Aaarghh! It’s enough to drive you nuts!
Chocolate-box pretty! That was our garden when the cherry tree blossomed: the symbol of summer finally arrived. Then last year – nada! Absolutely nothing! We … Read more
Current Affairs
Talent Wars or Talent Waste?
Are people’s capabilities diminishing? Our own observations would suggest otherwise. Likewise science would probably point to the opposite. So why has talk of the “War … Read more
Don’t be a blind follower!
The HR news this week has hardly been encouraging, and brings to mind rather forcibly the adage “If a blind man leads a blind man, … Read more
Reap the Benefits of Employee Ownership
“There is clear and unambiguous evidence to show that employee ownership, particularly when combined with meaningful employee participation, brings tangible economic benefits for companies. But … Read more
The Semantics Say It All!
Are you perhaps guilty of saying or implying this and making your employees feel Bolshie, otherwise and disengaged?
Lies, damned lies, statistics … and accounts?
You see these accounts showed that operating profits had grown by 1.487 billion currency units over the 10 years. Pretty impressive, I am sure you will agree. However, during this time – the same 10 years – the accounts showed that the staff costs had decreased by 2.014 billion currency units. That means the staff cost savings were 136% of the increased profits, due largely to average employee numbers being reduced by 110,000 people.
Are you making the same mistake?
As a leader it is very easy to try to create a process or a system that will prevent something happening again in the future … Read more
Survival, Sustainability & Employee Engagement
Would you say that employee engagement is essential for organisational survival? Possibly not. After all, if reports and surveys are to be believed, very few … Read more
When marines cry!
It seems unheard of to make a US marine cry – especially in public. So to achieve this through something that can only be described … Read more
Backward thinking. Don’t you make the same mistake!
Yesterday Sainsbury announced the replacing of their “Customer Service and Colleague Director” with “HR Director.” Perhaps it is only to saving printing costs and make … Read more