Putting The P in People AND Profit
So often I experience organisations hellbent on pursuing one or the other. The challenge of our time is to do both simultaneously. Collaborative Enquiry provides the potential to balance the profit and people objectives to deliver sustainable long term success. An...
Don’t Forget That We Have Dreams Too
“Don’t forget that we have dreams too” – Aldo When the bob cat driver, Aldo said this in the third Red Blue simulation exercise we knew we were in for a great ride; certainly on the road less travelled. But now perhaps a road that can be travelled by many. We have...
Think Feel Do
Organisational life is typically full of action and doing, and if we’re lucky the planning process before the action is well thought out. People rarely get time to stop, reflect and assess how the thinking and action feels – is my gut feeling? Why? Because we are too...
We Walk This Way
In May of 2005 a couple of friends of mine, Rosemary Crumlin and Pauline Clayton, were planning to spend some time in the Bungle Bungle Ranges in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Rosemary is a writer, curator and art historian, and Pauline, who has since...
Changes In Leadership Styles – Step 0: Wheel-less Spokes
One of the most pronounced changes that can be made to develop a Collaborative Workplace is a shift in the way employees, teams and projects are managed on a day-to-day basis. by Stephen Hanman - Collaborative Companion Step Zero – Wheel-less Spokes In the generic,...
Changes In Leadership – Step 1: Connecting The Spokes
By Stephen Hanman - Collaborative Companion Missed Step 0? Find it here. Step One – Connecting the Spokes The first step in changing leadership styles is to begin to create individual connections between members of the team. People within a team may already have...
Changes In Leadership Styles – Step 2: Implementing the Wheel
Step Two – Implementing the Wheel Once independent relationships have been developed between co-workers (see Step One – Connecting the Spokes), these micro-collaborations can start to be connected to each other, so much so that a full wheel of communication is formed...
Changes In Leadership Styles – Step 3: Pumped-Up Tires
Step Three – Pumped-Up Tires By Stephen Hanman - Collaborative Companion The Collaborative Wheel (see Step Two – Implementing the Wheel) is now moving forward, with the manager leading from a place of direction, pointing the team in the right direction, but not having...
EQ – Emotional Intelligence
The climate or culture in the workplace is integral to an organisation’s performance… By Stephen Hanman, Collaborative Companion I completed my Hay Group Emotional and Social Competency Inventory [ESCI] accreditation in 2012. Hay research indicates that the link...
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