By Francis It’s remarkable how quickly a new employee, once excited by the job, becomes just as ordinary as others who have been in the company for years. As a leader, what difference can you make before the rot sets in? In this article I share one practice suggested by psychologists which works. Managers shake...
Author: Francis Wade
Why You Shouldn’t “Try to Do It Now, Before You Forget”
By Francis Why is it that when you are overwhelmed by everything you have to do, it’s hard to escape this unwanted feeling? Sometimes it’s caused by unconscious habits such as the phrase many Jamaicans utter when we are under pressure at work: “Let me Do It Now Before I Forget.” While this practice comes...
How to eradicate the pain of broken promises from your company
By Francis Are you the kind of business-person who sometimes keeps your word and sometimes doesn’t? What difference does it make to your company? A few years ago, a client advised me that he had a policy of not paying for weekend work. Unfortunately, I had already worked on Saturday and Sunday at his last-minute...