“Theft is theft. So sack ’em, right?”
While theft is serious misconduct, fair dismissal requires employers to consider the circumstances. UK employment law tests whether disciplinary decisions are reasonable, accounting for severity, employee history, mitigating factors, and consistency with past cases.
How to build a business case for your employee engagement programme
Build a business case for your employee engagement programme by measuring leadership, culture, and employee happiness through data-driven insights. Real-time people analytics help organizations identify improvement areas, retain talent, and boost productivity while overcoming the limitations of outdated annual surveys.
CEOs can no longer ignore the importance of a healthy corporate culture
Modern consumers and investors increasingly value corporate ethics and social responsibility over traditional advertising. CEOs who ignore workplace culture and ethical standards risk devastating scandals that can permanently damage brand reputation and shareholder value, as demonstrated by companies like Volkswagen.
Lost at Sea Copywrite?
The author seeks to identify the copyright holder for the “Lost at Sea” exercise, which has been widely used but lacks clear attribution. They want to properly credit the original creator but have found no definitive information through online searches.
Is there such a thing as a natural born leader?
Natural-born leaders may be a myth. While certain traits like integrity, communication, and self-confidence help, research suggests leadership skills are largely developed through recruitment, training, and experience rather than innate ability.
Learning analytics, wellbeing training and new vs. old talent management
This week’s L&D news roundup covers key topics including business simulation gaming, talent management evolution, learning analytics implementation, and mental wellbeing training initiatives. The curated selection highlights leadership development, digital talent strategies, curriculum design, and workplace mindfulness practices from industry experts and leading publications.
Responsibility at work: using it to solve value incongruence
Value incongruence occurs when employees’ personal values conflict with their organization’s values, leading to dissatisfaction, burnout, and reduced productivity. This misalignment often begins during recruitment when core values aren’t clearly communicated and can worsen through organizational changes or leadership shifts.
Coffee Break: Collaboration, cultural fit and what makes a great mentor
Explore curated insights on building strong workplace culture, effective mentorship, and collaborative learning. This roundup covers essential topics for L&D professionals including emotional culture, cultural fit in hiring, coaching effectiveness, and the evolving impact of AI on learning and development.
The Road to Innovation, or bust
Online streaming exemplifies how innovation transforms marketplaces, as seen in Blockbuster’s decline. Successful innovation requires a cohesive strategy rather than random tinkering, with clear goals like Apple’s meticulous approach or disruptive market alternatives.
2017 – The year of the Next Generation
Leadership success in 2017 depends on adopting Next Generation characteristics: intelligence, collaboration, and adaptability. Established businesses must transform their culture toward innovation and demonstrate these values from the top, or risk being disrupted by agile new competitors.
Mindfulness for leaders: new research shows sustained benefit
New research shows that just 10 minutes of daily mindfulness practice significantly improves leaders’ resilience, collaboration, and ability to lead through complexity. The first wait-list control study of its kind found sustained benefits only when leaders combined formal meditation with informal practices and workplace support.
Reconnect with yourself in 2017
As leaders prepare for 2017’s uncertainties, reconnecting with personal values and strengths becomes essential. By clarifying purpose, maintaining healthy habits, and strengthening key relationships, leaders can build the resilience and self-awareness needed to navigate challenges and model effective leadership for others.
Politician leadership analysis: Tony Blair
Tony Blair, Britain’s only living Labour ex-PM to win three elections, demonstrated a relaxed, affable leadership style that masked deeper tensions between his public image and the immense pressures of office, as revealed in recent interviews about his premiership.
Governing social media
Social media has transformed how organizations communicate with investors and customers, but unguarded posts risk breaching confidentiality and misleading stakeholders. Effective social media policies, tailored to business size and industry, help balance active engagement with regulatory compliance and good governance practices.
Coffee Briefing: Gratitude, micro-learning and visualising skills
Discover this week’s essential L&D reading curated from industry experts, covering micro-learning strategies, skills visualization, workplace gratitude, and the latest insights on automation, gamification, and professional development.
Mergers & Acquisition : Are you heading towards cultural mismatch?
Mergers and acquisitions can accelerate growth, but cultural mismatch is a leading cause of failure, with 60-80% of M&As failing to meet targets. Cultural due diligence—examining alignment in values, processes, and leadership styles between organizations—is critical to preventing integration disasters.
Hiring for cultural fit: the diversity equation
Hiring for cultural fit means recruiting individuals who support your organization’s values and ethos while bringing diverse strengths to the team. Rather than seeking clones, this approach excludes candidates misaligned with core principles while welcoming mavericks and innovators who enhance business goals.
Looking for – Leadership Development South Africa
Find experienced leadership trainers in Johannesburg, South Africa for team building workshops. This guide helps you locate qualified professionals for developing management team cohesion and communication skills.
Building a strong culture from the inside out
Organizational culture is shaped by leadership direction and every internal and external relationship. While everyone influences culture, strong guidance from leadership teams is essential to build and maintain an ideal workplace environment that drives employee engagement and business success.
How can you build a Next Generation culture?
Building a next-generation culture requires organizations to move beyond command-and-control leadership toward innovation and experimentation. While most executives recognize culture’s importance to performance, many fail to take meaningful action, with barriers including lack of board support and unwillingness to empower employees.