This is a bit of a physics lesson for those of you thinking about improving your organisation’s culture.The stone is the problem. It is the current state of your culture. It has built up over many years and is engrained and entrenched in you and your people. It has substantial inertia (the tendency of a body …
Sometimes Melissa will go missing for an hour or so. When she appears I will ask her what she has been up to. Often the answer is that she was on the phone with one of her sisters. “What about?” I ask. “Nothing, just catching up.” “What was the purpose of the call?” “No purpose, …
his might sound hard to believe, but recent research shows that two thirds of employees are either ‘not engaged’ or ‘actively disengaged.’ With further evidence linking high engagement levels and organisational success, it spells bad news for most organisations, but there is hope for leaders who want to make things different. The guru of research …