Micromanagement & Collaboration

Being micromanaged is a very personal and individual experience because it is mostly handed down as feedback and trepidations around someone’s progress. Managers who micromanage are often worried and feel detached from the notion of ‘what’s going on’. Balancing the see-saw between delegation and micromanagement is key to a manager-report relationship. High-performing people today request…

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A success story – Lean Startup delivers great beer to local pubs.

[image_frame align=”left”]http://www.gsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cobhama.png[/image_frame] HedgeDog Brewing beer is now in a pub near you, if you live in  Cobham, Effingham Ockham, Horsely you can now find some of the finest hand crafted beer in the world at a local pub. HedgeDog Brewing is a small batch, brewery, with a love for great beer made from superb malt, flavourful…

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Shh! – Learning to Listen

[dropcap4 variation=”hotpink”]W[/dropcap4]e are engaged in conversation all the time. Whether it is at home with our loved ones or at work with our colleagues – we engage in conversations. “A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to…

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Seven Wastes – Waste 1 of 7 – Transportation Waste

“Transportation Waste and why driving an ambulance in a bus lane can constitute a criminal offence.”   In this article we are going to briefly explore the first waste of lean – below we will treat Transport waste as category, and we will discuss some ways to identify and deal with it.   Remember the…

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The Muda diet – how to trim your waste in 7 Steps.

For 2014, why not try ‘The Muda Diet’… [pullquote1]If your company suffers from big fat bloated sluggish projects, the Muda Diet can get you Lean and save you money (and maybe it’ll help lower your blood pressure too.)[/pullquote1] I promise Muda is not another acronym, it is a Japanese word, and it translates to ‘futility,…

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