Does loyalty pay?
Loyalty to a company starts as a small seed, but if fed and watered in the right way it can pay back in spades. International management coach Bob Selden explains. Tata Motors recently released the revolutionary Nano in India, the world’s cheapest car at $2,500! What’s that got to do with loyalty you may well […]
Trumpeting the leadership cause
Paul Kearns is controversial as ever as he unveils several elephants in the leadership room. Do we have more or better leaders today than we did 50 years ago? We certainly seem to talk about it more and there has been a huge amount of money pumped into the leadership industry but is there any […]
Black Belt Leadership
To get the skills of a high performing leader it’s best to study the masters – even the Karate Kid! Ali Stewart explains. What do high performing leaders actually do on a day to day, week by week basis? What happens to the team when you are a skilled leader/developer and how do you get […]
Demystifying Today’s Leadership Challenges
There are many books that have been written about leadership and advice aplenty as to how to enhance your leadership abilities. Duncan Miles attempts to demystify the leadership process and provides practical advice to those new to the role and those who are already well established leaders. Never ending change; the unceasing pressures to increase […]
Opinion: Enough of Leadership – How About Some Decent Management
Is it time to shelve the 360 degree evaluations and get back to basics, asks Andrew Mayo? I want to confess to some weariness with the cult of leadership – and more than that, a conviction that it isn’t doing us very much good. In many organisations the spend on leadership development is probably the […]
2007 Xmas Gadget Countdown – The People’s Choice
Every year in the run-up to Christmas, Nigel Harris, the executive peripherals editor of HR Zone’s sister site AccountingWEB, chooses the 12 objects that most deeply stimulate his electronic devices. This year, we asked you to nominate your favourites. The Nintendo Wii games console (pictured above, right) has been crowned “Gadget of the Year” in […]
‘Negative’ Management Styles Most Common in UK Organisations
The ‘command and control’ approach to work is hindering UK productivity, according to research. Performance levels in workplaces are suffering as overbearing and dogmatic management practices top the list of management styles. The report into the quality of working life, which questioned 1,511 managers, also found a high rate of sickness and absence levels in […]
Advice Books Are for Christmas, Not for Life
Addiction to business self-help books is causing a shortage of leadership skills among UK managers, says a training and recruitment expert.Millions of pounds are spent on management guides each year in the UK and, with more than 100,000 business management titles currently listed on Amazon, they are sure to be popular stocking fillers.Stephen Seymour, of […]
Line Managers Left Out in the Cold
Not enough organisations include line managers in training and development programmes, according to research commissioned by the CIPD.The research, Line Managers in Reward, Learning and Development, sampled views from in six large public and private sector organisations.Victoria Winkler, CIPD learning, training and development adviser said organisations cannot afford to be complacent about addressing employee’s needs.“It […]
Christmas Headache for Managers
As the party season gets under way, a poll shows that almost all UK managers (92%) worry that their staff are having too many sick or duvet days after excessive Christmas celebrations. The survey asked 200 UK line managers to rate their biggest concerns about Christmas celebrations. Taking too many sick days was the largest […]
Surviving and Thriving in Stressful Environments
Stress is an avoidable side effect of working – or playing – in a competitive arena. At its best, it can exhilarate and energise. But at its worst, stress crushes and drains. And it isn’t always caused by a major event like a cup final or company restructure, it can simply be the result of […]
The Human Face of Mobile Working
Now that mobile working is becoming increasingly common, Professor Graham Jones, research and diagnostics director at Lane4 Management Group Ltd, discusses how managers can cope when they’re available 24/7. Mobile working is a particularly fashionable word in the world of business right now. Thanks to wireless technology, laptops, PDAs and the good old Blackberry, thousands […]
Report Identifies Talent Management Challenges
Just half of organisations have a talent management system in place, according to a new report from the Chartered Management Institute and Ashridge Business School.The research, called Maximising talent for business performance, suggests many employers confuse performance with talent management, using achievements to indicate future potential. Yet only 31% of respondents are confident that their […]
Bad Bosses: Who’s to Blame?
If we have a bad boss, our typical response is to blame the individual. However, Chetan Dhruve turns conventional logic on its head and explains how our workplaces have been unwittingly designed to mass produce dictator-bosses, and points out what we can do to change this. When we have a bad boss, what’s our typical […]
Case Study: E-Learning for the Elite
Security giants G4S have made e-learning work for them by cleverly using it to add value to all manner of leadership development initiatives within the business. In July 2004 rivals Securicor and Group 4 Falck, merged into G4S plc – the largest ever security solutions provider, operating in over 110 countries, on six continents.The new […]
The Rise of the ‘Boss Idol’
Far from loathing bosses, 80% of workers admire them, according to a new survey.Peninsula, an employment law service, quizzed 1,873 employees and 76% said they had a great boss, whilst 62% of respondents felt their boss is a good role model and someone that they would like to aspire to.However, it isn’t all goods news, […]
Many Employers Considered ‘Unfair’
One in three UK workers believe they have unfair employers, a new survey has shown.Over 1,000 employees from a range of industries were asked questions about how their employers treat staff, customers, suppliers and so on. The GfK ‘Fairness Index’ survey revealed that over 40% of employees are unconvinced that their employer treats them fairly […]
Search is on for Britain’s Best Boss
The Working Families ‘Best Boss’ competition 2007 is looking for Britain’s most outstanding manager.Working Families and American Express are looking for nominations for bosses who make a difference to people’s working lives. According to the competition organisers, judges are looking for candidates who: Celebrate and share successes with their team. Empower and inspire people to […]
Two-Thirds of Staff Don’t Trust Managers
Less than a third (30%) of UK employees have complete trust in their manager, with almost eight in ten (78%) believing that their manager has let them down in the past, according to research published today. The study, by Investors in People, also reveals that over half (55%) of employees believe that their manager only […]
Facilitating Training
When it’s your job to ensure training co-ordinators get the best out of their training sessions, it can often be stressful. No matter what the size of the group or the theme of the day, the pressure’s always on to make sure the training event hits the spot. Joanna England offers some insight into the […]