Will Your Principles Stand the Test of Time?
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result not a strategy… your main constituencies … Read more
Business Strategy
The Better Way to Manage People in a Downturn!
Eureka! Somebody else out there agrees that it is sheer lunacy to be laying off people at the rate at which business is currently doing. … Read more
On Pioneeering and Prizm!
One of the joys of pioneering an innovative new concept like ours, is the opportunity it gives to connect with other people who are thinking 'outside … Read more
It starts with belief!
Belief makes the impossible possible. And belief is an incredibly human quality, which is another reason why organisations looking to transform business results or survive economic … Read more
Dealing with falling sales
This was a headline in the February 2009 edition of Management Today. The article goes on to give the reader 7 tips, the headings of … Read more
Why you cannot bank on bonuses!
I have long questioned the implementation of incentive remuneration or performance related pay (PRP.) But I have to confess to being shocked by the brazen … Read more
Where Does Customer Service Begin?
In a recent blog Anna Farmery questions whether companies that claim to treat their employees like customers have it completely the wrong way round. While … Read more
What do we know about people performance?
"If a company were as ill-informed about its capital performance as most companies are about their employee performance, it would be in serious trouble with the … Read more
Putting a New Perspective on Productivity
Is it possible that productivity is over-emphasised in the modern workplace? Have we reached the point where the focus on productivity is counter-productive? It is … Read more
Employee Engagement & Personal Responsibility
Distilled to its most basic, an employment contract is, in essence, an agreement:1. Between an individual and an organisation that the individual will fulfil certain duties … Read more