by Kate Mercer | Oct 17, 2016 | Organisation Culture
It’s important to keep meetings short and snappy as people begin to switch off after 30 minutes. This guest blog post from Olive Keogh in The Irish Times explains why. “A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.” This pithy...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 13, 2016 | Team Development
In this article we look at the learning gap that exists between ‘fun’ group activities and the reality of becoming a better functioning team in the actual workplace. Who do you call if a pipe is leaking? A plumber, right? You don’t call an electrician. And when he...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 10, 2016 | Leadership
When you rise up an organisation’s ladder, your job changes. You find yourself responsible for your staff’s development as well as company performance. We look at how your mindset needs to shift in order to be successful in this new role, one where being a...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 6, 2016 | Leadership
Although it’s one of the important steps in the planning process, creating an effective strategy is a lot easier than you might think. We show you how the answers to five interlinked questions will help you build one. Let’s look at where strategy sits in the planning...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 3, 2016 | Leadership
Great leadership is not about having all the answers but about asking the right questions. Here we give you six key questions to ask yourself so you can become more effective as a leader. Leadership skills can be learned but you will probably have to rethink your...
