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...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 9, 2015 | Leadership
Every day in the papers we read about some ‘crisis’ or another. This is particularly true at the moment, with both localised and global security factors affecting many aspects of our lives. To understand how we react to a crisis, it’s useful to understand what goes on...
by Amanda Baines | Oct 25, 2015 | Organisation Culture
“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...
