No one comes to work with the intention of doing a bad job. Even the least motivated of employees will report that they would not want to be associated with poor performance. So as leaders, it is up to us to help our team to meet or exceed their expectation. One of the ways we Read more about A Friday thought on Human Factors[…]
Teams that play together, stay together. Never underestimate the importance of team building and social events. So many leaders see team building and social events as a treat for their staff rather than an important component of improving team performance. In actuality, providing opportunities for your team members to spend time together in a social Read more about The importance of team-building.[…]
You can now book yourself onto a BITS training course or host a training course at your workplace for your team. All BITS training courses include the application of behavioural science to your work. The science elements are presented in terms that everyone will understand, by trainers who have decades of experience in manufacturing and Read more about BITS Training is open for business![…]
Maybe I decided to be bad at ten pin bowling. Ask any celebrity about their road to success and they will invariably tell you that they had a vision. Not a premonition, a vision of the success they craved, that they created in their mind. They typically attribute a good deal of their success to Read more about A Friday Thought on Personal Performance[…]
Good safety is good business. The motive force behind capitalism is the pursuit of profits. This is what drives businesses to do what they do. At a conference yesterday, a very bright and successful man, who runs an aluminium smelter in Dubai, said that he tells his team “we are not in the business of Read more about A Friday Thought on Business[…]
One of the most powerful leadership tools available to a manager is to listen to a concern from a team member, act upon it and fix it.
Ultimately almost everything comes down to behaviour. When I studied for my Psychology degree many years ago, I reached the conclusion that pretty much everything ultimately came down to behaviour. If you have an earthquake and a building collapses, you could blame the earthquake. But in reality, a human designed a building that couldn’t withstand Read more about A Friday Thought on Behavioural Safety[…]
Good leaders let poor performers grow. Bad leaders let poor performers go.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today! As I type my Friday thought on a Sunday afternoon I am given to thinking about procrastination. The thief of time it is often said. In the main I would agree. So many times we waste time, miss opportunities or lose efficiencies by simply not Read more about A Friday thought on a Sunday[…]
Sometimes you have to climb above your destination to walk back down to it. Today my family and I walked the fabulous Hall Walk from Polruan to Bodinnick. This is an amazing walk, that offers the most tremendous views of Fowey, Polruan and Readymoney Cove. The walk is so famed for it’s marvellous views that Read more about A Friday Holiday Thought[…]