Category: Best Business Practices
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How to Get and Assess Feedback from Your Team
A simple tool that provides years of guidance for workplace performance In a democratic workplace, one of the most important requirements is transparency on performance. In particular transparency on the performance of managers, business line leaders and other people where they supervise, support, look over other people. If you are suppressing your people, there is…
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Learning to walk again
And how to make sure you set the right priorities in your business I’ve read the works of Robert Kiyosaki lately, two of his latest best sellers “Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money” and “Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money“. Both books stimulated and…
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Fill Life with the Good Bits First: The Mayonnaise Jar
A story about how to fill your life with important stuff and not the small stuff When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, When 24 hours in a day is not enough; remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some…
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Your time is limited…
Time is the only currency that cannot be renewed These words spoken prophetically by Steve Jobs on 2005 at a Stanford University speech inspire and remind us all to make it important and to make it last. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’…
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EU and IMF will spend $40 billion to bail out Greece. What is your opinion on this issue?
From a Linkedin Discussion: All The Global Leaders in the European Developed Markets My comment: They are just extending the credit on their “credit card”, and using future tax income (from salaries) to pay for it. This drives the wrong habits – fixing inhuman balance sheets and ignoring the human element. It drives the ‘need’…
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What is “business”
A brief 1-2-3 “how-to” for going into business Once you have decided that you want to do business and you have what you think is a customer, then a business is 4 steps: 1) Find out what they want2) Go and get it3) Give it to them4) Make a profit from doing 1, 2 and…
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Jobs, Kevin Rudd & Taxes
How the merry-go-round of politics always has a payment window at the door I met Kevin Rudd once a couple of years ago before he was the Prime Minister of Australia. It was at a local restaurant in his electorate in Brisbane. He’s a sharp chap. Clean dress. Quick mind. Academic type. I like him. …
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Foundations of Leadership
Six simple foundations for leading a great team About the Author Jeremiah Josey is Chairman of MECi Group and a systems architect specialising in energy infrastructure, advanced technology, and large-scale industrial projects. He bridges visionary thinking—from artificial intelligence and sociocratic governance to ancient symbolism and climate science—with hands-on execution across China, the Middle East, including Türkiye,…
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A Summary of Democratic Organisation Values
15 Points on what makes an organisation democratic A summary of democratic organisation values: 1. Continuous feedback 2. Continuous development 3. Learn from past 4. Improve for future 5. Clear about purpose 6. Clear about goals 7. Transparent and open with everyone about everything 8. Have conversations for connection and meaning 9. Everyone is treated…
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Quotes on Leadership vs Management
What is Leadership, but support without management “A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.” Sam Ervin “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble,…
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People grow through…
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt (US diplomat & reformer (1884 – 1962) Jeremiah Josey
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Drop the facade, cut to the chase…
How the famous Michael Moore resets the capitalist window I was wandering into the new 360 mall here in Kuwait today, as you do in Kuwait – visit malls. The 360 mall is a very beautiful place, pleasant surroundings with lots of water features and plants and pretty shops with pretty people. It’s a pretty place to…
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More on the New World Order
George Soros and his skill in finance I’ve been following George Soro‘s thoughts for a while and in the book I’m reading now, “The Ascent of Money”, Niall gives him a lot of air time. So when George presented a week long lecture series at the Central European University I just couldn’t resist. And in…
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The New World Order
How financial literacy is not important anymore? Catchy title? It’s sure to attract attention. I’m just about finished a great book called the “Assent of Money” by Niall Ferguson. An excellent read if you want to understand how the financial system works – including your credit card, your home mortgage and your pension – if you have…
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Tips from a Leader – Samir Brikho
6 points from a world class business leader Samir puts out a weekly email to staff working at Amec – around 20,000 people work for this company. He has 6 good pointers for success: We all learn quickly that we each have different talents and strengths and need to work hard to overcome our weaknesses.…
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The New Frontier: Adults in the Workplace
10 points on developing office maturity I often think about what is coming next, with instant world wide communication, and access to information from anyone, any time, any way. Personal choice and satisfaction is now more than ever the key question for everyone in all countries, people are seeking – and obtaining – answers from…
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Know your Army…
Know your army before declaring War – Jamal Al Ajmi, Kuwait, 2009
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Productivity – How to Get the Most from Your Team: Have a Collaborative Work Culture
A simple tale on how to maximise team performance Do you operate a fear based work culture or a collaborative work culture? It’s easy to tell: just take a break, have a holiday. Come back to your work place and if it based on fear you will find work has slowed to a standstill. A collaborative work…
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Quotes from Colin Powell
Despite his affiliations, Powell does have experience. Wise words on who you should mix with The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.…
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Working with different cultures
How my experience with more than 50 cultures shapes my thinking Working in different countries and with people from different cultures is a great way to learn about your beliefs, your shortcomings and especially about your ego. It’s like a mind game: working out how to get the best from your team when they come…
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