31 March. The planet won't cool much BUT WE WILL SHOW THE WORLD - AND OURSELVES - THAT WE CARE! And what that means is that business will turn more towards providing us with sustainable products and services. In other words, we will move a little bit more towards a world that has a place for our grandchildren's grandchildren. SO SWITCH OFF AND ENJOY THE COOL! And register your commitment with Earthhour. See you there! Maybe not, it'll be dark. Labels: Earth Hour, Sustainability |
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Strategy - Where are we really going?
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
If you are starting the day off with your team and you would like to have a guiding thought, you could try "Success" or "Achieve our goals!" or "Fun", even!
Or you could try something different. You could think into the distant future that will be created by everything you do (and everything everyone else does) today. And if all of us care about that vision of our common future... Well, you could try "May everything we do contribute to The World We Want for Tomorrow's Child".
I hope you will. I will.Labels: Strategy, team goals, Vision |
| posted by Dr Ron @ 10:09 PM
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How Peers can distort feedback
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
Peer feedback is valuable because on it depends how a group of managers work together, that's true. But it can never replace Staff feedback, and here are some ways in which it can be distorted:
- rivalry, jealousy between Peers
- lack of awareness of what goes on in a Peer's area
- lack of interest.
And if any of this is true then first class facilitation of the Peer group is a way to greatly increase their performance.Labels: 360 feedback, Culture, Peer Feedback, Trust |
| posted by Dr Ron @ 12:23 PM
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Upward Feedback and SL/2
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Sunday, 25 March 2007 |
| Upward Feedback builds well on prior management training such as Situational Leadership (S/L2) and ensures that it gets used. The continuity of programs ensures that neither of them is seen as just "the latest thing from HR". Labels: SL/2, Upward Feedback |
| posted by Dr Ron @ 12:50 PM
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Empathy in Communication and Teamwork
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Saturday, 24 March 2007 |
In 360 feedback, the most effective approach is to have a session just with the team, with its manager out of the room.
But what do you do if in working with the team you discover that there are significant tensions and disagreements between them and the manager? Empathy is a powerful means to increased understanding in such a situation.
Dave Burton has tried asking the team to sit quiet for a minute or two and empathise with the manager who is about to return to the room. It helps establish rapport in situations where there could otherwise be some discomfort.Labels: 360 feedback, Communication, Empathy |
| posted by Dr Ron @ 12:48 PM
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Teams and Cultures
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Friday, 23 March 2007 |
When facilitating a team that contains divisions of any kind, you can expect that more time will be required. This can happen in 360 feedback or other team building programs. The divisions could be:
- People coming from different areas of the organisation, or from a merger of organisations
- People from different ethnic groups
- People of widely differing ages
In a 360 program with the manager out of the room, the process becomes one of overcoming barriers in the team before they can present an agreed response to the manager.
Here are some points to emphasise:
- Make it very clear we intend to appreciate the work of everyone in the team and take up topics that concern everyone – as well as the manager
- We will not do any problem solving until the manager returns to the room – the order to take up will be:
- Appreciation of what’s going well
- Ways to take it further
- Problem solving any difficulties
- In reviewing the maps, look for the Central Issues
Labels: 360 feedback, Culture, Teams |
| posted by Dr Ron @ 12:45 PM
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