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• Employee engagement in a downturn

  BACK ON THE TUBE -- There was a good note on the Communicators' Network today by Jim Shaffer about employee engagement. Maybe you saw it? Jim's an interesting guy. He was leading the communications business at Towers Perrin when I first joined that company. Read More... Posted 24 June 2008 08:56 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Consulting, Internal communications, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management

• "Can't talk, I'm busy saving the world."

  MONTREAL -- There's a great set of drawings by Matt Groening that pre-dates The Simpsons called "How to waste 8 hours a day and still keep you day job." It's one of the great, lost management tracts. I must look for my copy. In it there are a number of Read More... Posted 19 June 2008 23:56 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Leadership, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management

• Elbow, Harrison Ford, Clark Gable and the courage to give up

  PICCADILLY -- I am quite overwhelmed by Elbow at the moment. I have bought other albums but I keep coming back to this one. And every time I hear great lyrics like: a friend of mine he grows his own brambles, they twist all around him, until he can't Read More... Posted 03 June 2008 12:44 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Leadership, People management, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management

• A Saudi gentleman: Mr Al-Bat'hi

  CANARY WHARF -- I heard about a week ago that a fellow named Mohammad Abdullah Al-Bat'hi had passed away. He was a man I had known for almost 3 years. And someone I didn't know well in any formal sense. I have no idea about his marital situation. I don't Read More... Posted 20 May 2008 15:01 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Middle East, HR, Management

• Which Prince would you work for? Phillip or Charles?

  SOHO SQUARE -- Forgive me, this sounds like a question in an up-market Heat magazine. But I am interested in knowing, based on two recognisable personalities, in an imagined business setting, who would you rather work for? Prince Charles, the Prince of Read More... Posted 15 May 2008 08:02 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: People management, Change Management, Management

• People who are not what they seem -- Managers, take note

  ITV -- You know those shows you think might be worthy, but that you don't really want to watch? Like all of PBS in the US and many shows on all terrestrial channels in the UK...? I'm watching a show about HRH The Duke of Edinburgh . And I am surprised Read More... Posted 13 May 2008 22:25 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Management

• "and China... what are you doing about that?"

  DUKE'S MEADOWS -- Regular readers will know that I like to blame 'the company' for not doing enough to make people successful. And that's really not always fair because 'the company' doesn't really exist. It is just a grouping of people... So, today's Read More... Posted 05 May 2008 15:21 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Change Management, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management, China

• Wikipedia, The Vault & employees

  AT HOME -- Just looking through Wikipedia for some information of a few topics close to my heart. And I am still stumped. There have been articles recently about how companies must not edit their own pages on Wikipedia. I think Jimmy that Wikipedia-ubermaster Read More... Posted 04 May 2008 14:22 by David Ferrabee | 4 Comments Filed under: Consulting, Internal communications, social media, Technology, etc., Management

• Random benevolence is a management killer

  SOHO -- In retrospect, telling my mate Aled that he is a lousy boss probably wasn't such a nice thing to do, as I tucked into a beautiful dinner at his house. I am only starting to understand why I was turned down by the Canadian diplomatic corp in 1991. Read More... Posted 21 April 2008 08:53 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Change Management, Management

• "It's out of my control": Why your boss is a wimp

  KNIGHTSBRIDGE -- It's a bit silly that it makes me so angry. I probably do it myself. But I really dislike managers who refuse to take responsibility for people and decisions that they are meant to be responsible for. In a world where local communities Read More... Posted 17 April 2008 09:04 by David Ferrabee | 0 Comments Filed under: Culture, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale, Management