July 2008 - Posts

• Off the grid: the pleasure of radio silence

  GASPE, QUEBEC -- "My name is David, and I have been clean for three or four days. I haven't read... or even thought about a newspaper in that time. I feel... I feel... GREAT!" Of course it used to be much more remote. I remember a seven or eight hour Read More... Posted 30 July 2008 00:19 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Technology

• Standing against the tide -- leadership secrets

  CROSBY BEACH -- I'm standing out with Anthony Gormley's life-sized statues in Morcombe Bay. They are both much, much smaller, and much, much bigger than I had thought. Amazing really. I am writing another book. In my spare time. This one will be new from Read More... Posted 23 July 2008 18:27 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments

• How rude can you be?

  ROEHAMPTON -- It's a real question. What is the exact cut-off on rudeness? There must be one. When does persistence become pestering ? When does assertiveness become aggressive behaviour? When do you stop being demanding and start being disturbing ? Part Read More... Posted 15 July 2008 16:38 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Culture, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR

• Nudge, nudge... a workplace that looks after your interests?

  ON THE M40 -- It's generally not good to read a newspaper while driving on an autoroute. Unless of course you are on the Oxfordshire-facing M40 today where nothing is moving. So, I am tucked into the Guardian which has a feature story about the behavioural Read More... Posted 12 July 2008 23:54 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Culture, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR, Management

• Ronaldo and employment slavery

  LONDON -- It's a bit of a misnomer, isn't it? Saying Ronaldo is a slave . Even without a talk-radio station playing on my desk I can hear the punters saying "How can he be a slave when he's earning £120,000 a week ?" And you can't really argue with that. Read More... Posted 10 July 2008 11:41 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: People management, Europe, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR, Management

• How to handle a crisis in business

  SOHO SQUARE -- My friend Tim Luckett has got to be one of the best crisis communication guys out there. He always seems a little stressed. And that's got to be a good thing. Tim gets it coming and going. Both when that dreaded thing happens -- the proverbial Read More... Posted 08 July 2008 09:29 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Strategy, Consulting, Change Management

• Change management: When will it end?

  THE CENTRAL LINE -- "All I want to know is when to cancel the milkman?" The single hardest thing about managing change seems to be one of the easiest: telling those affected when the key events are happening... and when it will all end. We are creatures Read More... Posted 03 July 2008 12:12 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Consulting, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, HR