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Choose how you respond to pressure, disruption and uncertainty | Tom Watkins

April 28, 2017 By Tom Watkins

Struggling to accept what we are sometimes faced with is a normal part of being alive, like a tax on being human works-in-progress. Our battles with reality are usually won, in the end, by reality. But have you noticed that for very many people, reality increasingly involves relentless pressure and frenzy? Three inescapable societal trends are behind this. Being overwhelmed by them is optional. Within the next twelve months you'll experience increasing pressure, disruption and uncertainty in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attitude management, Capacity Development, Comfort with uncertainty, Coping with disruption, Habits of mind, Leadership, Mindfulness, Organisation culture, Priority management, Resource Library, Self-Management, Stress reduction, Time management Tagged With: Attitude management, Capacity Development, Change Initiatives, Emotional intelligence, Habits of mind, Organisational Culture, Personal resilience, Self-Management, Stress management

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Leadership – what’s new?

December 1, 2016 By Tom Watkins

Given the extent of research into and writing about the practice of workplace leadership, it's remarkable that so many organisations, groups and teams perform with no better than average efficiency and effectiveness. Theorists disagree about causes and remedies but unite on the need to continue their research and publishing, adding to the plethora of conflicting approaches, mismatching "key principles" and "essential steps". Alluring promises of breakthroughs abound but there's much more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Resource Library Tagged With: Change Initiatives, Coaching practices, leadership, Organisational Culture, Testing Assumptions

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IN and ON the business, misunderstood

November 15, 2016 By Tom Watkins

Organisational progress, success and resilience are more likely when work in the business (doing the work) is sufficiently balanced with work on the business (improving how we work). But in reality, that balance is rare. This discussion describes common signs of that imbalance, its common causes, and what might be addressed to resolve them. Work in the business focuses on the Primary Task - the matters necessary for the organisation to stay in business. Work on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Capacity Development, Leadership, Organisation culture, Resource Library Tagged With: Capacity Development, Change Initiatives, Interpersonal communication, Meetings, Organisational Culture, Performance Development

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Stop talking about values!

February 5, 2014 By Tom Watkins

Values are measured by what we do, not by what is said. Whatever we may want an organisation’s culture to resemble, its nature and character are determined by the approach its members consistently apply to their roles and duties. That's the difference between proclaimed or espoused organisational culture (professed or declared as existing or intended) and applied (functional, actually experienced) organisational culture. An organisation's or team's leadership should identify and clarify the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organisation culture, Resource Library Tagged With: Capacity Development, Change Initiatives, Culture Change, Frontline Cynicism, leadership, Organisational Culture, organisational values, Team values

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