What if we don’t do the MELP seminar at the start of the process?

Firstly, participants will generally fall back to outdated ‘time and task management’ mechanisms. Accordingly there is greater likelihood that the reactive mindset remains, short-term demands and deadlines impact day-to-day work and the potential benefits offered by the entire system are not realised as a company and at a personal level. In effect, the interdependence of life at work and life at home is ignored.

Secondly, influence and persuasion techniques work poorly in time-compressed and demand driven situations. This type of influential leadership (versus command and control) is absolutely necessary in the modern business world. But if deadlines, short time span issues, and immediate demands continually drive the organisation, these techniques struggle to get the behaviour change intended.