Most managers will tell you that talent is the key to organisational success. Organisations spend millions on executive search and management development, tracking down and creating the best and the brightest. So? If engaging talent is the biggest management issue why is the Dilbert cartoon so popular? Once we have expended all this energy tracking […]
Leadership Brand
The latest HR insight from the US. Have you developed your leadership brand? Do you want to give the aura of being “tactically strategic” or “passionately dispassionate“. Have you tested it with your colleagues and gained feedback? Are you committed to making this part of your “personal growth plan”? Is this rubbish? I suppose it […]
Stupid Suppliers
Are your suppliers a bunch of wasters who are just after your money and not to be trusted? Do you spend your whole life beating them up over late orders and poor performance? What would life be like if: You ran a risk/reward share with them? You held a party for them each year to […]
Virtual Control
Eric Whitacre has produced an amazing virtual choir. You can hear their recording of “Lux Aurumque” on the YouTube video below. Eric has never met or practiced with his choir, it contains more than 185 singers from 12 countries. He simply asked them all to download his sheet music and a video of him conducting, […]
Mad Business Rules
There are plenty of examples of mad business rules. According to Sky News, the supermarket chain Asda refused to sell a 44-year-old mother alcohol because she was shopping with her teenage son. The supermarket chain went on to admit that its tough alcohol sales policy may “seem mad”. It does seem mad, on a number […]
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