What’s your cholesterol level? Are you the optimum weight for your height? Is your level of fitness adequate for the demands your life makes on your body? But when did you as a business leader last systematically assess the state of health of your organisation? I...
Today, an inspirational post on tolerance from one of our favourite bloggers, Neil Crofts: Over millions of years humans have evolved to have a finely tuned distrust of difference. In the stone age settlement, difference meant danger. Millions of years of our...
The likelihood is that you have great technical skills, and quite possibly great social skills. But do you have the skills in place that you need to run your organisation? Possibly not. And you can’t run a good organisation on technical skill, or social skill, alone....
As a leader, of an informal group, a virtual or actual team, a whole business or a large organisation, how much do you understand about how your ‘organisation’ works? Not its finances, its published structure, its production cycle - what we’re focusing on here covers...
“They all want a pay rise – but we’re not making enough money.” “Nobody documents anything – we fly by the seat of our pants.” “I never know what’s going on until it’s an emergency.” Do you sometimes feel like this? There comes a point in an organisation’s early...
This says it all really...Lynne Cazaly's illustration showcases brilliantly Simon Sinek's 'Start With Why' ideas on organisation development.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.