by Kate Mercer | Jul 14, 2016 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
We explain why most ‘team-building’ activities are, at best, a waste of time and, at worst, damaging for your team’s morale. Do you get that sinking feeling when someone (your MD? HR? A keen colleague?) suggests you ‘do some team-building’? Do you have ghastly...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 27, 2016 | Leadership
Do you find it hard to delegate? Bad delegation affects you, your team and your business. Here are 8 ways to improve your delegation skills. Peter Drucker of the Drucker Institute saw effective delegation as essential to his ‘management by objectives’ philosophy. He...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 13, 2016 | Organisation Culture
Most important work in organisations is not done by one person in isolation; it most often involves individuals and groups working together. In this article we make four simple suggestions for stopping the finger-pointing and restoring harmony. Why is it so unusual to...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 6, 2016 | Leadership
How should you speak to people so they really trust you? Here are ten expectations your staff and colleagues have of you as a leader. These are some of the often unspoken things people are concerned about when you speak, change direction or priorities, have a...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 3, 2016 | Organisation Culture
As a leader, it’s your job to spot what’s going right. To do that, you must habitually make it your business to find out. Here are five good reasons why you should make the effort. So many organisational leaders seem to regard it as their job to spot things that are...
