Constructive paranoia – Video Blog

Introducing the “One minute Clinic” – the aim is to provide cutting edge ideas to Leaders/Managers/Entrepreneurs/ Business people in one minute flat!

In this first entry, the need to adopt what I describe as a policy of constructive paranoia if our intention is to stop the employee braindrain from our organisations, and indeed build on, and retain existing customers.

In future entries, I will look at new ways to jumpstart creativity and the flow of ideas in the workplace; promote and develop a more entreprenurial culture in house; the need to choose character not celebrity when you are recruiting your leaders; the limitations of knowledge in the context of entrepreneurship, and many;many more exciting ideas.

Enjoy the trip and please share and discuss the ideas with others.

 

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New Leadership/Management agenda set by Irish research

340,000 Irish workers moved jobs in 2007, a Small Firms Association report has shown. This represents a voluntary turnover rate of 17%.

Thus having an effective strategy in place to retain employees is now a strategic imperative considering the mobility of the marketplace, and the high costs of recruitment – a strategy that needs to be more far reaching than just raising employees salaries. The latter will not be refused, but it only buys you time, not productivity or commitment.

Exit polls undertaken by the SFA give an insight into the profile of the new employee:

- 102,000 were unhappy with people.
- 85,000 felt contribution was not recognised.
- 68,000 because of lack of advancement.
- 47,600 because of salary.
- 17,000 were bored with their job.
- 20,400 for other reasons.

Honouring these results, Leaders must work on the following challenges:

Creating a community within the workplace – as mentioned on earlier entries research has shown that an employee is much more productive if he is working with friends.

Empowering employees to make a difference – as is the case in many forward thinking organisations allow employees time to pursue voluntary activities.

Creating a compelling vision that reflects their employees dreams, hopes and interests.

Developing their people – as technologies converge, they are fast becoming your only chance of a competitive advantage.  Training and development should be enshrined in the company culture, not just an optional extra offered sporadically. Part of this development should include feedback where the employees performance is constructively reviewed on a regular basis. Progress should be recognised and a structure should be put in place to help employees overcome any challenges eg working with mentor, training, whatever.

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Hope – A cultural imperative!

“Thats what hope is – that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better is waiting for us around the corner, but only if we are willing to work for it and fight for it, to shed our fears and our doubts and our cynicism, to glory in the task before us of remaking this country block by block, precinct by precinct, county by county, state by state.”

Barack Obama

 Substitute “country” with “organisation or life” and the quote has still got the same relevance.

Your challenge for 2008 -  HOPE…BELIEVE…..AND WATCH YOURSELF ATTRACT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES INTO YOUR LIFE.

Find out why so many have recruited him as a keynote speaker in Europe, Asia and the US.

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