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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Lao Tzu It pays to observe excellent artists at work in order to rediscover what excellence in business could be like. Excellence, as it turns out, is all about setting […]
The Nespresso Strategy
Whenever you kick-off a large scale organizational change initiative you are going to need people to sponsor it, to lead it and to execute it. In plain English: you will need to staff a project team with skilled people and you will be asking of them a more than average commitment and a considerable effort. […]
Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing
Dr Bruce Tuckman published his Forming Storming Norming Performing model in 1965. He added a fifth stage, Adjourning, in the 1970s. It is one of the few ‘evergreen’ theories on group dynamics that I know. And I am struck by its predictive validity each time I am involved in a largescale project. The biggest challenge […]
Stress is the Fever of Burnout
A few weeks ago I posted my thoughts on employee burnout and Dr. Beverly Potter was kind enough to post a comment. According to her it is a common misconception that stress causes burnout. As she continues: “Stress and burnout are not the same. Burnout is a kind of job depression and is caused by feeling […]
