Manage the crisis or lead people through the crisis
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
by Shadi Abouzeid
Premise I am writing this blog during the corona virus pandemic. Governments around the world are struggling to lead the efforts of supporting their citizens in both staying safe and treating those that are infected, while most businesses are ducking their heads in the sand to protect the troves of profits they made since the
- Published in Human-Centric Leading, Leadership Elegance, Team Culture
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effective leadership, Human-Centric Leading, Lead people, Leadership, There is another way
What happened with Human Resources
Thursday, 27 February 2020
by Shadi Abouzeid
What happened with Human Resources when they say they create a culture but they end up representing CFO and lawyers at the expense of employees? Historical Overview of Human Resources Human Resources started as mainly personnel department. They were tasked to track time and leaves, issue payroll, manage employees contracts and other administrative tasks to
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Intention Vs Action
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
by Shadi Abouzeid
Have you ever wondered how Human-Centric Leading can expose intention vs action? Background One of the projects we worked on was with an organization that prides itself on treating its employees. Leadership takes their needs first. Benefits provided were above average. Some of which were comfortable office settings, food provided, events to tend to their
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Why do meetings tend to take longer rather than shorter?
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
by Shadi Abouzeid
Have you asked yourself why meetings tend to take longer rather than shorter. Let us discover the main reasons and how we can overcome them.
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BLAME, CRITICISM, Human-Centric Leading, humanity, JUDGEMENT, Lack of Trust, Leaders, Leadership, leadership for humans, meetings
Have you wondered why organizational and societal problems are persistent?
Thursday, 07 November 2019
by Shadi Abouzeid
Problems we face Below is a non exhaustive list of organizational and societal problems that we, as humans, have been faced with for centuries: conflict working in silos project delays corporations going bankrupt corporations doing what is not good for humans and or Nature racial issues equity gap gender gap generational gap And due to
- Published in Consider Context, Human-Centric Leading