- Good benefits and remuneration package are not good enough reasons to exist in an insidiousculture for 50 hours a week.
- When I called the 80-20 rule by its correct name and was asked to explain more about the ‘burrito principle’ I knew it was time to go.
- Senior ‘leaders’ should not be stalking former employees on social media. I doubt that this is uniqueto me and placing people with this sort of emotional and mental weakness and immaturity in seniorpositions highlights a serious inadequacy or indifference. I’m not sure which is worse.
- No ambitious person will truly shine in an environment where presence is held above efficiency,opportunity above talent, perception above reality.
- I was meeting with all regional heads for a ‘talent management program meeting’ and there was concern that a high performing salesman may not be engaged in his role. HR stated that we need not worry, as he was personally quite highly leveraged thus wouldn’t be going anywhere in the near future.
- This thinking is both ubiquitous and misplaced. People’s mortgages, children or other financial commitments should not be your greatest retention tool. When they are don’t be surprised if your employees become guns for hire to the highest bidder
- Glass chin Learned behaviour? The faces had changed but the self doubt hadn’t. Don’t be the spotty insecure kid who can’t handle rejection, not only will you be respected more, who knows you may even get rejected less.
- A cheap bottle of wine seemed insufficient until it was accompanied with unfounded and untrue accusations of impropriety.
- As my grandmother used to tell me, if you sneak around peeking through keyholes, you’re always going to see something untoward whether it’s actually happening or not.
- I sat down with my boss at that time, and in an upfront exchange explained that I wanted a change for family reasons, but that there were cultural reasons that I was not seeking a different role within the company. We agreed a message together. Whilst being forthright I had no wish to rock the boat unnecessarily.
- We sat around a table learning to trust, be vulnerable in front of each other and be less cynical in my case. Not one of my team said “Marc would not do this” Who next? A mockery of a team building process.
- A slightly less stoic exchange and no doubt some research on defamation law later. It seems the HR and fair work manual had been replaced by a copy of Arthur miller’s crucible.
