Category: Paul’s Monday Tips

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Catch them doing something right

Many of the ideas of management grew out of the latter stages of the industrial revolution. Do your managers seek to catch people doing something wrong, or catch them doing something right?

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We need a strategy to fix this

“We need a strategy to fix this” – But what is a strategy anyway? I notice that many people get confused between strategy and planning…

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Change can be viral

One of the most significant determinants of learning transfer is the culture of the organisation. Culture is the sea where all learning transfer activities swim.

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How to get your ducks in a row

I have been working on a project recently and suddenly realised that I was making a classic mistake. I was waiting until I had everything ‘ready’ before starting.

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Henry Ford was right

You are delivering a training course and your outcome is that as a result, the trainees will do their jobs better. Do the trainees believe they can change the way they do things?

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A breakthrough thought

A breakthrough, a change, a solution, or an insight comes as the result of a new thought. That’s all it is… a new thought.

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How to become an expert

Do you want to become an expert? If so, what field? What do you want to master? Here’s a great way to grow faster…

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Dance in the rain

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Vivian Greene – What does it mean to you?

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‘That’s interesting’ – What do you do next?

You are reading and find yourself thinking ‘that’s interesting’. Rather than just read on, STOP…

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Where is the leadership pointing?

Very few organisations are satisfied with where they are, and any leadership team worth its salt will have a vision of where they want to be instead.

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