by Kate Mercer | Jun 13, 2016 | Organisation Culture
Most important work in organisations is not done by one person in isolation; it most often involves individuals and groups working together. In this article we make four simple suggestions for stopping the finger-pointing and restoring harmony. Why is it so unusual to...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 3, 2016 | Organisation Culture
As a leader, it’s your job to spot what’s going right. To do that, you must habitually make it your business to find out. Here are five good reasons why you should make the effort. So many organisational leaders seem to regard it as their job to spot things that are...
by Kate Mercer | May 8, 2016 | Organisation Culture
According to Neil Crofts of Holos, two essential prerequisites for creating a business that delivers sustained success for all of its stakeholders, from employees to society, and that will profit and grow for years on end are ‘forward looking and outstanding...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 22, 2016 | Organisation Culture
It often helps in leading your organisation to think of a three-legged stool: strategy, performance and culture. We use this analogy in working with business leaders who wonder, for example, why business is going like a train, they know where they are going and are...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 9, 2016 | Organisation Culture
What’s your philosophy on running your car? Do you pride yourself on how smoothly it runs and the perfection of its paintwork and appearance, taking it to the garage at the first hint of a little bump, or a window switch not working properly? Or do you run it until...