Where Faith Meets Business Excellence
Issue #1 Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Stewardship Brief, a space where we explore leadership through the lens of biblical stewardship, integrity, and purpose. This month begins an eight-part series on the UK Post Office Scandal, one of…
Read More What Happens When Loyalty to the System Replaces Loyalty to Truth
Last time, in “Wishing participants would turn their cameras on. Is that a reflection on them or on you? (Part 1)”, we talked about us humans having various modes of learning, information intake and processing. Switching cameras on is only…
“In the current environment where meetings, workshops and training courses tend to be online, we're always looking at ways to make the online experience more effective. There's a simple step to increase effectiveness. It's not complicated, it's not difficult, all…
There are many discussions and debates about whether knowledge workers should go back to the office. Some advocates of remote work framed the issue in terms of racial justice and equity. “When geographical barriers are removed, location bias and relocation…
In the post “Should knowledge workers go back to the office or should we not?”, we examined some resistance to changing the way we work. Today, I want to dive deeper into why the idea of working remotely can be…
Read More Managers and executives don’t seem to like the idea of remote working. Why?
Change is never easy. We like what we are familiar with, what we are used to, even if those may not be optimal. “Better the devil we know than the devil we don’t.” In the last Leadership Memo, I challenged…
Read More Should knowledge workers go back to the office or should we not?
Have you encountered resistance to change? What are the signs that would tip you off? Body language, e.g. cross arms, face away from you? Facial expressions, e.g. smirks, frowns, curled lips, sneer chin up? Tone of voice, like sarcastic grunts,…
Did you notice that a lot of transformation is being pushed? It doesn’t matter whether it is an agile transformation, a digital transformation, or whatever transformation. When you push something, instead of people wanting it themselves, it creates an environment…
Read More How is remote leaders different from in-person leaders?
Have you encountered individuals who demanded to have templates to follow when you try to roll out agile? And if you don’t provide one, then you’re deemed not to know the process well? These kinds of individuals use their resistance…
Have you experienced either of these scenarios? The teams had “agile transformation” before, but those experiences left a sour taste in their mouths. They have “seen it all” and thought agile is nothing but a hyped up word, and they…
