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...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 11, 2015 | Leadership, Team Development
Mostly, the important work in organisations does not involve an individual creating something from nothing. Frequently it involves individuals and groups working together. So why is it so very unusual to see individuals and groups working really harmoniously together?...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 18, 2015 | Leadership, Organisation Culture, Team Development
Who is ‘they’ in your organisation? ‘Sales’? ‘Marketing’? ‘the staff’?, ‘customers’? Do ‘they’ seem to be making your job harder to do? Do you hear stuff like (or catch yourself saying): “this job would be fine if it wasn’t for ‘them’!”, “nobody tells me anything”,...
