Emotional intelligence: 5 skills for leaders to master
10th February 2020
Emotional intelligence skills are now crucial to a manager's effectiveness; we explore why and how to develop EI in your leaders....
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An essential guide to creating your company values
28th September 2018
Get expert guidance and best practice tips to help you create or freshen up your company values to drive organisational or culture change....
How should you replace performance appraisals? Case studies & checklists
26th February 2018
Here we explore case study examples from Adobe and Facebook and look at the latest best practice on running performance reviews that work....
3 examples of how to use people analytics to inform HR strategies
6th July 2017
This blog looks at how top companies including McDonald's are using people analytics and data to shape their HR and people strategy,...
Replacing performance ratings… How Amazon, Deloitte and Google do it
19th June 2017
Performance ratings and performance appraisals remain a source of frustration. To provide some inspiration, we look here at case studies from six big companies who’ve moved away from ratings....
David MacLeod OBE on transformational employee engagement
6th June 2017
David MacLeod OBE gave a keynote presentation at our recent Expert Forum, speaking about what makes employee engagement transformational. This is a summary of what he shared....
L&D strategy: How to make learning and development employee-led
1st June 2017
Having a compelling L&D offering has taken on near essential status for employers looking to attract, engage and retain the best people? We explore what this looks like for forward-looking organisations. ...
What people strategy tips can you get from top performers?
5th April 2017
This blog explores people strategies, looking at what top-performers like Apple, Google and Facebook do with recruitment, training and talent management....
How can you create great people managers?
10th January 2017
Your employees and, most significantly, your people managers have a huge influence on the performance of your business. Great managers are proven to increase employee engagement levels and reportedly also drive a company’s growth and long term profitability. The trouble is that too many people managers aren’t effective, often thrust into the role without possessing the requisite skills. This can naturally be quite damaging for busineses. Organisations need to identify managers who aren’t managing effectively, offer them greater support and focus...
How to create high performance through coaching
2nd December 2016
In this blog we look at how coaching can help to develop talent and deliver high performance. We consider the best approach and models to consider and also the employee groups to prioritise for coaching support....