Not only does fear destroy any sense of team spirit and pride, but it also shuts down important communication channels, inhibiting the flow of creative, constructive, and corrective ideas upstream. Just how might the front-line employee fall victim to fear at the workplace? In the 1992 classic movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin masterfully portrays [...]
What kind of a person is your boss? Because most of us work in such close proximity to our supervisor, we cannot help but ask ourselves that question on a regular basis. After all, they exert enormous influence on our lives both within and outside of our place of work. . Is your boss an [...]
For children, school is the best place to work. According to the International Labour Organisation, there are over 215 million children working across the world and of these 115 million are thought to be involved in hazardous work. The number of those between the ages of 5-14 and engaged in child labour is estimated by [...]
“Doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.” If ethics could be summarized in a single phrase, I think this might be it. It applies to the destructive practice in which some buying organizations engage, when they habitually pay invoices late, settling accounts far beyond the negotiated payment terms. In my career as [...]
History has not been kind to narcissists and egocentrics. Consider the fates of such figures as Caligula, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, and Saddam Hussein. Reviled dictators all, who burned hot for a while, then met with tragic – some might argue deserved – ends. I don’t know about you, but I [...]
It’s difficult to compete with slave labor. In spite of recent scrutiny over questionable labor engagement practices and working conditions, Chinese contractor Foxconn, who assemble Apple’s iPhone line – among other items – is again in the spotlight. The David Barboza and Charles Duhigg reported in yesterday’s New York Times that Foxconn has acknowledged using [...]
If you worked for five years or more without pay, and if you were brutally beaten if you tried to run away and were caught, would you call it “cost containment” or “unethical business practice”? I would call it “slavery”. The time for polite euphemism is over. The world’s largest producer of food, Nestlé, is [...]
High performance athletes can teach us a great deal about what it takes to succeed in life, and in business. Two weeks ago, I attended a reunion at my former rowing club in Mississauga, Canada. I competed and coached at elite levels back in the 1970′s and 1980′s, winning national and international championships. As a coach, [...]
A rock song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, titled “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” contains these lyrics: Meet the old boss Same as the old boss… Sometimes I wonder if we are progressing insofar as our ideals regarding leadership are concerned, or if it is, and ever will be “same old, same old.” Increasing [...]
Is your Training and Development file seen by management as a luxury item? In one respect, Training and Development is a little like a retirement savings plan: if you fail to make regular contributions, there won’t be enough in the bank to get you to your ultimate destination. If you wake up to this reality [...]
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