Tag Archives: management

Commuting a life sentence Part 2

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Jon Stow

All our yesterdays It is almost ten years since I was an employee with a large firm, and at the time they were just thinking about the concept of hot-desking. I must admit I did not like the thought of … Continue reading →

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The Peter Principle and the newly unemployed

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jon Stow

I recently asked a local government councillor if he could advise on a local issue. He was of no help whatever. Firstly he didn’t seem to understand the problem and secondly he wanted to pass the buck to someone else. … Continue reading →

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Poisonous cultures

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Jon Stow

I have already written about workplace cultures  and how they can lead to poor standards. These cultures are usually not management led, and management may not know. However if a culture is there for all to see, there is no … Continue reading →

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Consequences

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Jon Stow

While we know that planning ahead is what we all should do, the reality is that many people don’t like thinking beyond the here and now. If they are having a good time, the future doesn’t matter – except it … Continue reading →

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Diseased and toxic workplace cultures

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Jon Stow

Disbelief I understand the furore over the apparent disbelief, especially amongst politicians, when the management of the News of the World and the senior editorial staff say they didn’t know that telephone hacking was used to get stories about well … Continue reading →

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Making a meal of our managing duties

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jon Stow

I am all for delegation of responsibility to staff. That is part of good management if you are confident your managers and employees are up to coping. Of course it is important that they ask for advice and they are … Continue reading →

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How to get the right result in your service purchasing

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jon Stow

We know what we want? It is easy to think we know what we want when buying in services, but we do need to check what our supplier thinks we have asked for. After all, if we buy a new … Continue reading →

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Really not a football post

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Jon Stow

And I don’t mean a goal post. It is just that sometimes we can use sport to illustrate a point about business. So to a cliched quote “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting … Continue reading →

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How can we hang on to a dream?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Jon Stow

To have dreams in the sense of hopes and plans is something we all have and especially in business. We have objectives and targets and aspirations as to where we want to be in a year’s time, or five years or ten years. Continue reading →

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Management should not involve dictatorship

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Jon Stow

Image via Wikipedia I have had my difficulties recently dealing with a Government department, HMRC. A current trend in an era of cuts is to sweep away those employees who are regarded as expensive, which means the loss of many … Continue reading →

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