Succession Planning
I’ve recently joined an organisation in which there is not much business growth and not much movement either – especially in relation to new openings in management roles. Therefore, the non-management colleagues feel there is little opportunity for progression, so are more likely to exit the business to seek other opportunities or remain in the […]
How to lead when management optimism falls to its lowest level in a year
Confidence. It drives sales, forces decisions, changes culture and creates or destroys attraction. Changes in management confidence therefore have a major bearing on organisational performance. So when a study of the confidence of 3,600 managers from across the UK shows a significant drop, it’s worth understanding the implications for your people. Particularly when the reasons […]
What You Need to Know About VAT Analysis
Every day, the world becomes increasingly connected, and even governments have not been left behind. Mobile technology, real time reporting, business intelligence and cloud computing are all examples of the way the digital economy has evolved. As a result, a good number of tax authorities around the globe are reviewing their tax systems while companies […]
How Leaders build Trust within their Team
Trust is a two way process. Leaders need to trust their team, and teams need to trust their Leader. As a leader, you want your team to perform and to show outstanding results, but how do you expect to show results if your team don’t trust you? Lack of trust is still a growing concern […]
How to make the most of business travel
Business travel is something some of us love and some of us hate. This usually depends on our circumstances. When we are young, free and single then business travel is a great way to see the world, meet new people and experience different cultures. On the other hand, if you have a partner and a […]
How to make business travel more efficient
Business travel is an inevitable part of company life. Whether you’re a large or small business, most companies will have to send employees around the world for meetings, research and business development at some point. Whilst there are real tangible benefits to business travel, there are also downsides, not least of which are the time […]
How to Energize your Employees at Workplace
Have you been giving it a thought to motivate and raise energy levels of your staff? Well! You are instinctively correct. More so if you are an entrepreneur and are in the business for a while. A healthy workplace breeds business growth as well as harmony among co-workers. The fact is trust, energy, and motivation […]
How Workplace Comfort Affects Employee Commitment
In the United States, companies are always pressing to be more successful, more productive, more efficient. In many cases, CEOs believe that this press will help their companies survive. They may even view pushing these items to be their only chance of survival in a cutthroat work environment. In fact, by creating high stress, cutthroat […]
The real workplace experience employees crave
Business leaders would be mistaken to think that unlimited free food, an indoor gym, and a monthly table tennis tournament are top requirements for millennials. Though they are certainly office gimmicks workers appreciate, these aren’t the finite offers keeping employees happy. Below we take a look at the world of the worker experience, examining how […]
MS Dynamics AX Are Important For Modern Enterprise
It is a known fact that for businesses to run efficiently, data is very important. It can be captured, analyzed and put to use for making businesses grow. However, it is not as easy as it sounds, especially when businesses are used to disparate specialty software. This is why modern enterprise resource planning solutions like […]
Conflict management: A leadership imperative
’Conversation’ is imperative to leadership and without effective conversation, leaders can’t communicate their position to the organization: A leader must share his ‘Vision’ before it can be lived, which requires conversation. Conversation underpins ‘Change’. While organizations remain firm to their value, people change, new people arrive and conversation becomes even more important. Meaning and purpose […]
How to get the best from millennials in the workplace
Millennials have an unfair and often unfounded reputation in business. The generation born between 1985 and 2000 can be described by their more mature colleagues as self-centred, disloyal and disrespectful. Added to this, they may be seen as prone to frequent job moves, have high career expectations and are difficult to manage. Unsurprisingly, these negative […]
Book review – Fish
Previously I reviewed the book One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson which is a management book with some key management principles explained through a story. You can read that review here. Fish! is another book written in exactly the same story format. In fact Kenneth Blanchard wrote the foreword to this book. This book also deals with some key […]
3 reasons why bitesize is a good fit
Research published last year[i] found that access – how fast suitable training can be delivered, followed by flexibility and quality remain the priorities for learning and development professionals. This is hardly surprising – we all want to do things more quickly and flexibly without sacrificing quality, but is it possible? I am reminded of the […]
The 5 Technology Skills All Training Pros Need
Technology is revolutionising every industry, and the training world is no exception. From artificial intelligence (check out my latest AI post on Medium) to automated systems, training professionals are finding new technology and new ways to grow their businesses in an increasingly competitive landscape. Bringing fresh tech into the workplace is incredibly exciting – ‘Imagine […]
7 Smart and Efficient Strategies to Win Your Team
Exceptional leaders understand that their business performance is heavily influenced by several, different factors. One of the big aspects that many are concerned with is the lack of trust that comes from their employees. When your team doesn’t trust you, the leader of the company, you’re most likely to encounter a lot of resistance coming […]
Belbin and Tuckman
Supporting your team at every stage In 1965, Dr Bruce Tuckman was doing ground-breaking work on group dynamics in Ohio. A couple of years later, Dr Meredith Belbin began his seminal research into team behaviours at Henley. Tuckman studied teams from formation to completion of a task and identified crucial stages in a team’s life […]
Tips of Auditing and Why It’s Important
Making mistakes such as opening too many accounts on a lot of platforms, fake followers and limited interaction with your followers can cost your social media strategy. If you are not careful on how to address these problems, you are not likely to realize any social media marketing goals you might have. Whether you are […]
Are you underestimating your introverts?
Our world favours extroverts, says author Susan Cain. Cain suggests we are conditioned from a young age to see introvert characteristics such as a quietness as flawed or somehow inferior to extrovert characteristics like sociability. Cain goes as far as to say that schools and workplaces are designed for extroverts and that this bias creates […]
How social media managememt can help your business
The traditional marketing model was to get as many eyeballs on your product or service’s message as possible and hope that a percentage of customer’s purchase. Yellow pages, radio advertising, direct mail, television commercials, magazine ads, etc. are examples of these traditional advertising methods. Now the conventional types of marketing do not have the effect […]
