Cuttings 151 November 2020
- How to get the best from hybrid teams with many more teams operating remotely or semi-remotely, some thoughts on good practice.
- Most managers don’t know how to coach… but they can learn managers think they are coaching when they are merely telling. Some training priorities and tips from HRZone
- HR for a new personalised age HR and management policies and practices need to change in order to reflect the total flexibility required in the ’new normal’ and the need to measure though outputs and outcomes not inputs.
Cuttings 150 September 2020
- Adding value to the virtual classroom Ben Johnson shows how the trainer/coach is essential in a follow up to his Cuttings 147 article
- Two dimensional meetings don’t have to be flat PwC share some tips on making online meetings more effective and fun
- Work is something you achieve, not somewhere you go Too many organisations and managers view work as a place, so don’t capitalise on the benefits of flexible, remote working
Cuttings 149 July 2020
- Post-COVID HR Leadership – some thoughts for the ’new normal’ for HR strategy
- Beating the Blues – Harvard happiness and well-being researchers apply their thinking to the current situation
- Isolation can have benefits – beware of the impact of too much collaboration (either remotely or face to face) which tends to ‘level down’ outcomes to the more mediocre.
Cuttings 148 June 2020
- COVID-19 and gender equality The crisis may have a positive benefit if businesses recognise the opportunity to check their biases
- Engage one team at a time Don’t forget the intact work team when involved with multiple parallel change
- Mental health issues Many people are experiencing mental health issues for the first time
Cuttings 147 May 2020
- Tips for virtual classrooms – some ideas from long term associate Ben Johnson and his colleagues who have been thrust into remote workshop delivery
- Zoom drains your energy – some insights about why online meetings are tiring
- Effective virtual meetings – timely tips from the MindTools team
Cuttings 146 April 2020
- A guide to managing your (newly) remote workers – some topical thinking from a recent HBR article
- 7 top tips on remote working – the key findings from my current research when presenting a webinar for a client.
- Hire the first person who applies… – if you are needing to recruit quickly, some interesting results from The Body Shop on ‘open hiring’
Cuttings 145 February 2020
- How to connect remote teams some ideas to bridge the interpersonal gaps in remote working.
- 10 pointers to HR strategy in the 2020s a look at some of the current HR trends.
- Do you walk the talk? behavioural and neurological research suggests that we all contradict our stated values, without realising.
Geof Cox 