As the year wraps up, we would like to thank all our clients that have continued to support us, and in turn their people through leadership development in 2009. We look forward to continuing our service to you in the New Year, and are continually expanding our range of programs and research to offer further value and results for you and all of our clients.
Thank you to those clients have taken part in our 2010 Corporate Issues Survey so far, and congratulations to our first three respondants T. Whitehead, K. Pedder and J. Palelei who received Ken Blanchard’s newest book, Who Killed Change?
Instead of having a client gathering this year, we have decided to donoate those funds to the Children’s Cancer Insitute of Australia and support them in their mission of preventing and curing cancer in children.
Best wishes to you, your friends and family over the festive season, and please note our offices will close on the 23rd of December and re-open on the 4th of January, 2010.
Merry Christmas to you all!
Your Blanchard Team.
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Check out the "In Principle" feature of the Australian Business Solutions Magazine for our latest series of 'how to' articles, written by Catherine Stapleton. This month's issue looks at the One Minute Management Principle.
Blanchard's Leadership and the One Minute Manager continues to be the top selling book through the Australian Institute of Management's (AIM's) bookstore - with a reader rating of 5 out of 5!LEARN MORE
December, 2009
Reward and Recognition
These days, leaders are preoccupied with figuring out new strategies for cost control and revenue growth. Everyone is so focused on ensuring a successful recovery. While you do all the right things to lead your organization strategically and operationally out of these tough economic times, don’t forget to take a minute to recognise the people working so hard alongside you.
A culture of praise and recognition needs to be established at the top. People at all levels in the organisation need to feel cared for and recognised for the work they are doing. That’s one of the keys to building a motivating culture. And that’s one of the differentiators that will separate successful organisations from unsuccessful ones as we move along the path toward economic recovery.
While leaders intellectually understand the importance of recognising people, the reality is that it still doesn’t occur at anywhere near the level it could. In fact, if you ask a group of people, how many of them get too much praise at work, no one ever raises their hands.
What gets in the way of managers catching their people doing things right more often?
Christmas Bonus Article!
During tough economic times, all aspects of a company’s spending come under increased scrutiny. Everyone tries to find ways to make the organisation more efficient, more productive, and more cost effective. While many areas are easy to identify, one area of potential impact remains unexamined in most organisations. That area is people.
A new white paper by The Ken Blanchard Companies®, The High Cost of Doing Nothing: Quantifying the Impact of Leadership, is shedding some light on this important area.
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