It’s easy to become complacent when you’ve got good people. They’re self-motivated, driven to achieve and you don’t have to keep telling them what to do. They’re your ideal employee. But there’s the danger. You can easily assume that everything is going well. And then it happens they tell you they’ve been offered another job and immediately you’re on the back foot....
Read More
The culture of an organisation has such a big impact on performance that Peter Drucker famously once said “Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast.” What I believe he meant by this is that no matter how smart your strategy is, if the culture is not aligned then your organisation cannot deliver and is therefore ineffective. Here are 5 ways you can tell if your Culture is...
Read MoreThere is a popular saying that goes: “What happens if I train my people and they leave?” to which the reply goes “What happens if you don’t train them and they stay?”. Developing people is a key leadership responsibility and an essential for retaining top employees. Engaged people are better performers and, providing opportunities for growth and development are key...
Read MoreYou don’t have to be in the top job to be a leader. As a manager you need to co-ordinate resources to achieve goals but it takes more than that to lead a team, you need to motivate and inspire. Here are five ways to lead your team for a happier, more productive workplace: 1. COMMUNICATION Engage frequently about the purpose of your team’s work and their impact on...
Read More
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...
Read More
Helping organisations engage, develop and lead to get the best out of their people.
