Category: Francis Wade

By Francis Are you stuck with employees who don’t have what it takes to make necessary improvements to the way work is done? If so, avoid the mistake of believing they can’t improve your company’s processes. Here’s why. As you analyze your operations, you may already recognize there are processes which need to be dramatically...

By Francis Recently another negative report came out confirming the continued decline of Jamaica’s productivity. In a recent speech, IDB official Therese Turner-Jones understated that “firms in Jamaica are not particularly efficient” and “private sector workers are as inefficient as the Government.” As a business leader, this is a song whose tune is probably familiar....

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...