Työkulttuuri (tai liiketoimintakulttuuri) on jokaisessa maassa erilainen. Mutta kuinka erilainen ja miltä osin? Voit nyt verrata esim. Suomen työkulttuuria Kanadan vastaavaan.

“It’s obvious that business culture is different in different countries – but different how? How much is myth and prejudice and how much is fact? Are Americans really brash and superficial? Are the Germans really punctual and humorless? Or as I heard one stand-up comic say once: “Laughter is a wonderful thing. Where would we be without laughter? [pause]. Germany!”

via Business culture: Denmark vs. USA vs. Guatemala.

(Työkalu, johon artikkelissa viitataan: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_dimensions.php)

Scott Berkun nostaa esiin Nicole Steinbokin ajatuksen lyhyemmistä, fiksummista palavereista. Kokousten järkeistäminen onkin yksi parhaista tavoista (järkevämmän sähköpostiviestinnän opettelun ohella) tehostaa ajankäyttöä.

“No one likes meetings and for good reason. In most meetings, most of the time, most people think most of what goes on is a waste of time.

So what if you took out all of the stupid, wasteful stuff and left only the useful parts?

Enter the 22 minute meeting. This is an idea from Nicole Steinbok [...]. When I saw her present this concept at Microsoft a few months ago, she gave one of the best short talks I’ve ever seen.”

via The 22 minute meeting « Scott Berkun.

Harvard Business School kertoo kuinka johtaminen, tai tarkemmin, tietyt johtamistavat vaikuttavat negatiivisesti työntekijöiden motivaatioon.

“Most companies have it all wrong. They don’t have to motivate their employees. They have to stop demotivating them.

The great majority of employees are quite enthusiastic when they start a new job. But in about 85 percent of companies, our research finds, employees’ morale sharply declines after their first six months—and continues to deteriorate for years afterward. That finding is based on surveys of about 1.2 million employees at 52 primarily Fortune 1000 companies from 2001 through 2004, conducted by Sirota Survey Intelligence (Purchase, New York).

The fault lies squarely at the feet of management—both the policies and procedures companies employ in managing their workforces and in the relationships that individual managers establish with their direct reports.”

Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation – HBS Working Knowledge.

BusinessWeekin artikkeli kuinka johdat palaverit kuten Googlen ammattikokoustaja Marissa Mayer.

“When I decided to write a column about running effective meetings, I turned to a leader who holds more than anyone I know and who actually credits her meeting structure for leading to some of the most innovative advances in technology today: Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice-president of search products.”

via How to Run a Meeting Like Google.

Ennen pessimistin kohtaamista tulee selvittää asenteen taustalla vaikuttavat syyt.

“Ensin pitää selvittää, mistä syystä tiimisi jäsen asennoituu asioihin niin kielteisesti. Stanfordin yliopiston liiketaloustieteen jatkokoulutuskeskuksessa työskentelevä organisaatiokäyttäytymisen professori Roderick Kramer sanoo, että johtajan pitää selvittää synkistelyn pohjimmainen syy ennen kuin ryhtyy toimenpiteisiin.”

via Näin käsittelet tiimisi pessimistiä – Fakta-lehti.

Anna alaisillesi mahdollisuuksia ja tilaa toteuttaa ne. Ja muista pysyä nöyränä, kun näet heidän menestyvän. Todellisen tiimin johtamisen tavoitteet kumpuavat ihmislähtöisestä lähestymisestä.

Your belief in an individual’s abilities is a powerful source of motivation. It takes a great deal of self-confidence in oneself to be comfortable passing along that belief to another person. And that self-confidence is sorely tested and greatly appreciated as the subject of your attention stumbles along the way to success.

via Leadership Caffeine: Taking Chances on the Talent Around You | Management Excellence.