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Workplace Relationships Can Make or Break your Day

Human relationships are like an organisation's DNA. The quality of the relationships affects everything from levels of motivation and trust to overall performance. Poor working relationships, on the other hand, are huge contributor to under-performance, unnecessary running costs, staff turnover and more. Despite the vital importance of how people interact at work peoples' relationships in most organisations get no attention, until something goes wrong.

By |2022-07-12T08:54:32+01:00July 12th, 2022|Relationships|Comments Off on Workplace Relationships Can Make or Break your Day
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Don’t let the facts stop a good idea

The world of work is replete with good ideas that don't er... work. Innovation sounds great but beware of propaganda that perpetuates dodgy thinking, and check the facts. Otherwise you'll find out how going with the herd tramples on genuine transformation.

By |2019-11-03T15:11:34+00:00November 3rd, 2019|Blog|Comments Off on Don’t let the facts stop a good idea
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Trust at work

In difficult economic times the relationship between employees and employers is often tested. Trust suffers and staff turnover increases. But it need not be so. Creating an ethical company is low cost and high-reward.

By |2019-06-21T21:49:01+01:00June 21st, 2019|Blog|0 Comments
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Don’t Wait, Train Yourself

The 'Jolly' is a thing of the past, but it was never effective as a training idea anyway. Take charge of your own professional development. Just 20 minutes a day is all you'll need.

By |2019-05-24T21:39:29+01:00May 24th, 2019|Blog|Comments Off on Don’t Wait, Train Yourself
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Conflict: Agenda for Managers

When a dispute between employees becomes visible it usually falls to a manager to intervene but few are confident in doing this so they'll often ignore the conflict in the hope that it'll go away, downplay the seriousness of the disagreement, or approach it ineffectively. Research by OPP charts the costs and benefits of conflict, and a guide from CIPD identifies the behaviours that will help managers recognise and proactively manage disputes at work.

By |2020-07-10T07:54:40+01:00July 18th, 2018|Blog|0 Comments
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Why motivation doesn’t work

Traditional methods of motivating people at work are so 'last century'. In this TED talk Dan Pink explains what we are doing wrong. The three key drivers today, he says, are mastery, autonomy and purpose. Carrots and sticks don't work for conceptual thinkers.

By |2018-07-04T07:38:42+01:00July 2nd, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Why motivation doesn’t work
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What makes effective staff training?

Organisatons spend millions each year on staff training yet much of it is a waste of money. One pundit recently claimed that people only remember 16% of what they are taught in training. Would any organisation buy another product or service that only worked 16% of the time?

By |2018-01-27T18:11:17+00:00January 27th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on What makes effective staff training?
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Leadership Relationships

The much-published ideas on leadership have come under scrutiny in a new study which distinguishes truly exceptional leadership from run-of-the mill management-speak. The research, by the Work Foundation, identifies three principles of outstanding leadership coupled with nine themes that exceptional leaders adhere to. It adds some surprising insights with practical applications.

By |2017-08-10T07:10:41+01:00August 10th, 2017|Blog|0 Comments
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