Do you know how much The Elephant in the Room Costs?
The Elephant in the Room – Do you know how much it costs? The ‘Elephant in the Room’ is a metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is going unaddressed. These ‘Elephants’ are commonly something we know about but choose to ignore and it often applies to an obvious problem or risk that no one […]
Do beliefs matter?
Do beliefs matter? What do you think? As if it were yesterday I can hear my mother saying Be careful what you believe, it might just happen! And sure enough it usually does – but is that surprising? Take the example of the recent UK referendum on leaving Europe, or more commonly known as #Brexit. […]
Is Behavioural Waste the missing link to Lean Programmes Succeeding?
Why do Lean Programmes fail? Research suggests that over 70% of all lean programmes fail. If you’d like to see some research about what might be the why then this link is useful http://www.lean.org/Search/Documents/352.pdf Yet during my years in the oil&gas, construction and retail industries I’ve implemented many successful lean programmes. Not all were perfect, but all were successful […]
Are you trying to prove Einstein wrong?
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” what are we thinking when we read it? Or do we just nod in a knowing sort of way and really don’t think at all? Maybe we need another stimulus? Perhaps one that’s engaging […]
Does your Culture help the Organisation Succeed?
Organisation Succeed? There’s a lot written about what organisations should be doing to improve performance, however the reality is your organisation is where it is, not where a book or an article says it is, or needs to be. Sounds simple and it is. And generally assessing what type of culture prevails in an organisation […]
Where do Reality-Driven Leaders start?
Where do Reality-Driven Leaders start? We’re often asked this question and what may be surprising is that no matter the size of the organisation the answer is the same – start with reality. Why? Because we instinctively know that’s the right place, yet we all make assumptions and hence we get it wrong, or feel […]
The biggest, unchecked Business Disease – Behavioural Waste™
Organisations believe in leadership development as there are $billions invested in leadership development every year, made on the assumption that “better leaders get better results”. Some, more focused (maybe informed) investors focus their leadership programmes on engagement, assuming better leaders create more engaged employees and teams and that then leads to higher productivity, better results. […]
Mind Fit CEO interviewed by David Williams on Forbes.com
Behavioural Waste – why deal with it first? David K. Williams, a Forbes.com writer, recently interviewed Neville Gaunt, CEO of Mind Fit about why it’s important to eliminate or significantly reduce negative behaviours before an organisation introduces any innovation or looks to change practices and grow. David says in his article: Nearly every behavioural or […]
Has Your Industry a Reality Driven Leadership?
As every industry has its uniqueness, to answer this question might be contextually difficult. So let’s look at the question on something that the large majority of working people do – taking part in sport. It’s not rare or unusual that people at work are in some way involved in a sport, either passively or […]
How we can all achieve Peak Performance
Thoughts by Graham Williams on ‘Peak’ – by Ericsson and Pool ‘Peak – how all of us can achieve extraordinary things’ by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool Peak performance has always fascinated me, not that I am a peak performer. However, having been fortunate to work alongside those that were, from the world of sport […]