Is your team being triggered by your behaviour? So have you sent any members of your team on training for mental wellbeing at work? You should. It’s amazing that we now recognise that mental health actually is important, and can be impacted by work. For better and for worse. And it’s also wonderful that there […]
People and HR
Karma’s great. But not the reason to follow your values.
Karma’s great. But not the reason to follow your values. I once found myself sat opposite the decision-maker for a significant project we were bidding for. He asked me if I remembered him. To my shame, I didn’t. To my pathetic sales skills, I told him I didn’t. He told me that I’d interviewed him […]
Fun is culture, not activities
Fun. So often lacking in business. Or forced. Or contrived. Or plain cringemaking. I laugh when I work. Lots. Sometimes others laugh with me. I suspect often at me. And my favourite feedback I get from people I work with? “It was fun.” That they enjoyed it. Do we get results? Absolutely. Funnily enough (funny […]
Building the pipeline for girls to flourish in business
There’s a moral case for your company to give equal opportunities for your team regardless of their backgrounds, their gender or their sexual orientation. There’s also an business-performance one in terms of the improved decision-making that results from cognitive diversity. And although we are without a doubt making progress, it can feel slow. Recruiting women […]
Great processes aren’t a substitute for great people
“Turn it into a process”. Most SMEs I come across with are either doing this, or claiming that they are doing it, such is the shame of not having all their key processes in place! For SMEs, I enjoyed Sam Carpenter’s Work the System. Along with The E-myth, it creates a compelling case for proceduralising […]