Realise Your Greatest Asset
“Our people are our greatest asset” How often have your heard that statement from an organisational leader? I bet you have and more than once! … Read more
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How Silo-thinking Spreads, Smothers Synergy and Suffocates Strategy
Silo-thinking: even if unfamiliar with the term, you are likely familiar with its effects. That’s because the root of silo-thinking is differentiation and distinction. And … Read more
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
Breaking the Barriers to Change
Change has been endemic in business for decades. Yet identifying, initiating and implementing it successfully has never been straightforward and results almost invariably fall short … Read more
Strategy and Your People: How to Sustain Success
Recently I came across an article in the July-August 2015 Harvard Business Review entitled, “People before Strategy.” (I am not sure the link will work, … Read more
The Power of Ownership
“Mine!” Who hasn’t heard a young child say that? The concept of ownership is one of our most primitive senses. Indeed, I once read that … Read more
Busting Bureaucracy by Eliminating Hierarchy
Rather ironically, hours after posting my blog last week (Cats, Caterpillars and Business), I received reinforcing information that substantiated all my points. And from no … Read more
The Great Training Robbery
Much as I would like to take credit for (what I think is) a catchy headline, it is actually inspired by an October 2016 Harvard … Read more
How to Create a Great Employer Brand
Where does your company rank in the echelons of “best employer” or “best company to work for”? After all the likelihood is that, even if … Read more
How You Overcome That Great Fear
Most “disruptive” ideas – like the examples rejected by IBM – were first mooted internally. Their originators, however, had the conviction, determination and drive to pursue them and see them through to success, with the ultimate financial rewards that followed. We call that entrepreneurial spirit, but there is no reason why it has to occur outside the organisation. Supporting their development and offering the originator a royalty in return, creates the best of both worlds. It taps into the creative capabilities of your most important assets whilst simultaneously ensuring that results remain “in-house.” That, surely, is the ultimate win-win.