Author: Lindsey Marshall
Conflict is a normal or at least inevitable part of human interaction. Fundamentally conflict and its resolution comes down to values. Your ability to accurately articulate your values, what is truly important to you and for you to respect and listen to another’s values is what will resolve a conflict. It is our diversity that [...]
Author: Mike Read
Well, wouldn’t this be nice?! And of course, in this day and age when we are usually always answerable to a boss or supplier or client or stakeholder, our time is less and less our own. But the simple truth is that if we all stopped to think about our busy, chaotic lives, there are [...]
Author: Richard Wentworth-Ping
Julia Gillard’s troubles have increased this week with the demise of Craig Thompson and Peter Slipper, both of whom seem to be under a cloud for less than value driven behaviour. Julia needed the numbers in parliament and therefore might have tried to ignore behaviour that was at odds with her own or her party’s [...]
Author: Richard Wentworth-Ping
Our Singapore colleague John Ogier has written a terrific article on Workplace Competition well worth a read…. “Competition in the workplace is a good thing. Right? We can see it in all sorts of places. Professional sports teams are a good example. The team coach employs at least twice as many players as they need to take the [...]
Author: Richard Wentworth-Ping
Our Wentworth People colleague in Singapore Nicole Stinton has written an interesting article that we thought worth a mention… Did you see last month’s issue of The Harvard Business Review? If you did you would have noticed the focus on happiness in the workplace. It’s interesting that over the past couple of decades psychologists, scientists [...]
Author: Richard Wentworth-Ping
Many years ago I met a potential facilitator in Melbourne, who was an experienced trainer and presenter. Turned out his main gig was acting, but like many actors the periods between acting work were long and many. So he put his talents into good use training people in communication and presentation skills. In talking to [...]
Author: Marc Scamps
I am currently reading a book for my Book Club titled “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese. It is outside the normal specification for our reading, being over 500 pages (compared to the “normal” guideline of around 200 pages) – additionally, the type size is miniscule. Picking up this book, seeing its length and the [...]
Author: Mike Read
Wise men say … Often we are more than able to impart wisdom to others yet, when we realise the importance of our sage advice for the benefit of others, on reflection it comes to pass that we’re not so crash hot on the topic / insight / observation ourselves! And this is worth thinking [...]
Author: Richard Wentworth-Ping
I was bought a gift of a V8 super car driving experience. $300 for 6 laps at Eastern Creek, plus all the briefing, suiting up and obligatory photo opportunity. The actual drive lasted 8 minutes (give or take), not because I was that good. That’s what it takes in a V8. Is that good value? [...]
Author: Richard Wentworth-Ping
All businesses have crises occasionally. And this is when the famous sign on US President, Harry Truman’s desk – The Buck Stops Here – is tested. The first thought when a crisis occurs may be to get angry and however much you avoid it, to subtly look for someone to blame. After all X was [...]
