Blog | Dr Mat Donald

Discuss any of these blogs with Dr Mat or seek his services on these topics.

Blog: Blog2

Dr Mat

Jul 9, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 050 - Seek new pathways when counselling staff on poor performance.

Ok one or your staff members has been under-performing - are you going to sit and counsel or just ignore and hope the problem goes away ?...

7 views0 comments

Dr Mat

Jul 4, 20192 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 049 - The right sort of Leadership will help in Disruption

If you ask people are they a leader many will say no - they often relate leadership with key roles in society like the CEO, the...

5 views0 comments

Dr Mat

Jul 3, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 048 - Disruption decision making

If you are experiencing Disruption then your decision making models may need urgent alteration. Sure in Disruption things will move...

4 views0 comments

Dr Mat

Jul 1, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 047- Reconsider your HR processes to prepare for Disruption

As we have an almost endless stream of disruption now, it may be prudent to re-evaluate all of your HR processes as they may soon be...

4 views0 comments

Dr Mat

Jun 25, 20192 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 046 - so much disruption to consider !

Disruption is likely to affect your organisations staff mix, skills and culture as I discussed in a recent interview - link here for...

14 views1 comment

Dr Mat

Jun 17, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 045 - Disruption Engagement

To fully prepare your organization for Disruption (of any form) and for Artificial Intelligence (AI) you will certainly need your staff...

5 views0 comments

Dr Mat

Jun 13, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 044 - Customer service relationships during Disruption and AI

Now for the discussion on how Disruption and AI will challenge your external relationships, quite differently to the past, other external...

4 views0 comments

Dr Mat

Jun 5, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 043 - Leading through Disruption

So you are about to lead a change that is unpopular, one that staff are unlikely to have considered, one that customers or other...

4 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 31, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 042 - Disruption : internal effects already evident

Does your organization already have email overload and meeting chaos ! Feeling that all you do is meetings - not much more! Have you lost...

4 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 30, 20192 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 041 - Disruption, AI and robots - the future of work is not all lost

Certainly I hear a lot of media comments and concern in the community more generally that AI, 5G and robots will see the end of work....

10 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 29, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 040 - Disruption:society connections and values may save the day

So in a fast paced environment that is full of Disruption there will be an ongoing issue for management in how to monitor and manage...

6 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 28, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 039 - Customer relationships in Disruption

So far I have covered the internal dynamic changes that will be required in your organization of the future as Disruption continues to...

3 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 27, 20192 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 038 - Preparing HR for Disruption

As I have tabled previously, the new future filled with regular and ongoing Disruption will change many of the ways organizations operate...

13 views1 comment

Dr Mat

May 22, 20192 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 037 - Disruption : changes all those policies+processes+procedures !

In previous writing I covered why you need to define and have policies, processes and procedures - if you recall the main reasons for...

6 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 20, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 036 - Disruption and the Strategy

Previously I have written about strategy and planning - today I have a simple note for those that are operationally focused - Do not lose...

8 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 17, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 035 - Succession planning in Disruption

Succession planning is about ensuring that you have skills and your knowledge bank maintained across time - this protects your business...

5 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 15, 20192 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 034 - Skilling up for Disruption

Globalization has resulted in inter connectivity of trade- social media, technology and internet have increased the speed of...

8 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 14, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 033 - Engagement through Disruption

Leadership was identified in my PhD research as being a key factor in organizational change outcomes - a key component in the Leadership...

55 views1 comment

Dr Mat

May 13, 20193 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 032 - Disruption and social integration

It is now increasingly important to customers and your staff that your organization be integrated with society values. Once upon a time...

5 views0 comments

Dr Mat

May 10, 20194 min read

Dr Mats tip of the day - 031- Decisions tool for Disruption

In a fast paced Disruptive world it is likely that decisions be made fast, yet be made with the least amounts of increasing risk - this...

4 views0 comments