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Dignity isn’t optional
Last week’s rolling fatberg of a story featured a Hollywood mogul’s repeatedly obnoxious and fundamentally unacceptable (illegal) behaviour. I can’t imagine there is anyone that isn’t up to date with...
View ArticleIt can happen anywhere
Watching the allegation of sexual harassment at Westminster unfold, fills me with a sense of despair. Only three weeks ago I was writing that dignity wasn’t optional in relation to the Hollywood...
View ArticleCohesion is the next big thing
You want to know what the next big thing for business is going to be? Of course you do, we always want to know the next big thing. Right? But this time it’s serious. I’m serious. The next big thing is...
View ArticleChange your words, change your thinking
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – the language that we use matters. It matters, because through our use of language we convey messages of importance or unimportance, of trust or distrust. Our...
View ArticleCultures of permission
I’ve had the honour to work in a range of different organisations, in different sectors, to see and support teams that operate both successfully and…well, let’s call it sub optimally. And in every...
View ArticleThe only precedent that matters
Many times throughout my career, I’ve discussed the issue of precedent. I imagine in HR departments up and down the land, people are arguing what might or might not set one. Pronunciation...
View ArticleThat’s not a gap, not if you look from over here…
The BBC ran an article this weekend highlighting the gender pay gaps of a number of companies that had already reported. The original article is here. Already we’re starting to hear some interesting...
View ArticleThe 7 qualities of exceptional practice
Creativity – Whilst it might seem a strange one to start the list with, the ability to bring creativity into design and problem solving is one of the aspects that really sets exceptional practitioners...
View ArticleThe secret of exceptional leaders
Throughout my career I’ve often been asked what I think the secret to being a great leader is. I’ve probably said things like, vision and drive or strategic thinking and commercial acumen. The truth is...
View ArticleThe distraction of talent management
We love to over engineer a management practice, don’t we? And never more so than the area of “talent management”. We take something with a relatively simple principle at it’s core and turn it into an...
View ArticleAre you sure you’re recruiting the best?
Its back to a favourite topic of mine, education. Last week parents up and down the land were waiting to hear which secondary schools their children had got in to. As any parent who has ever been...
View ArticlePresence and state
We all know that how you show up in a certain situation or moment can change the impact that you have and the outcomes that you achieve. No more so than when you hold a leadership position. My advice...
View ArticleSometimes people will fail
Here’s a thing; Not everyone can be successful in their job. And that’s ok. There are multiple reasons why failure happens, it can be the role, the requirements, the skills, the culture of the...
View ArticleToxic cultures and ticking time bombs
The strange thing about toxic cultures, is the inability of those within to see how bad things have really got. It normally takes an inflection point or disruptive external event to raise levels of...
View ArticleA few gender pay comparisons
Conservative Campaign headquarters reported that women’s median hourly rate is 15.7% higher than men’s, whilst the Labour Party recorded a median hourly rate for women 4% lower than men’s. The CBI...
View ArticleSMART objectives are stupid
I don’t think there are many employees, managers or people professionals in business that won’t, at some point in time, have been told to make their objectives SMART. It’s the 101 of management...
View ArticleGauging the speed of change
We’ve all been there, the conversation where the speed of change is, “just not quick enough”. I’ve probably uttered the words myself. One of the biggest tricks for any leader in this circumstance is...
View ArticleYou’re being watched
As a leader, you’re always being watched. People look to you to set the pace, the tempo, the mood and the energy. They take their lead from you, how you are and how you present. There is absolutely no...
View ArticleWomen on Boards – Let the excuses begin
The interim report from the Hampton Alexander Review caused headlines last week. On explaining why they didn’t have enough female representation on their Boards, the review cited the most commonly...
View ArticleLionel Shriver is wrong
It was with a level of incredulity that I read the comments by Lionel Shriver over the weekend about the inclusivity agenda being championed by Penguin Random House. For those who know me, I spent the...
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