Who knows best?
The expression "Span of Control" surfaced from the murky mists of my mind the other day. I remembered having learned no manager can expect to … Read more
Business Strategy
Is Redundancy Losing Favour?
Is the workplace becoming more humane? Recent reports show that output in the UK has fallen by 6% while unemployment has only gone up by … Read more
How to Improve Training Effectiveness
What is your reaction to a headline that reads "Quarter of all training fails to deliver significant performance improvement?" I am pretty sure it would … Read more
Employee Recruitment: The Blame Game
In a coincidentally convenient follow up to my last blog, HR Magazine this week published a report that 75% of employers feel "ripped off" by … Read more
Are Good People Really So Hard to Find?
In a recent blog I came across the writer claimed he would be a rich man if he had received a pound for every time … Read more
Corporate Branding, Employer Branding and Employee Engagement
Happy New Year everyone! I hope it is a particularly enjoyable and prosperous one for you all. Of course to be so means, for most … Read more
Whose Head is in the Clouds?
I don't know about you, but industrial disputes just slay me. However you look at it, a business, by definition, is a group of people … Read more
Human Capacity vs. Human Contribution
This blog on Organisational Entropy came to my attention this morning and I thought it made very interesting reading and was worth sharing. I have … Read more
Lean … and Green!
One aspect of Lean Management has had surprisingly little publicity and I cannot help wondering, "Why not?" Is it possible that the potential has not … Read more
Valuing “Sweat Equity”
Do you ever find yourself amazed at how you have managed to overlook the obvious? I am not talking here about finding something in a … Read more