The Essence of Open Book Management
An article I read recently described Open Book Management (OBM) as "Doing Business in the Buff." The analogy is certainly a strong one and goes … Read more
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How to Beat Conducting an Employee Engagement Survey
Surveys are the epitome of "lies, lies and damned statistics." A survey of a few thousand extrapolated across a population of many millions is hardly … Read more
How Serious is the Employee Engagement Problem?
A Conference Board report published last January identified that job satisfaction levels were at their lowest level in two decades, since they first starting measuring it. You will find … Read more
If Employee Ownership is Good for Business …
"Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business" is the title of a book written by Corey Rosen, John Case and Martin Staubus and published … Read more
Are you a Virgin?
My apologies for being so weak-minded as to be unable to resist the headline! However, I could not help myself after reading a report on … Read more
Solving the Great Bonus Conundrum!
In what has been a very interesting week here in the UK, two things in particular have stood out for me (apart from THAT remarkable … Read more
Real Engagement!
There can be very few people who are not aware that the Football (Soccer) World Cup is currently taking place. This time is it is really a … Read more
Could you be a BP?
Let me be clear. This is not an attack on BP. I do not have enough knowledge about the situation to jump on the bandwagon … Read more
Do you have organisational integrity?
Just in case you are wondering, 'organisational integrity' is the collective form of personal integrity. It transcends strategic alignment and occurs when an organisation lives … Read more
Talent Management or Employee Effectiveness
Do you sometimes feel that the world is being swamped by the new jargon of 'Talent Management'? Pick up a management magazine or read the … Read more