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Archive for November, 2010

Miliband of Brothers and more on the theme of reciprocity in motivation, management and leadership training

Posted by Liz McKechnie

To continue on the theme of reciprocity in management and leadership training:

A colleague, Michael Bertenshaw, recently sent me a very scary photo on my phone of him with dyed hair and the worst glasses in the world. He was on a film set playing Ralph Miliband – as in real life his two sons vied for the Labour leadership.

The programme “Miliband of Brothers” went out on 24th September. I, for one, was watching, for two reasons.

1. To find out if Ralph Miliband really did look like that and if so why didn’t a kindly person say something.

2. To find out more about this Marxist theorist who put his finger on the button at the heart of matter when it comes to the subject of motivation in management and leadership training.

This is what he said:

Human labour cannot be dispensed with, and this also counts for the growth within advanced capitalism of a vast ‘industrial relations’ enterprise, whose purpose is to elicit from wage-earners the ‘positive’ attitudes, the ‘loyalty’ and co-operative spirit which the collective, ’socialised’ process of production requires, but which the dynamic of capitalism serves to undermine. Read more

A management and leadership training formula for happy people…just for you Mr Cameron

Posted by Liz McKechnie

Well you could blow me down with a feather…

It’s a sweet idea.

While the population of this country is still trying to work out what the future holds as they take in the implications of overwhelming cuts to their budgets – the Guardian reports today:

The UK government is poised to start measuring people’s psychological and environmental wellbeing, bidding to be among the first countries to officially monitor happiness.|

Far be it from me, but it strikes me that now might not be the best time, Mr.Cameron…just saying… Read more

Gender quotas to encourage diversity?

Posted by Bronia Szczygiel

In a bid to encourage diversity and more women in management and leadership positions, the EC will consider introducing gender quotas if imbalances on executive boards are not addressed within a year. Just one option on the table for Viviane Reding as she considers the statistics – 89% of board members and 97% of CEOs in Europe are men. At the same time a recent report from Brussels shows that having women at the top helps company profitability.

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