“…our fleeting lives do not simply ‘happen’ and vanish – they take place”
JANE HIRSHFIELD
Events do not slip away into the past, but carve a place in our historical or physical or present selves.
“…our fleeting lives do not simply ‘happen’ and vanish – they take place”
JANE HIRSHFIELD
Events do not slip away into the past, but carve a place in our historical or physical or present selves.
At some stage in our life we have to handle conflict. Within a team we can all help manage and resolve conflict among team members. The following are some useful actions you can take.
We all have those moments when the big idea, inspiration just refuses to come. It doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to solve a complex strategic problem, develop a new approach to marketing or trying to work out how to get people to work more effectively together.
Most of us tend to battle on and often find ourselves becoming tense and anxious, and staring at our computer screens or our pieces of paper filled with seemingly meaningless hieroglyphics, until our eyes glaze over and our brains shut down. Ironically most of us realise that this isn’t an effective way of dealing with the situation. Before you grind to a halt, there are some things that you can do.
For example, you could
The world is challenged today by the unethical behaviours of leaders. But is it just at the top that we have problems?
Organisations (governments, businesses, sport and community groups, any type of organisation) can create an environment conducive to ethical behaviour. It all comes down to how people – both inside and outside – perceive the way they are being treated by the organisation and its leaders, and the extent to which they can influence what happens.
Three factors come into consideration.
There is a lot to unpack in the following quote from Ludwig DC and Longenecker CO (1993) The Bathsheba syndrome: the ethical failure of successful leaders. Journal of Business Ethics 12(4):265-273
Ethical leadership is simply part of good leadership and requires focus, the appropriate use of resources, trust, effective decision making, and provision of model behaviour that is worth following. Once it is lost it is difficult if not impossible to regain.