You know your team is functioning well when: ideas are flowing freely, people are engaged, there is healthy debate and people are working together to achieve common goals. But what if your team is not performing well: discussions getting bogged down; lack of buy-in; petty arguments and failure to deliver? In his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni...
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It seems one of the things we dread most as business owners or managers, is facing staff over difficult issues, in fact we would rather avoid them than face them. We may feel that by putting them off they will go away but rarely is this the case and if anything, the problem gets worse. Research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (UK) found that 57% of...
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Warren has recently co-authored the business development book ‘Successfully Speaking‘ with Margaret Hiatt. An essential book for anyone who wishes to improve their speaking and confidence skills for an audience. Warren writes with passion and expertise about how he has achieved so much is the public speaking arena and how you can learn to do the same....
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The first three months in a job can be make or break for employer and employee. Even the most thorough recruitment and interview campaign can be let down by a poorly planned or non-existent induction phase. Research shows that employees form critical opinions in the first 90 days about whether to stay or go and the costs of replacing staff are high, up to 1.5 times...
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Credit: iStockphoto |Thinkstock People can be the greatest asset for any business but the wrong people in the wrong jobs can be a burden that weighs your business down. From my experience in helping businesses grow through people, here are my top tips for hiring successfully to ensure you get the right people on board! Tip #1. Be a good employer. Be the...
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