Take Away Line If there’s anything we can learn from the collapse of the banks and other major institutions, it’s that their boards have to be more than a mere shadowy presence: their input matters. The consequences of weak governance can be hard to spot until it’s too late. Underpinning weak governance is ignorance –…
Take Away Line While the word challenge frequently came to mind during the Olympics and Paralympics, the word boredom did not. Yet, all jobs have a mixture of challenge and repetition. What’s our stance in relation to work challenge? How do we bore through boredom, if it’s a feature, or become a champion of challenge? …
Take Away Line Loving work and higher productivity go hand in hand. We know the link but in stressed times the tendency is for leaders to drive harder not love more. As a leader, how can you put the love back in to leadership? For good! One way is to consider a really great new…
Take Away Line Creating relationships between employees and employers that are meaningful and sustainable as well as productive requires an understanding of both how to engender and maintain engagement in the first place, but also an understanding of the darker side of high levels of staff engagement – and how to deal with its consequences.…
