Would your people love a new manager more than a pay rise?
Paul Holbrook Paul Holbrook

Would your people love a new manager more than a pay rise?

With the Great Resignation in full effect it seems more and more that a business’s answer to their people wanting to leave is a pay rise. But with 65% of employees choosing to take a new boss over a pay-rise the real problem appears to be hiding in plain sight.

When experts become managers without realising what’s expected of them, they resort to treating their people how they were treated by their manager. Their people can become discouraged and disheartened. Ultimately they leave their organization. The organisation's solution is usually more money. Is taking a pay rise really going to solve that problem?

Tom, our marketing guy was managed by an accidental manager and wanted to share his story…

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How toxic diaries kill productivity, increase burnout and lose your best talent…
Paul Holbrook Paul Holbrook

How toxic diaries kill productivity, increase burnout and lose your best talent…

Your people’s diaries could be toxic. How would you know? Because they're working more hours to fit everything in and it seems like the more they do, the less they get done. If this continues unchecked, it’ll kill productivity and increase burnout. And if you lose your best talent and have to replace them, you’ll lose more time and money too.

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What if the reason you have no time to do the right thing is because you are too busy doing the wrong thing?

What if the reason you have no time to do the right thing is because you are too busy doing the wrong thing?

If you’re too busy to fix your problem with time then maybe it’s time for an intervention. The reason you have no time to do the right thing is because you’re too busy doing the wrong thing. Time is there. You just can’t see it right now.

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If you reject flexible-working requests because you don't trust your people, the problem is YOU!

If you reject flexible-working requests because you don't trust your people, the problem is YOU!

When asked why, the primary reason given by companies is 'a lack of trust'; that employees will be doing something else instead of working. If you are one of those companies then you don't have a flexible-working problem, you have a management problem!

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How you could be killing flexible working every time you hire

How you could be killing flexible working every time you hire

Without realising it, every time you hire someone, your company perpetuates Parkinson’s Law. You miss out on the opportunity to become a visionary, high-performance, go-to employer for millions of highly capable employees who are longing to feel part of something more meaningful. Why? Because you destroy your flexible working environment before you even build one. Here’s how…

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