By Wayne Goldsmith Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. (Vince Lombardi) Recruiting right is a great challenge for all organisations. Gaining, Training and Retaining talented people is an art form. A quick glance through the business and employment […]
So someone applies for a job with your organisation as Senior Accountant. One of the first steps in the interview and assessment process is to verify their credentials, experience and qualifications. There are conventions and accepted processes for assessing the suitability of people for specific roles. Yet, for some reason, organisations will often appoint a […]
Performance is a Puzzle It is a complex challenge of finding, training and retaining the right individuals, creating quality high performance teams and providing a high performance environment which gives opportunity to people and teams to perform to their full potential. However, ALIGNMENT is the glue that keeps the performance puzzle together. ALIGNMENT is the ability […]
Many of the world’s great companies have outstanding systems. McDonald’s systems allow you to buy a Hamburger in Athens which tastes the same as one bought in Adelaide and fries purchased in London to look, smell and taste the same as fries purchased in Las Vegas – trust me – my waistline is testimony that […]
So you want to win? No you don’t. Not really. You want to win and win and win and win! Winning is rarely about doing it once and walking away. Winning is about SUSTAINING performance: SUSTAINING competitiveness: about getting to the top and STAYING THERE. Lots of people, teams and companies win once – very […]
Don’t you hate the old “Mission statement” / “Values” / “Vision” day. You know the one I mean. It goes something like this… Someone at the organisation decides some culture change is needed. “What we need is a break out day where all get together in a spirit of co-operation and team work and change […]