Why You Need to Stop Asking People for Feedback

Why You Need to Stop Asking People for Feedback

Advice and feedback are synonyms, yet asking for each tends to give quite different outcomes. According to the latest research by Harvard Business School, if you really want honest feedback that is specific and helps you to genuinely improve you are much better off...
What Separates the Best Teams from the Rest?

What Separates the Best Teams from the Rest?

83% of workers today say that they do most of their work as a team. As Marcus Buckingham and his research team at ADP Research Institute found this turns out to be a very good thing, not only because in a team people can work to their strengths and utilise other...
How to Break Down Silos at Work

How to Break Down Silos at Work

One of the challenges for many leaders, particularly in larger organisations, is to get their people to stop working in silos and to start thinking in terms of the business as a whole. In tougher economic climates, in particular, we often see the tension between...
Why People Hate Change – And What to Do About it

Why People Hate Change – And What to Do About it

‘In order to control your destiny, you must realise that you will stay ahead competitively only if you acknowledge that no advantage and no success is ever permanent. The winners are those who keep moving.’ John Browne, former CEO of BP To remain competitive in the...