Surprisingly simple ways to build your presence on line
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Working from home is actually a golden opportunity for developing your leadership reputation, despite what many people think. And it’s a pretty important time to be doing that. Even if you’re secure in your role, there’s a premium on a leader’s reputation, as it promotes your business and your team and …. yeah … these […]
You don’t know your workforce capability
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It’s like looking at an iceberg from the deck of the Titanic and assuming you can see all there is to see.
Talent’s not working, and it’s not why you think
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is your talent team designed for disruption?
Operational is no longer a dirty word
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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 significant shift. One of these key shifts is from prioritising strategic to prioritising operational. Operational used to be a dirty word BCV (before covid), but where would we have been […]
Leadership language is important all the time
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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 your leadership language is important at all times – not just times like these. Have you ever read a leadership communication and thought it was dry, dull or downright dismal? […]
Best practice is old practice
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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 these key shifts is from best practitioner to best problem solver. I recently ran a series of workshops with a range of HR practitioners from different backgrounds and businesses, and […]
Stuck in the middle with you
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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 leaders, and in our future leaders, and in our future senior leaders. But what about those who are not on this list? The ones who are established leaders now; definitely […]
Why it’s important to stay targeted
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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 to targeted. By ruthlessly deprioritising HR’s busy-work, we’ve been able to focus on fewer, more targeted initiatives and are delivering them really well. If you’ve got more than 5 problems […]
3 talent team tactics to think about right now
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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 for talent’, and untold investment into Talent Acquisition as a result. You might argue that it’s working too well: Gartner tells us that 65% of people think it’s easier to […]
The simple secrets of great leadership comms
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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. As leaders, it’s our job to communicate in a way that informs, inspires, clarifies, and motivates. One mistake I see often is when a leader communicates with technical accuracy, rather […]