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”,...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 4, 2015 | Organisation Culture
If you can see value in looking at your group, team or organisation as a whole then you might ask, “What are the behaviours I can expect from individuals in a group context?”. At this ‘group-as-a-whole’ level, a group becomes a social system. You can’t explain away...
by Kate Mercer | Aug 21, 2015 | Organisation Culture
What’s your cholesterol level? Are you the optimum weight for your height? Is your level of fitness adequate for the demands your life makes on your body? But when did you as a business leader last systematically assess the state of health of your organisation? I...
by Kate Mercer | Jul 27, 2015 | Organisation Culture
“They all want a pay rise – but we’re not making enough money.” “Nobody documents anything – we fly by the seat of our pants.” “I never know what’s going on until it’s an emergency.” Do you sometimes feel like this? There comes a point in an organisation’s early...
by Kate Mercer | Jul 19, 2015 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
This says it all really…Lynne Cazaly’s illustration showcases brilliantly Simon Sinek’s ‘Start With Why’ ideas on organisation development.
