Monthly Archive for August, 2010

Getting Down And Dirty With A Corporate Culture Smelling Of Roses

Spending time with front line staff should be something all senior managers do.  Not all the time, obviously, but frequently, wholeheartedly and with good intentions.

Yes, there will be regular reports from managers about what is going on and the odd social gathering might even unearth a few additional rumours but in order to have a full picture of your organisation, you really need to see it.

Better still, see it through the eyes of the people who work there day in, day out.  In fact, in terms of the reality of relationships and their contribution to productivity and fulfilment, it’s the only view that matters.

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Teamwork? This is not the Corporate Culture we want!

I’ve long thought that the concept of “teamwork” is poorly thought through and over-used in an unhelpful and uncritical way in a lot of leadership and management writing.

Obviously the idea of people working together in a common direction is beguilingly attractive but please let me explain why I have grave doubts.

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