These are the common factors that can activate a reward or threat response in human beings – status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness. A good model
Category: Leadership
Farewell video for Liz – Stay by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
We pulled together a farewell video for Liz. Kudos to Hayden L for the production work.
Australia Quiz via MS Teams to keep up morale during COVID-19
I ran an Australia quiz via MS Teams this week. A bit of a morale booster for people working from home due to COVID-19. Here are the slides:
The Crazy Ones – The Leadership vs Management Debate
I like to show the following video, The Crazy Ones, when discussing the distinction between leadership and management. It’s quite an inspiring video, even though I am no Apple fanboy… The people depicted in the video were all ‘leaders’, pioneers in their chosen fields – but what makes them so? Why are they special? Why are…
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept
I first ‘met’ Lieutenant General David Morrison in Townsville in 1998. When I say ‘met’, it was more a case of ‘quivered in front of’. Morrison is one scary individual. I was a young Lieutenant working as the Assistant Adjutant at the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (or 1RAR, as it is known) and…
RIP the annual staff performance review?
I was interested to read yesterday that consulting firm Deloitte has decided to scrap its bi-annual staff performance review in Australia in favour of real-time assessments. This is all part of a global initiative at Deloitte to reinvent its performance management system. Deloitte Australia’s head of people and performance Alec Bashinsky told SmartCompany that the traditional staff performance…