‘Competition for the right talent is fierce. And ‘talent’ no longer means the same as ten years ago; many of the roles, skills and job titles of tomorrow are unknown to us today”. Rather than being daunted by this finding by PWC in their report “Workforce of the Future”, PWC …
How To Be A Bad Manager
Sunday, December 18, 2016I was intrigued recently to read an article in The Huffington Post (find it here) that identified eleven ineffective leadership styles. It was hard while reading not to assign the names of people I have worked with through the years against these. It was even harder when I realised I …
The Myth of Open Office Spaces
Sunday, October 9, 2016The idea of open office spaces comes and goes, and has recently been revived by a new group of employers looking to “break down barriers” and create “collaborative” and “team-oriented” work spaces. However, recent research questions this premise and instead suggests that open office spaces cause more problems. Rachel Morrison …
How To Do Sick days
Friday, September 23, 2016Recently I felt a bit out of sorts, but was proud that I was able to “soldier on” and still turn up to work and get a few things done. But I was challenged about the real virtue of doing that, and found an article in ‘The Muse’ by Richard …
Why Leaders Lack Emotional Intelligence
Sunday, September 11, 2016Travis Bradberry is the author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and in a recent blog in Inc.com explained the counter-intuitive situation of CEOs having the lowest level of emotional intelligence (EQ). You can find the article here. Through his organisation TalentSmart, Bradberry analysed over one mission EQ profiles across the spectrum …
Not-for-profit Workers Are Happier Workers
Sunday, July 31, 2016Money doesn’t always buy happiness! Reviewing a recent article by Martin Binder in the Journal of Economic Psychology (find it here), Christian Jarrett writes in the BPS Research Digest (read it here) that Binder’s study looked at British people working in both commercial and not-for-profit organisations. One of the surprising …