Cuttings 132 December 2017

Seven Leadership Traits Not Normally Mentioned Some important but different ideas for leaders and managers to focus on.
First Impressions Are Often Wrong First impressions are irresistable but a new book identifies why they are nearly always flawed
Are You a Strong- or Weak-Link System Teams and organisations will benefit by knowing whether it is better to improve their strong link or their weaker link

Cuttings 131 October 2017

HR challenges beyond 2017 – summarising the current issues facing the profession.
Generation Z – the teamwork generation – millennials like working in teams .
Employees are happier in age diverse teams – so says some recent studies.

Cuttings 130 August 2017

Great Capabilities through Real Teams. Some reflections about how to develop great cross functional capabilities.
If old dogs can learn new tricks, why does organisation change still fail? The brain adapts to change so why not here?
The short term and long term effects of increased workload. Long term productivity falls as workload increases

Cuttings 129 June 2017

Give your teams face-to-face time – getting remote teams together improves results
Perform like the All Blacks – develop a feedback-rich culture to emulate the best rugby team in the world
Influencing without authority – managers need to be aware that their impact is different to their intention – the gap is great.

Cuttings 128 April 2017

The Caring Leader – a caring attitude delivers results for leaders.
Matrix Management is about Surfacing Conflict – don’t try to suppress conflict in a matrix, constructive conflict is how it works
Trust is the key to success in the digital workplace – creating real value from new working practices

Cuttings 127 January 2017

Could do Better – a report on best practice in goal setting and performance appraisal.
Examples of employee engagement – more best practice from 6 leading companies
Three-quarters of employees crave more freedom at work – a key message from employees: more leadership and less micro-management, otherwise we leave!