Monday 21 March 2011

RIDDLES

What do you call a gorilla with a banana in each ear?
answer: whatever you want, he cannot hear you!


There were two ducks in front of a duck and two ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the middle. How many ducks were there in total?
answer: three!


What do you call a fish without an eye?
answer: the fsh


What vehicle is spelled the same backwards and forwards?
answer: racecar


What city has no people?
answer: electricity


What is in the middle of Paris?
answer: the letter R!


If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
answer: wet!


What goes up but never goes down?
answer: your age!


What do you call your father-in-law's
only child's mother-in-law?

answer: Mom!

Saturday 19 March 2011

How To Be a Good Leader

Care for your team. That means knowing what matters to each member: their health, their partner, their children, their relatives, their interests, their hopes, their fears.


Meet your team. Regularly - daily, weekly or monthly, depending on your place and type of work - have meetings of all the members of the team. Keep these meetings short, focused and action-orientated. Make sure every member of the team contributes in some way and acknowledge that.


Grow your team. Through varied experience and regular training, you should be developing each team member to be more and more confident and more skilled.


Celebrate with your team. This might be a personal event, such as a member's birthday or anniversary, or a professional occasion, such as completing a project or winning oa contract.


Socialise with your team. Have lunch or an after-work drink with them, especially when a member has a birthday or there's another reason to celebrate.


Communicate constantly. Don't assume that people know what you're doing, still less what you are planning or thinking. Tell them, using all the communication tools to hand: team briefings, electronic newsletters, organisational newspapers.


Delegate. You don't have to do everything. Develop your team members by training them to do more and trusting them to take over some of the things you've been doing.


Be on time. Always start meetings on time and finish them on time. Natural breaks keep people fresh. Short meetings concentrate the mind.


Have a role model, someone who can inspire you to be a truly great leader.