by Kate Mercer | Apr 22, 2016 | Organisation Culture
It often helps in leading your organisation to think of a three-legged stool: strategy, performance and culture. We use this analogy in working with business leaders who wonder, for example, why business is going like a train, they know where they are going and are...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 9, 2016 | Organisation Culture
What’s your philosophy on running your car? Do you pride yourself on how smoothly it runs and the perfection of its paintwork and appearance, taking it to the garage at the first hint of a little bump, or a window switch not working properly? Or do you run it until...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 5, 2016 | Organisation Culture
If you manage a team and you all really enjoy coming to work, it’s sometimes hard to understand why the buzz you experience doesn’t always lead to outstanding results. You have a laugh, you enjoy your meetings, it’s a pleasure being part of the team, but do you ever...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 2, 2016 | Organisation Culture
Do you find yourself feeling that you can’t trust people in your business to do what you want them to do? It’s a common complaint among business leaders, and their usual assumption is that there is something wrong with the people they employ. Among the knee-jerk...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 22, 2016 | Organisation Culture
We spend a lot of time and words on this blog writing about how to give your organisation, and the people in it, space to grow and thrive without you and your hands-on input 24/7. Often this comes as a huge relief to business leaders: relinquish control of the details...
