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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
70% of change projects fail! According to Dr John Kotter, there are 5 reasons people resist change. Address them early and be one of the few programs that succeed.
How to Stop Competitors from Poaching Your Best People
Who are the five most valuable people in your business? What would happen to your business if just one of them left? What can, and what should you do, to keep your best people engaged, thus making it less likely they will be lured by your competito
How to Effectively Deal with Conflict at Work
We know that conflict causes high levels of emotion – anger, frustration, fear. And in these emotional states we waste time, we don’t do our best work. In a study on workplace conflict, commissioned by the publisher of the Myers-Brigg Assessment, the findings...
How to Actually Drive Performance in Your People
Performance is driven by 3 key drivers and by ensuring that your managers have the skills and the commitment to have short, targeted, frequent conversations with their team members. It’s important to get it right because a business cannot thrive if its people are not performing at their peak.
The Secret to Doubling Your Profit!
Do you know the difference it would make to your bottom line if your team’s performance improved by just 10%? Research by Drs. Zenger and Folkman aimed to quantify that impact. They found that for companies in which labour costs represent about 50% of their total...