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...
How to Stop Competitors from Poaching Your Best People

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? In any business, people are your greatest asset. Yet, we tend to take more care of our capital assets.  We insure them adequately, we maintain them...
How to Effectively Deal with Conflict at Work

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

How to Actually Drive Performance in Your People

Driving performance is not about the annual Performance Review. In fact, companies like Microsoft, Adobe and Accenture are choosing to abandon traditional performance management methods. Adobe calculated that the annual performance reviews required 80,000 hours of...
The Secret to Doubling Your Profit!

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...