by Seb Kowalski | Dec 27, 2023
Imagine an organisation where leaders are swarmed with tasks to the point they don’t dedicate any time to leading teams. Now imagine an organisation where leaders only focus on the performance of teams and try to micromanage every situation. Since neither option is...
by Cerys Hearsey | Dec 1, 2023
At a recent event in London for CHROs, HR professionals highlighted the speed of their own function’s transformation as a key challenge. Not keeping pace with the wider organisation’s change agenda means lots of change fronts opening up simultaneously, hampering the...
by Seb Kowalski | Oct 3, 2023
Organisations need more and better cross-functional teams with varied experiences and skillsets to tackle the complex problems they face today. But whilst they can be a powerful resource when they are working well, some research suggests that 75% of cross-functional...
by Cerys Hearsey | Sep 19, 2023
Employees trying to up-skill face a real dilemma, one which becomes even more acute when their organisation is undergoing transformation: on one hand, they are caught in the prevailing cult of bare minimum learning, and on the other, the organisation’s ever-changing...
by Seb Kowalski | Jul 25, 2023
Organisations generate rules and guidelines to govern behaviour and to avoid problematic outcomes, but over time these rules can chip away at the sense of ownership, autonomy and accountability that we want to see in a modern workplace. Getting the balance right is...
by Laura-Jane Parker | Jul 11, 2023
Last week, Meta launched its anticipated Threads platform, a Twitter-esque experience, linked to your Instagram account. Ever an early adopter of social media, I signed up, and immediately got a wave of nostalgia from 15 years ago joining Twitter for the first time....