People management Archives - Business By Design

21Nov

The Real Cost of a Bad Hire

Many business owners consider outsourcing recruitment to be an expensive and needless measure. However, many business owners also reverse this opinion when the true cost of a bad hire is […]

13Jun

How to manage under performance & get results . . .

As a valued member of our tribe we wanted to share the learning from our Managing Under Performance workshop last week We started big picture and discussed how complexity in the world […]

18May

5 challenging stats on work performance

Businesses are full of people who are motivated by recognition. . . Humans are naturally propelled forward by seeing and hearing the value of what they do. Money and […]

08May

Why it’s harder to be excellent

How do you maintain the work performance of yourself & your team members? How do you help your team to be great at what they do? And why is […]

05Apr

Avoid the sheep dip at all costs

Are you sheep dipping your business leaders . . . Have you ever seen sheep dipping? The video below is quick visual of what I am talking about . . […]

02Jan

Business Leader of the Future – will you have what it takes to succeed?

World strategy guru and author, Gary Hamel in his best-selling book “The Future of Management” points out that traditional ways of managing a business are coming to an end. To […]

06Dec

How Do You Teach Delegation

One of the biggest challenges our clients face is delegation One of the fundamental learning objectives in most leadership development training programs is delegation. But how exactly do you go […]

10Aug

Assessing Culture-Fit: Is This Even Possible?

High performing organisations can be quite obsessive about their CULTURE as both a market differentiator and as a guiding force for decision-making. These organisations tend to be extremely careful to […]

24Apr

Forget Peak Oil . . . We want Peak Productivity (Workshop)

A highly productive team is a key metric for any highly profitable business. Busy managers pushing for more productivity from themselves and their teams often find it challenging to strike […]

18Apr

Use the Avatar Concept When Hiring

Who is your ideal employee? An avatar is a marketing term that refers to the description of a single person who represents your ideal customer. We use this concept […]

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