by Margaret Manson
The biggest problem for business performance and longevity today is Management. Management has replaced Leadership. Management has become a valuable personal ‘possession’ for which individuals strive and which is traded like shares on the job market. Managers by...
by Margaret Manson
Let’s face it: the old, linear models of communication and collaboration no longer work. And those companies and organisations that continue to operate with them are sinking fast. Everyone knows that times have changed – so why are so many still trying to stay the...
by Margaret Manson
Business needs to be productive or it won’t last. We all know this, but many of us try to hard to “manage” and force people into more productivity. There is a difference between forced outcomes and leading an organisation to achieving goals. A winning corporate...
by Margaret Manson
In our ever-increasingly complex world of business, organisations are thinker bigger: more complex solutions, more technology, more people – a recipe for disaster. Today, it is easy to get caught up in data and new trends, but these are the least important elements,...
by Margaret Manson
“A company can outperform rivals only if it can establish a difference that it can preserve.” – Michael Porter We have all probably heard that in order to stand out and succeed, we must differentiate ourselves from our competitors. In most cases, this means you must...
by Margaret Manson
Employee engagement. It’s on the minds of fortune 500 companies and family-owned businesses alike. If it’s not on your mind, it should be. A recent study shows that companies lose around 350 billion dollars a year due to employee disengagement and high turnover rates....
by Margaret Manson
I am so excited. This Thursday I am giving a presentation on Maximising Business Potential Through Culture in the most innovative training facility in the southern hemisphere – www.BLSC.com.au. The function, titled Maximising Your Organisation’s Potential, will be...
by Margaret Manson
In the over-use of the term “innovation”, we tend to believe that being innovative is something that just comes naturally to the lucky ones, or that it’ll just happen as long as we are diligently talking about it. The truth, as many thought-leaders of today are...
by Margaret Manson
It’s Q4, and for many of us this means it’s time to review what our organisation and industry have done during the year. For some, it means crunching numbers and sleepless nights, for others it means reviewing what didn’t work and planning for the future, but for all...
by Margaret Manson
There is an epidemic in business culture today. “Innovation” is on everyone’s lips and minds, but very few are truly grasping what it means. If you have been in business for a while, then you will most likely have a firm grasp on the idea that innovation is absolutely...
by Margaret Manson
This graphic might seem a bit random, but it cleverly illustrates the organic nature of innovation. We speak of innovation in business ad nauseum, but it is important to remember that true innovation is much bigger than that. True innovation touches everything, and a...
by Margaret Manson
Варан History has shown us that with each economic fall, each country decline, and every tragic event, comes a rise of bold ideas, people, and actions. While many cry out as times get hard, there are a select few who turn their noses to the grindstone and look for...