Emissions, Ethics and HR
As the world gets to grips with the fallout from “Dieselgate” I was amazed to learn that 74% of respondents to a CIPD poll agreed … Read more
change management
‘People’s Companies’ would make a moral difference
We owe it to ourselves and future generations to get back on the right moral track. Employee ownership or ‘People’s Companies’ clearly offer a means to do this. So why not explore the ‘Every Individual Matters’ model as the way to deliver these?
A simple solution for transforming a ‘dire workplace’
Do you work in a dire workplace? The odds are that you do. At least according to Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the … Read more
A misguided idea of leadership: could this be the ultimate leadership mistake?
If you want to fulfil your leadership potential and be more effective as a leader, you don’t need to be more politically savvy – you need to be more “strategically savvy.” You need to be more inclusive. Only then will you build the trust and common purpose that delivers strategic alignment, and ensures sustainability and success, through strategically savvy people.
The Difference between a Manager and a Leader
By recognising and focusing on each and every individual, the ‘Every Individual Matters’ model enhances personal performance on an organisation-wide basis and thus inevitably enhances organisational performance. It provides a solid foundation for coaching and so builds a powerful, sustainable leadership framework.
Why Every Individual Matters
My wife and I love this picture. So much so that, when our son gave it to us after we acquired our ginger cat, we … Read more
Fresh Perspective on Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement is a hot topic right now. It is, however, possibly an even trickier one than most of us realise. That’s because we all … Read more
People as Assets
A Google search on “people assets” yielded 664 million results! That is very nearly two thirds of a billion. Mind-boggling! (As is the fact that … Read more
Beating the Crisis of Ethics
Flavour of the past week has undoubtedly be the question of ethics. Editorial comments have abounded and most, if not all, the newsletters I have … Read more
How to Increase Your Return on Training (ROT)
Now you have an unprecedented means of creating, measuring and managing learning and development within your organisation. It turns training from an expense into a properly evaluated investment with the appropriate return on investment (ROT) that ensures your training is more effective and actually transforms your organisational performance in the way you intend it to.