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How You Overcome That Great Fear

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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.

Beyond the Performance Appraisal

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Perhaps you have heard that Accenture is abandoning performance appraisals. (If not, you can read about it here.) Whenever or however you learned this, you … Read more

Why Employee Engagement Programmes Rarely Work

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Have you noticed how employee engagement statistics rarely change? It does not seem to matter who conducts the research or whether it applies to the … Read more

The Essence of Employee Engagement: What it takes – and delivers

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Now you can understand why employee engagement is not an airy-fairy, feel-good concept that HR is trying to foist upon you, but an essential part of business and something that you are – or should be – doing as an integral part of leading your organisation. This is where engagement and success come together. Without employee engagement your success will always be limited.

How to break the cycle of poor industrial relations

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The centuries-old struggle of employers versus employees shows little or no sign of abating.  There were two clears signs of that this week. The first … Read more

Looking for leadership

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How’s your organisation’s leadership?   That is likely to be anything but an easy question. Especially if you are the organisation’s leader! And it is … Read more

37 years to go?

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I was shocked this week by an email quoting research by British sociologist David Halperin that only 29% of British people believed that others can … Read more

An Essential Element for Employee Engagement

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Are you really surprised? Sometimes it seems that we research things where we should – certainly if we are worth our salt – already know … Read more

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