July 2019
The Benefits of Coaching over Training and Mentoring in Leadership Development
Companies often consider employee performance and the range of options available to them. Coaching, mentoring and training form a blended approach. We tend to use terms interchangeably. So it gets confusing since all three approaches seek to take an employee and the business to the
June 2019
How to engage millennials in the modern workplace
The generation younger than Millennials (Generation Z) are now settling in to the workforce. They’re 22 years old and below, and many are graduates. Yet it’s Millennials that are the most prevalent group in the workforce (estimated to make up around three-quarters of it by 2025).
Is it time to adopt agile working in your business?
Being agile is about more than working practices. It’s a business culture. To see the benefits of agile working, you need a shift in mindset at every level of your company. How do you know if new and existing hires will be more effective by adopting
May 2019
What are the signs of self-disruptive leadership?
Disruption in business is the act of toppling a traditional idea or approach and changing the playing field in an unexpected way. Many market leaders carve out a place for themselves at the top by taking a traditional business model in a new and exciting direction.
April 2019
5 Steps to Leadership Development for Managers
Today’s managers are expected to know what they are doing, assuming that success in a previous non-leadership role will lead to similar success in their new role as manager. Yet, a 2016 survey of 500 managers from Grovo showed that 44% felt unprepared for their management
January 2018
The Appraisal Interview – The Achilles’ Heel
An article in 1983 stated “the appraisal interview is the Achilles’ heel in the entire [appraisal] process” [Public Personnel Management, Winter, 1983] and not a lot has changed. I do empathise with line managers who may have been promoted from a more technical role into a