As leaders, we all want employees with a natural degree of self-motivation, a colleague which occasionally we have to reign in rather than be constantly pushing forward. Unfortunately, most of us learn that this isn’t how many people operate. The nature of professional employment is to be asked to do things you wouldn’t otherwise do […]
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Gossip is defined as casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true. and is usually considered to be negative. Gossiping in the workplace is usually prominent when formal communication between Executive and Leadership teams, middle management and colleagues is lacking or dysfunctional. We can easily gauge whether […]
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Websites, publications and consultants are all eager to advise us how to create the ‘perfect’ company culture; everything from redesigning offices to throwing more team events are common “insights”. However, as many executives have, we have often observed colleagues at these “company bonding” events and wondered, is this working? The truth is that a company […]
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