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Employee engagement is critical for motivation. According to the latest Gullap Survey, engagement is sitting at 20% globally, trending down from a peak of 23% in 2022, 2023. Looking at the regional split, NZ is a bit better however this is still only sitting at a level of 23%. Unfortunately, there is a a progressive increase in stress which is following the trend for the last 10 years with 45% stating they feel stressed on a daily basis. if we consider part of the survey resu

Sometimes responding to a question can feel like biting in to an ice cream and experiencing brain freeze! There a simple techniques to avoid this.

Project Management....a key skill that everyone is expected to have. Typically, we are expected to learn as we go - "hey, can you be a part of this project? O, and by the way, can you run it as well, it won't take much of your time." ...and so the fire begins! We are launched in to the deep end of the pool, we do not know what we should be doing, when or even if what we are doing is helping. And more often than not, this is something that you are working on over and above you

Why does it take so long to get a project underway?

Indeed! The elephant in the room. The project lands in your lap and you now have to try and work out how to possibly get this project done. It is not uncommon for projects that the initiation phase is completed by someone else; ie: someone comes up with the concept and to get it over the line with the approvers, more scope is added, budget is lowered and the duration is sliced down to the bare possible minimum... And now, it has been given to you..... We are in the Planning p

And we are off! The fun part of the project is underway! Getting the job done. And straight away, trap number 1 starts to rear its head - issues! We sort out one but the issues just keep coming...all we seem to do is to respond to issues. An approach that is called reactive project management. This can feel like we are making progress - after all, issues are being resolved and problems dealt with. People may view us as the go-to person who can sort things out - which can feel

What should we do to close out projects....and what should we really be achieving?