Three Reasons To Change Your People System, Part 2: Is “Loyalty” Really Dead?Right now half your staff are thinking about leaving. Why don’t people care about the internal career anymore, and what can you do about…Sep 22, 2017Sep 22, 2017
Three Reasons To Change Your People System, Part 1: Are You Promoting People Only To Watch Them…Up to half of all first time managers fail. Why does it happen, and how can you stop it?Sep 7, 2017Sep 7, 2017
Counting What Counts: Managing Without Performance Reviews“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted” — William Bruce Cameron, sociologistSep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Pause and RefreshTaking a product to the public for the first time isn’t just a sales exercise, it’s a learning opportunity!Feb 23, 2017Feb 23, 2017
ALL AT SEA: Leading The Liquid WorkforceNew research says the future of work is gloriously unstructured. But what should you do when people need structure?Feb 6, 2017Feb 6, 2017
That new manager isn’t waving, she’s drowning!Throwing people in the deep end is a great way to destroy careers. Try teaching them to swim instead.Sep 7, 2016Sep 7, 2016
Donkeys, Frogs and Beavers (or why you shouldn’t try too hard to make people “fit in”)“Culture” means a lot of things, it doesn’t have to mean conformity.Jul 14, 2016Jul 14, 2016
The Art of LeadershipIf Sun Tzu were alive today, he would tell business leaders to roll up their sleeves and do some very hard work.May 19, 2016May 19, 2016
Sorry, you still need annual reviewsThe rush to replace performance management with agile, instantaneous and individualised feedback may sweep away the good with the bad.May 7, 2016May 7, 2016
Hire apprentices, not internsMany business leaders complain that universities turn out graduates that are not “job ready”. We often hear about a “war for talent”, where…Apr 18, 2016Apr 18, 2016