The Semantics Say It All!
Are you perhaps guilty of saying or implying this and making your employees feel Bolshie, otherwise and disengaged?
Performance measurement
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.
Will RISES prevent a fall?
After writing about values for the past few weeks, it seems only appropriate to pause to consider the new values-based direction that Barclays Bank is … Read more
Consistent Values: Key to Community Building
If values define your vision and your vision shapes the behaviour that builds the community that drives your organisation, you would have to agree that … Read more
The Core of Effective Communication
Effective communication is a life-skill and certainly a core competency for any leader. Whether you are trying to change the culture of your organisation, transform … 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
Being the Best
What kind of business manager or owner are you? No doubt you want to be the best. Of course – in this instance – being … Read more
Sociable Business? Do you have a choice?
Do you keep coming across the terms social business or sociable business? They certainly seem to be more and more frequent. But do you also … Read more
Maximising Employee Engagement through Employee Ownership
You may think the link between employee ownership and employee engagement was well established. Yet, if you judge by the ongoing research into the subject, … Read more
Standing on the shoulders of …
Success is never a solitary achievement. Isaac Newton recognised this when he said, “If I have been able to see further it is because I … Read more