In part 1, I talked about how every human resource management policy and practice could be re-thought using Catalytic Thinking as the basis: How could our ______________________ policy and practices bring out the best in everyone? Just after I finished writing it, someone on a Linked In group said employees couldn’t be trusted with such … Read more
To achieve the highest potential results for your community, your organization needs to be working at its highest potential. For that to happen, everyone involved needs to be working at their highest potential. What if you applied that thinking to your human resources policies and practices? For each aspect of your human resources and volunteer … Read more
Discouraged about developing strategies that achieve desired outcomes? I have found that when people tell me their last strategic plan failed, and the plan itself doesn’t look bad (so many do!), there were two main reasons: The plan was developed by a tiny group of leaders with little input from staff and often none (or … Read more
Thanks to the EthicsCentre CA, I had the opportunity to recently hear Mary Gentile speak, and participate in a workshop she led in Toronto. Like many other ethics practitioners, a focus area for me has been helping people, especially people in groups, make good ethical decisions. Naturally, the processes I recommended included consideration of how … Read more
