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2 May 2014
HR will no doubt experience many challenges in 2014 but I think the main challenges will be (1) to try and re-engage our employees through redeveloping the trust and confidence in management; and (2) actively driving innovation as a means to achieve business objectives.
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18 April 2013
I keep hearing people talk about 'engagement'. I think it's time we accepted the fact that this is a load of crap.
People do not 'engage' with organizations. They are not stupid. They know that if things get difficult the organisation will desert them and do everything it can to save itself. People have become cynical about employment as they have lived through countless reviews, reorganizations, redundancies...
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25 March 2013
When I was much younger, I remember reading the words “don’t ever underestimate the power of human stupidity”. It is a maxim I have come to employ many times in my career.
Unfortunately, I have a formed a belief over the years that it is in fact, stupidity, that drives many of our organisational processes. I know I won’t be popular for questioning the ‘accepted’ dogma but I stress that I only do so out the desire to improve.
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22 November 2012
I wonder if you’ve really ever listened to some of the management speak and HR blather that goes on in (mostly) senior executive meetings. It’s like, as somebody once said, “…going to the BBQ and getting lots of sizzle but no sausage.”
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