Bosses who hoard knowledge instead of sharing it and managers who think communication is a one-way street are being warned they are the relics of a bygone era.<\/p>\n
Former ninemsn chief executive officer and former Microsoft Australia vice-president Steven Vamos says technology is driving workplace change at an unprecedented pace and a new generation of workers is demanding to be involved rather than controlled.<\/p>\n
Now president of the Society for Knowledge Economics, he says there are several messages employers, managers and business owners need to know if they want to be successful.<\/p>\n
Be a people person<\/strong><\/p>\n Managers in 2010 need to be better with people than ever before.<\/p>\n Mr Vamos says when managers develop and support staff, greater innovation, efficiency and productivity follow.<\/p>\n Include and engage<\/strong><\/p>\n The old way of telling staff what to do doesn’t work anymore.<\/p>\n “The example that most Gen-Xs experience is that hierarchy meant the boss had all the power and the answers, that mistakes were bad and communication was about telling people what to do,” he says.<\/p>\n Get with the times<\/strong><\/p>\n Much of what still drives organisations was established in the industrial era but the role of leaders has shifted.<\/p>\n “It’s not about you as a leader. It’s about others, about how to support and help and develop staff to be the best they can be,” Mr Vamos says.<\/p>\n You’re never too busy<\/strong><\/p>\n Many managers think they’re too busy to hold meetings and end up taking on much of the workload and associated stress.<\/p>\n He says the manager’s job is to make people as effective as possible, so they are not under so much pressure. <\/p>\n Article from The Advertiser, June, 2010.<\/p>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bosses who hoard knowledge instead of sharing it and managers who think communication is a one-way street are being warned they are the relics of a bygone era. Former ninemsn chief executive officer and former Microsoft Australia vice-president Steven Vamos says technology is driving workplace change at an unprecedented pace and a new generation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-improving-employee-relations","category-workforce-management"],"yoast_head":"\n