Octavian Mihai

According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, at any time, 10% of the working population suffers from depression. Out of 1000 employees 100 suffer from depression, 25 are diagnosed and 6 are actually properly treated. That is 6%! There are clear links between depression, job strain, stress, cardiovascular disease (the leading cause of [...]

Along with Tom Peters and Sun Tzu, Machiavelli is probably one of the most cited authors at leadership-over-beer sessions. Here are in a nutshell the teachings of Machiavelli’s Fear vs Love taken from The Prince analyzed form the business perspective of leadership and keeping employees united and loyal and consequently engaged and productive. The goal [...]

20% : the average yearly turnover Out of 10 people in a room 2 will not be here next year. Which ones??? 200% : on average annual salary to replace an employee Consider interviews, job posting, admin fees, training, knowledge management losses, productivity losses, contagion factor, client stress, etc. So yes, losing employees costs you [...]

60% : the average time an employee spends at work working (creating value) How to maximize that time? Improve project management – Activities planing and scheduling Do your project managers plan 80% of an employee workday on a project? Your project will be late. – Clear tasks Your project managers should minimize the time the [...]

Employees: 20 years!!! : the average time spent during one’s active (awake) life working or thinking about work Do what you are best at. Find happiness in what you do. Know your role. Leader or follower. Accept it. Change it. Balance your life. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to [...]