In marketing our services to businesses large and small, I’ve noticed something interesting – there’s a widespread confusion of ‘organisation development’ with ‘HR’. Organisation development (OD) is the process of building an organisation as a whole. OD specialists...
High performing teams did not start out that way. A team in its infancy is little more than a group of people working alongside each other, with a vaguely common purpose. The stages in the cycle of team development are often referred to as forming, storming, norming...
We can learn a great deal from organisations whose strong and adaptive ownership cultures give them a powerful competitive edge. Here are our top 10 lessons: Leadership is critical in classifying and maintaining an organisational purpose, values and vision. Leaders...
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...
“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 are...
"I’m sorry to say so but, sadly it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you" Dr Seuss - Oh the Places You’ll Go You can’t escape change. The march of time and gravity is relentless. What’s changed over the last five years in your work-place? Bosses...
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...
A term invented in 1972, Groupthink is a mode of thinking we engage in when we're deeply involved in a cohesive, task-centred group - or when our need for agreement supersedes our need for a decision based on rational information. Groupthink can lead to bad judgments...
The Rugby World Cup is now well under way and rugby enthusiasts throughout the world are gripped as the drama unfolds. Again I am struck how sporting events like these, or the 2012 Olympics, cut across different nationalities, countries and cultures. They give us...
Do you think of your business as a ‘brand'? Maybe you think it’s not the right term for a serious business which is going places. However, there’s a lot to be said for leadership which develops its own ‘brand.’ It sets your business apart from the competition and...
Find out how to create and manage a brilliant culture that underpins a truly successful growing business.
Find out how to create and manage a brilliant culture that underpins a truly successful growing business.