How do you make significant change without upsetting “business as usual”?
There is a lot of talk around organisational culture and culture change, but there is very little with regards to sustaining it. It is not an easy task but it must be measured from start to finish.Continue readingHow do you make significant change without upsetting “business as usual”?
Facing reality – when difficult conversations are important
I was firmly advocating that the organisation’s culture required a review. The firm was allowing behaviours which were perpetuating poor and inconsistent performance. Everyone in the organisation was shying away from confronting difficult conversations. So, poor behaviours were tolerated and inconsistent performance persisted.Continue readingFacing reality – when difficult conversations are important
Understanding the benefits of resilience training
Resilience is defined as ‘the ability to function successfully, recover from setback and grow to meet future challenges’. A structured process helps us understand and manage employee’s response to workplace pressure and in so doing, build team and individual resilience.Continue readingUnderstanding the benefits of resilience training
A tailored approach to testing in cultures.
The frenetic pace of business life means that leaders and their employees need to be more adaptable than ever. Learning agility and regular assessments are important but don’t forget that employee assessments in Asia can be quite different than those in Europe. A tailored approach to testing in cultures will help you get consistent information.Continue readingA tailored approach to testing in cultures
Re-invent your HR function – it will be a central plank for your business success
Human Resources professionals need to see major changes in their job functions in 2016, even if their job title remains the same. The days of HR professionals hiring and firing based on historical criteria or spending their time calculating payroll and monitoring sick days will be well and truly over.Continue readingRe-invent your HR function – it will be a central plank for your business success
HR and Change Management
Nearly 20% of projects to make change happen fail outright. Less than 2/3 of these projects deliver their intended benefits! The business costs of this can be vastContinue readingHR and Change Management
Why should the HR function take on a bigger role in driving performance?
Three clear trends will reshape the role of the HR function in organisations. The rapidly globalising economy; the increasingly speedy growth of the knowledge economy combined with an internet savvy workforce; the speed of IT change. Continue readingWhy should the HR function take on a bigger role in driving performance?
