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The CEO of MarkTwo Consulting, Mark Oliver, has written several published thought leadership books and articles providing practical insights into the key issue of human motivation, and how to translate this with timeless wisdom and insights applicable to our changing modern workplace.
Below are a collection of some of his written Blogs.
Also below is a link to watch some of his short video blogs (between 1.5-3 mins each) on key challenges in the workplace.
The video blogs are:
1. 3 Common Hiring Mistakes
2. Turning Average Performers into High Performers
3. 3 Reasons People Resist Change
4. How to Give Good Feedback
5. 2 Key Things to Remember When Handling Conflict
6. Warning Signals of Psychopaths
7. How Can You Find Your Purpose in Life?
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO BLOGS
See below for his written blogs.
Command-and-control managers get frustrated because they believe that motivating employees demands a lot of effort. Being a leader and exerting authority aren’t the same thing.
Read more: Myth: “It's Impossible To Motivate Unmotivated Staff”
It would be a shame if good leadership meant we had to be charismatic, as charisma is not very trainable. If charisma was a significant component of leadership, much of the money put to leadership training would be wasted.
Yes, there are 7 principles and they are:
Read more: Do you know the 7 Principles for setting up talent pools?
There is an Indian saying: “Everyone is a house with four rooms -
Read more: Which personality “room” are you watching the world from?
Have you heard the saying often used in recruitment circles: “You join a company, but you leave a boss”?
Read more: Myth: “We Lose Good People Because We Don’t Pay Enough”
If you are feeling at a loss to relate to your relatives and friends, and instead want to be more completely understood so that you can live more in harmony.
Seldom do you hear about an organisation that is uninterested in better performance for the business. But if you want significant improvements, you must develop the leadership of managers as well as the systems and structures of organisations before you spend time and money training team members in any other technical or behavioural skills.
If someone has the capability but not the motivation to do something required to perform, then the necessary behaviour is very unlikely to arise and they will not perform; similarly, if someone has the motivation but not the capability.
A major factor in answering this question is how stable the organisation is. The higher the rate of change in your organisation or industry then the more complex it usually is to get the right people in the right place at the right time.
Read more: How do you get the right staff in the right place at the right time?
