by Kate Mercer | Oct 28, 2015 | Organisation Culture
If you want a successful business, then you need to make sure your employees feel like they’re working for something greater than just profit. Companies with a clear sense of purpose do better than those without one. A study from Deloitte confirms it: organisations...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 26, 2015 | Organisation Culture
“Every organisation is perfectly designed for the results it is getting”. Let’s start by understanding this rather frustrating truism. “Results” we can understand as all consequences including financial, social, environmental, technical and so on. Results that...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 20, 2015 | Leadership
From the myriad models of leadership, here’s our own three-dimensional approach. It’s a valuable perspective from which to think about, reflect on, and implement leadership. You can usefully explore ‘Leadership’ through three aspects: strategy,...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 18, 2015 | Organisation Culture
Your organisation’s culture needs to change along with any strategic changes – but often it gets left behind, resulting in a ‘disconnect’ between the two. The purpose of your business culture should be to support the delivery of the strategic objectives, but it can’t...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 13, 2015 | Team Development
For the vast majority of people, collaboration is a matter of willingness, not ability. And unless there is a fundamental wish to collaborate, it won’t happen. When senior people in organisations tell their team leaders to work together, it will only happen if ‘they’...
