Thoughts on People and HR

Leading in crisis (2) – Hope

Leading in crisis (2) – Hope

Crisis brings fear; crisis wreaks havoc; crisis destroys. Crisis brings hope. Crisis presents opportunity. Crisis creates. With everything around us, most people only see the first set of options. But…
Is your policy serving a purpose or masking your inability to deal with uncertainty?

Is your policy serving a purpose or masking your inability to deal with uncertainty?

Are your policies up to scratch? Consider this. True story. For 11 years, a company has an expense policy that says “don’t take the piss”. That’s it. Not a word…

Your team doesn’t need to hang around in the recovery

The actions you take (or don’t take) to help you survive the crisis can easily destroy your business in the recovery that follows. Ask me how I know! I’ve led…
Remote working increases your need to align at 4 levels

Remote working increases your need to align at 4 levels

Remote working should force most business leaders to think hard about how they lead. Especially as tomorrow’s world of work will be a lot more remote than yesterday’s. For many…

Being too nice to terminate someone’s employment creates bigger problems

I remember the first time I had to deal with a team member who wasn’t meeting the needs of his role. We’d gone through the support, the training, trying to…

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