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Archive for April, 2007

The Looming Disaster of an Aging Workforce

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on April 29, 2007 
Filed Under Talent Management | Leave a Comment

Despite facing a looming demographic crisis that will see the numbers of working age people plummet over the coming decades, only one in seven employers in developed economies have any strategies in place to recruit older workers.

It’s Not Your Supply Chain That’s to Blame

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on April 24, 2007 
Filed Under Personality | Leave a Comment

You know the feeling; can’t find what you want at the supermarket; no one to help; leave shop frustrated. You may well think this is a supply problem, but what ever reason you attribute to your non-purchase, your experience with that store has been soured. If only there was a store that would offer you some service.

Worst and Best Management Practices

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on April 22, 2007 
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How does your latest management practice rate? Is it a brain wave or a brain fart? To see if it is especially praiseworthy or especially vile, take a look at the top ten list of worst and best management practices.

Persuasion: Art or Science?

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on April 19, 2007 
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If leadership, at its most basic, consists of getting things done through others, then persuasion is one of the leader’s essential tools. Over the past several decades, psychologists have learned which methods reliably lead people to concede, comply, or change.

Conflict at the Top

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on April 18, 2007 
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Actual differences in organisational values have far fewer negative repercussions than people’s perception of those differences.

The Destructiveness of Laissez-Faire Leadership

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on April 17, 2007 
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Laissez-faire leadership behaviour is not a type of zero-leadership, but a type of destructive leadership behaviour that shows systematic relationships with workplace stressors, bullying at work, and psychological distress.

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