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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. Three Common Hiring Mistakes
2. Turning Average Performers into High Performers
3. Three Reasons People Resist Change
4. How to Give Good Feedback
5. Two 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.
A 2019 study of 250 UK businesses operating with a 4-day work week calculated that the participating companies had together already made an estimated annual savings of ninety-two billion pounds.
Read more: Is the 4-day work week the answer to your prayers?
Managers are often given conflicting advice on how to successfully lead teams. Some leadership experts talk about the style of leadership required in the modern world to be changing. I think that misses some key points.
Read more: Have the requirements for management and leadership changed?
The direct cost to the Australian economy of mental illness was $180Bn per year before COVID-19 and CEOs are depressed at more than double the rate (Barnard, 2014).
People are your most important resource. Is selecting the right people in your organization a major issue, whether it is external selection (recruitment) or internal selection (promotion)?
Read more: Getting the right people in the right place at the right time
According to Paul Zak, humans have a biological urge to trust one another, which occurs because of a need to cooperate with one another.
Derren Brown is an English mentalist, illusionist, and author. He is also a master at understanding human nature, potential and capability.
Clear purpose: Be clear about the reason for and benefit you want to get from the talent pool. For instance, is it to help retain good people or to help ensure a succession plan.
Command-and-control managers often get frustrated because they believe that motivating employees demand a lot of effort. Being a leader and exerting authority aren’t the same thing.
Read more: A Myth: It’s impossible to motivate unmotivated staff.”
There is an Indian saying: “Everyone is a house with four rooms – a physical, an emotional, a mental and a spiritual – and each one of us tends to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room, every day, even if only to air it, then we are not a complete person.”
Read more: Which personality “room” are you watching the world from?
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: So how do you get the right staff in the right place at the right time?
