The war on talent McKinsey consultants started it with a book of the same title. By focusing on what it […]
One of my favourite sets of Team Rules. Real life. Not invented. One of my best clients. Always curious No […]
In the old Greek tragedies, when the plot became an unsolvable mess, a God (or few of them) came down […]
1: The ‘annual’ measurement is artificial. It works for budgets and accountants but not for much more. If a project […]
I am (in) IT, I work for X (company) I work for X (company), I am in IT These are […]
Despite being repeated a thousand times, hiring processes are still quite imperfect. Of course, there are many places in which […]
I shared yesterday three types of employees I want for the modern organization. Different characters on the payroll. If there […]
My ideal modern organization has different characters on the payroll. If there is a payroll. These are three of them: […]
The job description is dead. It is replaced by a Lego box, no instruction manual or a map. Welcome to […]
Louis Gerstner, chairman of IBM from 1993 until 2002, recalls in his autobiography, the company’s use of a competence model […]
There are many ways to list our own assets. And that’s something that is very healthy to do. Practice it […]
There are two opposite and wrong reactions to Employee (engagement/satisfaction) surveys. At one end, there is the ‘ignore the findings’. […]
Engagement, retention even activism…Traditional models of employee engagement are getting a bit tired. They are starting to look the same, […]
Extracts taken from my book The Flipping Point. A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas needs to […]
Spot the difference at the dinner party or barbeque. So, what do you do Joe? [You must start with ‘so’ […]
Readers of my books and clients will be aware that I am not very fond of 360 degree feedback used […]
If you look at political marketing, and the place to look for a serious PhD in communications and their segmentation […]
Employee empowerment is an output, an outcome. If you start thinking of employee empowerment as an input, something you are […]
One aspect of my work with organizations that I truly enjoy is to help craft the ‘Behavioural DNA’ that shapes […]
Many years ago, I learnt from the UNHCR, the UN refugee Agency based in Denmark, that many global NGOs of […]
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