How to SAve Jobs – Ask Your People
Have companies that have laid off employees missed a trick? Top Consultant's latest newsletter quotes the findings of a survey of 2,500 people conducted by the … Read more
People Management
A Powerful New Message
"Stick to the knitting!" Tom Peters. If memory serves me correctly, this was one of the key messages of "In Search of Excellence." Anyway, whatever … Read more
Beyond “The Management Myth”
"If you want to succeed in business, don't get an MBA. Study philosophy instead." Matthew Stewart. Those words, the byline of a June 2006 article, … Read more
Recognising the Investment of Years
Businesses owe their employees – the investors of years – the same consideration that they owe their investors of capital. Discuss! However, before you do, … Read more
Salvation, Sabotage or Suicide
"What distinguishes our age from any other is not the world-flattening impact of communication; not the economic ascendance of China and India, not the degradation … Read more
Are You Sabotaging Your Success?
"It is easier for companies to come up with new ideas than to let go of old ones." Peter Drucker. These words reminded me of "The … Read more
7 Competitive Advantages – Trumped!
The Institute of Directors (IOD) has identified that companies who do not cut training spend in a recession gain seven competitive advantages. Such companies: Are … Read more
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
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