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Coincidence or bad management? 
I remember seeing a film years’ ago (it may even be a ‘Carry On’ film) about some firemen. At the end of the film the chief fireman has worked out the problem. He says (as accurately as I can remember it): … Continue reading
I remember seeing a film years’ ago (it may even be a ‘Carry On’ film) about some firemen. At the end of the film the chief fireman has worked out the problem. He says (as accurately as I can remember it): … Continue reading
The trouble with chocolate 
The trouble with chocolate Eating chocolate can reduce your chances of having a stroke by 17%. I confess that I love chocolate. I have been known to go to great trouble to get particularly good chocolate. So you … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Brain, Grapevine, Stress Tagged Alzheimer’s, Brain, chocolate, stroke reduction Leave a comment
The trouble with chocolate Eating chocolate can reduce your chances of having a stroke by 17%. I confess that I love chocolate. I have been known to go to great trouble to get particularly good chocolate. So you … Continue reading
Would you notice if anyone fell by the wayside? 
One of my favourite books is “Three Men on the Bummel” by Jerome K Jerome. He also wrote the better-known “Three Men in a Boat”. Both have hysterically funny passages concerning the antics of the three men and those connected … Continue reading
One of my favourite books is “Three Men on the Bummel” by Jerome K Jerome. He also wrote the better-known “Three Men in a Boat”. Both have hysterically funny passages concerning the antics of the three men and those connected … Continue reading
Do you want to get old? 
In a large study in Newcastle (UK) people over 85 were asked to rate their own health. To the surprise of the researchers 78% rated their health as good, very good or excellent. Interestingly people who are more optimistic are … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Brain, Grapevine, Objectives, SMART Goals, SMART Objectives, SMART targets, Stress Tagged Goal-setting, Locus of control, Objectives, SMART Objectives, target 2 Comments
In a large study in Newcastle (UK) people over 85 were asked to rate their own health. To the surprise of the researchers 78% rated their health as good, very good or excellent. Interestingly people who are more optimistic are … Continue reading
What differentiates quantitative and qualitative objectives? 
Here is a question from a Grapevine reader. I have a question that I feel sure you can help me with and which has troubled me on and off for years. Sometimes I feel that I have squared … Continue reading
Posted in Appraisals and Performance Reviews, Feedback, Grapevine, Improving Performance, Measuring performance, Objectives, Performance Management, Poor performance, SMART Goals, SMART Objectives, SMART targets Tagged How to Write Objectives, Qualitative Objectives, Quantitative objectives, smart goals, SMART Objectives 6 Comments
Here is a question from a Grapevine reader. I have a question that I feel sure you can help me with and which has troubled me on and off for years. Sometimes I feel that I have squared … Continue reading
As a leader, how do you motivate a failing team? 
Here is a great question from a client. It’s about a situation that most leaders have to face at some time or another. This client has recently taken on a team and is doing very well. Every now and then … Continue reading
Here is a great question from a client. It’s about a situation that most leaders have to face at some time or another. This client has recently taken on a team and is doing very well. Every now and then … Continue reading
Where do objectives come from? 
So often I get emails from people like this one: “I have to get my objectives written by tomorrow morning. I work as a __________. What should I put?” In my view, any manager who puts one of their people … Continue reading
So often I get emails from people like this one: “I have to get my objectives written by tomorrow morning. I work as a __________. What should I put?” In my view, any manager who puts one of their people … Continue reading
Stretch Objectives 
Here’s a question from a Grapevine reader. We always say that goals should be stretched and we provide employees and managers with a checklist that they can use to help them verify whether or not they are. However, there … Continue reading
Here’s a question from a Grapevine reader. We always say that goals should be stretched and we provide employees and managers with a checklist that they can use to help them verify whether or not they are. However, there … Continue reading
