How to ‘Bazooka VUCA’

VUCA is an acronym increasingly widely used to describe the operating climate you, like most organizations, face today: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This environment … Read more

Beware WIIFM: Avoid Its Present Dangers

Virtually unheard of ten years ago, WIIFM – the acronym for What’s In It For Me – has become a surprisingly popular term in business. … Read more

Why You Need Employees – and Especially Engaged Employees

Included in yesterday’s reports of falling UK unemployment was a statistic that a record number of people are self-employed. You cannot help wondering what this … Read more

Can you really manage with non-permanent employees?

As a writer myself, I understand the difficulties of creating “attention-grabbing” headlines and titles. And this week I was struck by the headline, ‘Why the … Read more

It really is this easy!

My core message is not new or original: people are an organisation’s greatest asset. The fact is that it is your people who shape your … 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