We are now in the midst of very uncertain times with the COVID-19 shutdown. Many businesses and markets have shut down or scaled back, many employees have been furloughed and others are working remotely. Some have adapted well to this way of working, while others may be struggling.
Recently I’ve been having lots of conversations with our clients about how we can support them in these strange circumstances...
What defines a successful career? Why is it that, by conventional definitions, only the few people at the top of the ladder have successful careers?
Do you ever come away from a conversation thinking, well that wasn’t the response I was expecting? Do you ever find yourself listening to someone, summarising what they’ve said only to...
Engagement matters and, if anything, it’s more important now than ever. The recent government mental health review ‘Thriving at Work’ highlighted that: 300,000 people...
A few years ago, when I was chairing a meeting, I looked over at a member of my team who’d been quiet for most of the time. I was frustrated, annoyed even, because...
I'm not the first to say it and know it's a strange thing to say, particularly for someone who spends their time supporting organisations to improve their performance by developing engagement levels...
Empathy is defined as 'the ability to understand and share the feelings of another'. In our experience, it's something that's missed by far too many organisations who are looking to drive engagement.
I spend a lot of my time talking to people about employee engagement. I do this not only because I run an employee engagement consultancy, but because I enjoy it and it matters.
I promise this isn't going to be another article telling you that employee engagement is the best thing since sliced bread etc. It's about these five points...
How many companies, currently running an employee engagement survey, can tell you what it’s done for them and how it’s benefitted their business? In our experience, sadly not many.
Have you ever had a really great conversation with a stranger? A conversation that happened totally at random that you weren’t expecting...
Do you ever come away from a conversation thinking, well that wasn’t the response I was expecting? Do you ever find yourself listening to someone and...
Such a simple question, and yet it continues to be talked about and divides opinion. Let’s start with what leadership is not…
Recently, I was contacted by a head hunter from a recruitment agency asking if I was interested in a fabulous employee engagement role that he felt my experience would be perfect for etc, etc…
Yes we did just ask that, not to be argumentative but because we think we need to as it’s something we often hear.
It makes a difference to your organisation because it affects everything you do and everything you’re trying to do.
That’s a question that we posed to the L&D team of one of our clients recently. We asked the question as it had been posed to us...