Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
get beyond the daily grind
Posted by: leona on: October 18, 2008
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Just take a moment to think of a average day at the office!!!
Recently, I found myself complaining at home on a daily basis about how bored and frustrated I was of the same old problems that seem to land on my desk day after day. That I couldn’t see much changing over the years, same [...]
Obama, McCain, Biden & Palin: & the stories they tell…
Posted by: leona on: October 7, 2008
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I was wandering around a second hand bookstore today and the biographies section caught my attention. Why do we read biographies? Is it a sophisticated form of gossip? Are we genuinely curious as to why someone did, or did not, live up to our ideals. Are we wondering what happened and why that let to [...]
Are you addicted to outcomes?
Posted by: leona on: October 6, 2008
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Living in an Outcomes Focused World
We live in an outcomes focused world. We set SMART goals, we achieve targets, we score, we tally, we balance up, we look at the bottom line. Contemporary Western societies have a strong social, cultural and economic predisposition towards outcomes. Outcomes are “measurable’ and therefore fit with our scientific [...]
