Organisational Citizenship….

I’ve got a great big pile of magazines on my desk which are a bit of a challenge to get through, I must admit. But today I read an article in one of them by Michael West, writing in People Management (Oct 05) which really struck a chord.
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Emotional Intelligence

Dan Bobinski points out the importance of allowing employees to have some input into important decisions to avoid apathy and grudging compliance. We go along wholeheartedly with this - managers need to be human, make allowances, recognise true commitment and give back accordingly when flexibility is needed if they are to get the best out of their employees.

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Britons rate their bosses?

What’s this? A new survey has been published which finds that two thirds of British workers feel their boss is a good leader, and three quarters say they are proud to work for their organisation.
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Financial Times - Meaning at Work

Nice to see The Storytellers mentioned recently in Richard Donkin’s column in the FT, with his view of the importance of Meaning at work.
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What’s Really Going On?

A massaged ego is a wonderful thing when you think you are doing a fantastic job and people can’t get enough of what you are doing. But sometimes all is not what it seems…

I heard an amusing story the other day about a mining company which introduced a new-look newsletter for employees. The internal communications team was delighted with the response - the workforce kept asking for more and more newsletters and lots of back-patting back at HQ followed. That is, until some bright spark took it upon himself to check out exactly what it was about the newsletter that was creating such a wave of enthusiasm.

It turned out that the newsletter’s paper was perfect for rolling joints, and that is precisely what it was being used for…

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