Could high quality internal consultancy be a short cut to developing a powerful organisational culture?
While most media attention was on winners, losers, the players and their coaches, one brilliant example of leadership from the world cup slipped under the radar of many people. This was the story of Croatia's president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. What really caught my attention was that although the spotlight fell...
Gallup has spent decades studying how the best organizations increase speed to value after M&A. We've found that HR leaders can reduce delays in realizing a "better together" organization by anticipating and mitigating common people barriers to harmony.
The following best practices can help HR leaders support the creation of...
Developing a great strategy starts with changing the dynamics in your strategy room. Here’s how.
Many strategy planning processes begin with a memo like the one below. Such missives lead managers to spend months gathering inputs, mining data, scanning the marketplace for opportunities and threats, and formulating responses. In the...
Having a great boss is a potentially life-changing gift. On the other hand, many of us know firsthand that having a bad boss can cause a lot of drama, headaches, and stress. While it’s easy to love the great bosses and flee the bad ones, there’s one kind of...
- I get tired of hearing about “soft skills,” even when it’s acknowledged they are important. No less a hard-muscled body than the U.S. Army, in its Army Field Manual on Leader Development (one of the best resource on leadership I’ve ever seen) insists repeatedly that empathy is essential...
How HR Leaders Can Win a Seat at the Table:
"Our people are our greatest asset."
These feel-good words have decorated countless company walls, websites and mission statements.
But let's be real. Most organisations don't treat their employees like assets.
Think of it this way: An organisation that owns land and buildings ensures...
Winning your employees over to stick with the company long term involves an array of factors–but first among those is love.
What are the real drivers of human engagement in the workplace?
What are those things that consistently inspire people to fully commit themselves in their jobs and to willingly scale...
- The training market has seen a steady, continued growth in the area of team building. More and more companies are committing their three most precious assets - time, money and resources to these events. Why then, in these challenging times with so many cuts being made, are we...
A 20 Year Study Reveals the Most Effective 'Thinking Style' at Work. How Do You Measure Up? - We can search the world over for the "next big thing" in business, but none of it matters if we don't first look into the most important place: The heart. That's...