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Death in the Luge in Vancouver - Is This a Symptom of Something Else? -
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Erwin Rommel - Lessons for Leadership and Management in the 21st Century -
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Christmas Business -
05-11-2009
Functional Foods, Fads or Pharmacy by Another Name -
29-10-2009
Immigration: Populate and/or Perish -
16-10-2009
Suicide by French Workers - A Symptom of Something Deeper? -
08-10-2009
The Ideal Job -
06-10-2009
Gambling - You Bet! -
20-09-2009
Networks and Six Degrees of Separation -
10-09-2009
Mining Human Potential -
10-09-2009
What Can Be Done To Reduce The Toxicity Of Work Stress -
09-09-2009
Happy Employees = Improved Profitability? -
09-09-2009
Relationships.com -
03-09-2009
The Off Season, A Time For Action -
25-08-2009
Late For Work Again -
20-08-2009
Kids In Sport -
20-08-2009
The Economic Meltdown -
12-08-2009
Sporting Parents Behaving Badly -
11-08-2009
Le Tour De France -
11-08-2009
Sporting Careers and Excecutive Performance Coaching -
23-07-2009
Psychology and Golf -
21-07-2009
Mortgage Stress - 8 Ways to Beat It -
09-07-2009
Woman and Perfection -
07-07-2009
Burn - Out In Sport, Over Training and Problem Behaviours -
09-06-2009
The Psychology of State of Origin -
02-06-2009
'A Plague in Your Houses' - Swine Flu and other Epidemics -
28-05-2009
Good Samaritan? Not a Good Idea -
22-05-2009
8 Ways to Grow Old Gracefully -
14-05-2009
On Being Older -
07-05-2009
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes -
07-05-2009
You're All Class -
30-04-2009
Ideas and People, Good for Business -
28-04-2009
The Gordian Knot -
23-04-2009
Man and the Machine -
23-04-2009
Psychological Response To the Global Financial Crisis -
16-04-2009
Boosting Self Confidence -
03-04-2009
Work Environments -
02-04-2009
New Premises -
01-04-2009
Work -
31-03-2009
Pains In the Work Place -
12-03-2009
Young Men Behaving Badly -
26-02-2009
PTSD, The On Going Story -
13-02-2009
Open Plan - Open Question -
11-02-2009
Trucking -
09-02-2009
Out of the Ashes -
19-01-2009
Bikes, Frogs And The Training Budget -
19-01-2009
Change Management -
12-01-2009
Burn Baby Burn
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The Economic Meltdown
20-08-2009
The language describing the recent financial situation is characterised by qualities of pessimism, hopelessness and disaster. Writers seem to compete to invent the most frightening descriptions.
Search as I might, it has been difficult to find an article in the business press giving consideration to the human aspects or opportunities presented by this situation.
Humans faced with a major threat or change will respond in various ways. The range is large – from sheer panic to “coolness in a crisis”. Whatever else has happened our economic environment has changed dramatically. A recent analysis of 13 recorded recessions in Western Economies described a process of recovery usually lasting at least 12 months for stocks to recover 50% of their pre crash value, then a period of years to recover full value. (Limitless Research, Nov. 08).
Short-term considerations often moderate or preclude spending on Development/Learning. And this, despite evidence that a company’s willingness to invest in innovation and change gives it the best opportunity to adapt to a changing world.
Will a policy of hold tight until things improve be the most effective response? Given the negative effect on staff morale (who will be sacked next?) it would seem not.
Encouraging people at all levels in companies in solving the problems facing them would have several positive outcomes.
- The efficient use of company’s intellectual and life experience asset’s makes effective solutions more likely.
- People who see direct results for effort, and who are acknowledged for this have higher morale and improved loyalty.
- Likely positive effects on bottom line.
This is not a short-term fix. This is a change in culture.
Latest Articles
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19-02-2010
Death in the Luge in Vancouver - Is This a Symptom of Something Else? -
22-01-2010
Erwin Rommel - Lessons for Leadership and Management in the 21st Century -
09-12-2009
Christmas Business -
05-11-2009
Functional Foods, Fads or Pharmacy by Another Name -
29-10-2009
Immigration: Populate and/or Perish
