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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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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Does COP15 have the truth as a basis to work from?

Yesterday evening in the company of a few people (who hold opinions I respect greatly), I asked a truly ho-hum topical question, “So, does the COP15 lot have the climate science thing settled – are they in posession of the truth, are they working with the unreasonable openness and candour that is the hallmark of…

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Does a bonus culture deliver value? . . . Oh Yes!

Just something I remembered as it becomes clear that it may not be a good thing right now (December 2009) to demotivate the very people who are expected to drag us out of the recession. Giving a 1 percent raise boosts employee job performance by some 2 percent roughly, however offering that same money in…

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A Home Office that’s making a real difference.

Birth registration effort aims to protect child rights in Namibia WINDHOEK, Namibia, 28 October 2009—A novel idea for children has become a reality, now that the Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration has set up an office in the maternity ward at Katutura State Hospital, the main public hospital in Windhoek. This UNICEF-supported effort…

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