Thinking or Feeling? Of the 4 quadrants in an HBDI profile, blue represents the analytical or thinking part of the brain, while red represents the relational or feeling quadrant. Most often I'm de-briefing individual HBDI profiles within a organisational group setting. As the profiles are revealed and people discover their thinking preferences, questions usually arise. One of the more common ones … [Read more...]
Movie or Meeting?
Movie or meeting? What would you rather do? Go to a movie or attend your weekly team meeting? Most people would prefer their weekly team meeting. (Only joking). You won’t be surprised to learn that when I ask that question in training workshops, the consistent reply is that most people would rather watch a movie. Why? Because meetings are boring and movies aren’t. And yet, the decisions you … [Read more...]
Team Diversity & The Power of a Question
‘Diversity in business teams’ has become a catch-cry. Whether it is gender, ethnicity, age or ability, the inference is that great teams need diversity amongst its membership. But what value does diversity bring to the team? For good teams to become great, they need to share a common vision, and ownership in the creation of goals and strategies to achieve that vision. Teams that are harmonious … [Read more...]
E-learning – A Personal Encounter
Bob Lavigna. Jim Kouzes. Hardly household names and when pitched against names like Richie McCaw and Dan Carter they are hardly a blip on the radar. Nevertheless, unlike the English rugby team, they are my heros. Bob Lavigna led the research on employee engagement - a progression from 'job satisfaction' of the 1970's to 'commitment' (1980's) to 'engagement' (1990's) ; that guides leadership … [Read more...]
Time to Think
So, here I am at work at 7am. I'm way over a deadline to post a blog; and the ever expanding list of tasks that seem to constantly be in red are glaring at me from my tasks list on Outlook. As I lurch through the day from one task to another I try to gain some satisfaction whenever I can tick off a task. The only problem of course, is that the phone keeps ringing and the emails keep humming along … [Read more...]
Is Your Most Difficult Team Member Actually Your Greatest Asset?
When discussing the concept of whole brain thinking with a client just recently, he replied “yes, my 12 year old daughter keeps reminding me we only utilise part of our brain”. Using our Whole Brain This took me slightly by surprise. Contrary to popular belief, this has actually been proven otherwise. Psychology and medical researchers have studied people whose brain function has been impaired, … [Read more...]