A few years ago, Harvard Business Review pointed out micromanagement as one of the top sources of problems and sins in managing organisations. It may significantly impact the team’s productivity and morale from within and suffocating its ability to grow. A healthy organisation is no place for such behaviour, but till now, it didn’t disappear. Some managers are still going back to this habit when they are, i.e. under tremendous stress.
Let’s look at this behaviour and
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Did you struggle with learning activities in school? At work? Maybe you had trouble absorbing new ideas or concepts? Who did you blame for that? Your teacher? Mentor? Book? Yourself? Perhaps the reason for that was a misplaced learning
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Many of the books written on facilitation describe silence in participants as a negative thing, i.e. as a proof for “lack of participation”. Today I would like to share my point of view on this simple, yet powerful concept. I believe, if shaped properly by a facilitator, it can improve any meeting or
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Mistakes are the worst! Being wrong is frustrating – for sure. I know it from my own experience – I love to be right. But too often I’m actually not. This is often the result of falling into a mind
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Macintosh iPod, iMac, iPhone, iPad, MacBook – it is hard to find someone for whom they do not ring the bell. Apple products are known around the globe. Company is worth over $1 trillion, and it is one of the most iconic. Steve Jobs was one of the most intelligent and innovative people ever to live. He took a small idea and turned it into the world’s first trillion-dollar company. “How?” – you may
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