by Kate Mercer | Feb 25, 2016 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
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’...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 19, 2015 | Organisation Culture
“All I seem to do is fire-fight” “I never get round to doing important long-term planning” “Someone is always knocking on my door needing something” “Work seems to be one emergency after another” Do these phrases sound familiar to you? Here’s how we addressed these...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 2, 2015 | Organisation Culture
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...
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...