
Operational is no longer a dirty word
What happens when operational is no longer a dirty word? The reason HR is being so successful right now is that we have made a

Leadership language is important all the time
According to HBR 4 of the top 10 most important leadership competencies are attributable to communication (formal and informal). This is why being mindful of

Best practice is old practice
Is best practice now old practice? The reason HR is being so successful right now is that we have made a significant shift. One of

Stuck in the middle with you
It’s time to invest in our middle managers. We’ve invested heavily in our executives, and in our front line leaders. We’ve invested in our new

Why it’s important to stay targeted
The reason HR is being so successful right now is that we have made a significant shift. One of these key shifts is from busy

3 talent team tactics to think about right now
In the talent world you typically Buy, Borrow or Build talent to get the work done. BUY: We’ve had over 20 years of McKinsey’s ‘war

The simple secrets of great leadership comms
If you can’t explain it, they won’t get it. If they don’t get it, they won’t buy-in. If they don’t buy-in, it won’t get done.

Surprisingly, now is the right time to reskill your workforce
The World Economic Forum met at the beginning of this year to discuss the urgent need for global reskilling. Then they got upstaged by Covid-19. But

The ugly truth: can you handle it?
We often hide the truth of org change in order to protect our people from the ugly truth. Did you know that this beautiful sentiment

Are you talking in the wrong language?
Dan Coyle’s ‘Culture Code’ talks about the signals and language of highly successful groups, and most leaders already know the importance of the verbal cues

Last month was a hell of a year wasn’t it?
Many of us will look back at March 2020 for the rest of our careers. For me, March felt like getting caught in a rip after

What happens when you make this one little change to your comms
Like all of us, I’m still stuck in Corona-mania. I recently discovered that to find out what was really going on in Wuhan, people had