by Amanda Baines | Jun 1, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
Teamwork has become the default way of working in organisations. Many of us have a long-lasting romance with teams, yet we rarely stop and question the assumptions. Like breathing, we just do it. Is teamwork still a safe bet or is it ‘last century’? The benefits of...
by Kate Mercer | May 8, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
“I’m really tired of all these articles and books telling us what to do to be great leaders. I already know and agree with what they’re saying. I should empower my people, take risks, have a vision, deliver results, be accountable, be service-driven, not ego-driven,...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 23, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
How often do you hear: “that’s just” or (more likely!) “that’s not the way we do things round here”? Here’s a question for you: how did you come up with the ‘way you do things round here’ – your business...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 1, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
How familiar are these situations? Your organisation adopts a new strategy. While paying lip-service to the change, key staff still resist the new direction, complaining and hoping that things will go back to the way they were. A team regards itself as a group of...
by Amanda Baines | Feb 27, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
One of the key principles of Leadership is Partnership. We define Leadership as “holding the Vision, causing Partnership, and holding people to Account”. Partnership, we believe, is the ‘holding oneself to account for the success of each member of the team’. What do...
