Flourish is such a delightful word… it makes me think of growth, vibrancy, and excitement; such a positive word. During the research for my recent TEDx presentation – I listened to the headmaster of my daughters school speak of the work by the New Economic Forum… and...
Management Revolution I received the email below yesterday, just after RedBalloon for Corporate hosted a Webinar on Employee Engagement for 250 people. I didn’t receive the email until after the event. But I assume that this person was commenting on the session...
Giving Great Gifts To give or not to give – that is the question. Giving great gifts is not always the right thing to do. In fact, a bad gift can do more harm than good. A gift can either enhance a relationship or detract from it. In giving a gift it shows our...
In troubled times business must do more with less. There may be fewer people in your business, fewer customers, less capital, less cash…. But one thing you do want less of is people ‘Chucking a Sicky’ As a result, there some simple options available to...
“What about work-life balance?” I answered truthfully and said, “When you are starting a business it is all hands, hearts and minds on deck 24/7 – as the business begins to mature what you do might change but the focus and energy required does not.” I continue to work...
I have been blogging recently about ‘not cutting off your nose to spite your face’ in a corporate cost cutting sense. So we set about collecting some stories about extreme cost cutting: We had many – feel free to add your examples. Is there anything that...
One of my favourite topics is employee engagement. I have worked for some really great bosses – I have also worked for some terrible one’s in my 15 years of corporate life before I started my own show. So I have been both a boss and an employee – I...
Love Recruitment did a survey of its clients to find out what bothers people the most in the office. Given my curiosity about employee engagement, these are things I had never really considered. If people just want to get on with their day there is a lot of...
