Motivations
As Managers and leaders, what approach do you take to get the best out of them? Very early in my career, the use of punishment was the approach Managers took. It will help to get the best out of your employees when you [...]
Case study Bridgewater – How they avoid groupthink
Bridgewater associates was the company Adam Grant cited in his book "Originals". Bridgewater associates very much cut across the grind to avoid groupthink. Here is a company founded in 1975, with their HQ based in Connecticut, handles 170 billion dollars in investment funds. [...]
Valuair Airlines – from flying high to abandoning ship
We started with pomp and pageantry. We had in place a formidable team of pilots that I got to know. I was hired in as the Manager for Crisis Planning and training in flight ops, was [...]
Trust matters
Trust is the measure of your willingness to work together with your colleagues. Its often aimed at achieving a common goal. In Patrick Lenccioni's classic book on team development, the 5 dysfunctions in a Team, he cited absence of trust as the core foundational [...]
Predictable perceptions
Seth Godin in his book, "Purple cow" shared how the brain consumes and aggregates information. When the same solutions are shared, it usually dismisses it. For instance imagine, driving down a road, seeing endless slates of flats of the same colour and style. After [...]
Communication styles for struggling Teams
Struggling teams - assessing communication styles Ever had the moment where, the team is struggling to understand what their Team leaders is trying to say? For instance you have a team of senior managers and the CEO is struggling to set his messages across and [...]
Carrrots and sticks dun work
Carrots and sticks dun work Carrots and sticks do not work. The old adage of motivational theories encourage them, the use of rewards to get more of the behaviour you want. Pavlov shared how he got more of the behaviour he wanted using rewards. You [...]
The greatness gap at the work place
Over the years I have worked for 3 international companies that will prize themselves as best in class in their respective industries. I served 4 years in flight operation in the 90's working for the best airline in the world then, Singapore International Airlines. [...]
Toxic Managers at work
Toxic managers at work This usually happens quite rarely. However, we all may have had the unfortunate experience in our careers, when we had to work with an over bearing manager, who spews hate, bullying and wielding unflinching power against a defenceless executive wanting to do [...]