Senior Leadership & Top Teams – How do you measure up?
We have attached our business excellence model and hope it triggers some reflections or thoughts for you. If you aspire to work as a senior leader, this model will help to map out the challenge you face. If you are already working at this level, then our challenge is simple. Review your last couple of…
In which the CEO encourages employees to work harder by giving them forms to fill in
It is amazing how some managers think they can create forms and procedures that will keep employees successfully in line. We heard a case this week that just makes us want to weep. The company has many people working from home. The employees do a lot of miles. The CEO has introduced a new form…
In which Terry Gilliam’s vision of an organisation comes to life
We have spent hours and hours recently preparing tenders for Public Sector organisations. Based on our experience we wondered what it would be like to apply for a job in the Procurement Department…. This is what it might be like…. Applying for a job in the Procurement Department Dear applicant. Thank you for considering a…
The web site bouncer and abstract impressionism
I am out shopping in town and see that a new clothes shop has opened. I am not sure whether the shop is my kind of thing having never been inside before but it has a few interesting garments in the window so I head towards the door. Suddenly a man in a black suit…
A Quotation For The Office Wall
Many quotations leave me cold. They sometimes seem over used especially by people who have nothing original to say. Then I found this one. I commend you to read it. Perhaps frame it. When your team is working on a new strategy or a change, have a quick reminder of these words. ‘Until one is…
Steve Earl is right
Steve is a great musician and a great thinker. At one of his concerts he talked about the map of the world. He challenged you to take a look at the globe and see all the different countries marked out and how the borders are shaped and defined. We use colour coding to identify different…