by Kate Mercer | Apr 5, 2016 | Organisation Culture
If you manage a team and you all really enjoy coming to work, it’s sometimes hard to understand why the buzz you experience doesn’t always lead to outstanding results. You have a laugh, you enjoy your meetings, it’s a pleasure being part of the team, but do you ever...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 2, 2016 | Organisation Culture
Do you find yourself feeling that you can’t trust people in your business to do what you want them to do? It’s a common complaint among business leaders, and their usual assumption is that there is something wrong with the people they employ. Among the knee-jerk...
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 30, 2015 | Organisation Culture
Do you ever wonder why you’ve tried everything, and yet the people who work in your organisation still don’t seem to feel the buzz? You’re excited by the way your business is going – why aren’t they? You look forward to the annual state of play meeting – they see it...
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...
