No one knows for sure what the next twelve months will bring. In this game of Jenga it is worth reflecting on some business fundamentals.
Chinese Whispers, where each time a story is repeated, the details are altered a little bit. Bigger enterprises suffer from it more than smaller ones because there are more layers. Can such whispers be prevented?
The first 100 days is a critical part of any CEO’s new job. The saying that “you only have one chance to make a first impression” couldn’t be more true. What would you do first as a new boss?
HOW TO PUNCH ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT If you would like to win more business from larger organisations then this is a must attend Seminar.
Some people believe that if they make their message easy to understand that alone will be enough to garner everyone’s support for whatever it is that they want to do. And the truth is that it won’t do anything of the
The idea of managing the emotional culture of your organization sounds appealing, doesn’t it? And yet, there are a number of problems that you ought to be aware of.
Part two of our glance into the advantages and abuse of hindsight. Was Churchill correct to say “we learn from history that we learn nothing from history”..?
It’s widely felt that failed attempts by organizations to change is due largely to the resistance from those at the bottom of the organization. Even if it was true, and there is good reason to doubt it, hardly anyone a
Which is most important to your organisation: Rules or creativity? Are our organisations limiting their own rate of change, or simply recruiting the wrong people?
Can goal setting ever be bad for your organization? Where do you think the idea of setting goals falls? How might goal setting contribute to unethical behaviour?
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