This says it all really...Lynne Cazaly's illustration showcases brilliantly Simon Sinek's 'Start With Why' ideas on organisation development.
Organisation Culture
Understanding group behaviour and your role as leader
There is a point, when human beings come together, that a group of individuals becomes an organism in its own right. Many leaders miss this essential insight. We are so conditioned in Western society to focus on the individual – his or her rights, duties, character,...
How to create genuine change in yourself and your company
Where is your organisation ‘located’? I don’t mean its geographical location, its files or its products and services. I’m asking where your organisation is ‘located’ in your mind and the minds of your colleagues, customers, competitors and suppliers. All organisations...
The importance of being reliable as an organisation
Here's an inspiring post from Neil Crofts on the importance of delivering on our promises: How many times do organisations make statements, commitments or promises and then fail to deliver? How many times do we make statements, commitments or promises, on behalf of...
Is your team producing results?
Ask anyone at a social gathering, “so, what do you do?” Most people reply with a job role or title. If pressed, they will list the things they are responsible for or the activities they carry out in their role. What you never hear is a short, complete list of the...
Getting results: how do you measure the ‘unmeasurable’?
Have you noticed that some of the great stuff you want to achieve in business is not easily measured? It’s easy to measure quantities: of money, production, sales calls, numbers of time the phone rings before it’s answered, and because it’s easier, businesses tend to...
Breaking through your ‘self-limiting’ beliefs
It’s easy to blame external circumstances when you get stopped – your manager, lack of time, a change in the market... But if anything really stops you short in life, it's likely to be a self-limiting belief: a thought about yourself, reinforced by emotion. An event...
Successful change management through communication
We came across this recent article by Jose-Pedro Martinez at Blue Steps on implementing successful change management through communication and which is worth posting: Have you ever been a part of a company’s failed attempt to boost quality, merge with another company,...
Implementing a Balanced Scorecard approach
On Monday we talked about the origins of the Balanced Scorecard approach, the strategy performance management tool first introduced by Kaplan and Norton in the mid-90s. In today’s post, we’re focusing on the perspectives and implementation of that approach. A Balanced...
Having a Balanced Scorecard in your organisation
Back in the not-so-distant past, the world of work seemed a simpler place. Businesses and their employees didn’t seem to worry about targets, annual assessments, metric-driven incentives etc. But then across the pond US organisations started to focus on the goals of...
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.