Leading and managing people
Top Ten Tips for… Building Trust in Your Organisation
In any successful organisation, trust is absolutely vital. Higher levels of trust lead to better individual, team and company performance. If you build trust and encourage it to grow it leads to more people working together, improved employee engagement, better...
Citizenship in the workplace
Citizenship in the workplace “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” President John Kennedy Good citizenship can make such a difference to how it feels to be in the workplace. ...
Down-sizing exercise successfully completed through HR support and coaching.
Down-sizing exercise successfully completed through HR support and coaching. Our client profile Gray and Adams (Doncaster) is a family owned company, and has maintained a traditional approach to their business of manufacturing a range of vehicles including refrigerated trailers, rigid...
Wellbeing in the Workplace: A Key Responsibility for Leaders
Wellbeing in the Workplace: A Key Responsibility for Leaders Research undertaken last year by Robertson Cooper shows an increasing trend within organisations towards recognising the value of paying attention to employee wellbeing rather than focusing on stress; such an approach is much...
A Fresh Take on Leadership Development
A Fresh Take on Leadership Development The Labour Force Survey for 2013/2014 shows that of the 23.5 million days lost due to work-related ill health, stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for 8.3 million of these. It isn’t perhaps surprising then that,...
Finding the Right Mindset
Finding the Right Mindset Whether we recognize it or not, our beliefs and concept of self, have a massive impact on how we behave as leaders; the way we deal with situations, the way we manage people, the extent to...
Top 10 Tips for… Using Office Politics to Your Advantage
Top 10 Tips for… Using Office Politics to Your Advantage Office politics. It’s a phrase that immediately conjures up negative ideas and images in our minds. But it doesn’t need to. There’s no doubt that politics plays an important role...
Politics can be Positive
Politics can be Positive When I was asked to write a piece on office politics I frowned and could be heard mumbling words to the effect that I can’t be doing with politics in the workplace, I much prefer people...
Top 10 Tips for… Developing Employees
Top 10 Tips for… Developing Employees One of the key responsibilities of those in a leadership position is to encourage and facilitate the learning of those they lead. No matter what size the organisation, creating a workplace where people are...
Top 10 Tips for… Managers to Show Employees their Appreciation
Top 10 Tips for… Managers to Show Employees their Appreciation All too often employees only hear from their manager when they have done something wrong or it’s time for the annual performance appraisal. It’s a common mistake, but it could...
