The British Army has been providing courses on leadership development at Sandhurst since 1812 when it was recognised that leading men into battle required more than an aristocratic background.  I was at a leadership seminar there recently where the commandant was...

 A talent management strategy sets the tone and direction with a clear message about how people can expect to be developed, motivated, and rewarded in line with continuous organisational change. It should form a key part of your employer brand.   But how do...

We work with banks and also with reward people. The challenge the banks found when the FSA introduced new guidelines was getting HR and risk to talk to each other and talk the same language. Perhaps that is where lawyers and advisers can help the organisation have...

  Many if not most business writers cite the importance of “inspirational leadership”. Since the people working within an organisation are its life force then it must make sense to inspire them to work smarter and faster: inspire them to come up with...

  In a previous blog, we proposed the concept of shared management which splits people management responsibilities in different ways.  This recognizes the impossibility, in today’s changed world, of simple hierarchies composed of line managers...

  Previously, we discussed how traditional line management with simple hierarchies and small teams is rapidly becoming obsolete. Today’s flexible working practices and matrixed structures mean few managers have a direct line of sight over the work their...

Changes in technology are putting pressure on the fundamental design of organisations, and the way people are managed: not just the processes for organising people, but the leadership styles too.   People work virtually, remotely, in flexible, multiple teams, in...

The revolution required in leadership mindsets: how can we win the development battle? In a previous blog, we wrote that “we need a revolution in leadership mindsets to adjust to today's business context”. As pointed out in the Henley Business School...

 In earlier blogs we have written about the development of top talent through experiential interventions. This is an approach that benefits all employees by accelerating learning and enabling them to develop faster within an organisation.   Line managers,...

This highly practical workshop will address the essential challenge of creating an inclusive talent strategy whilst also taking care of your top performers and future leaders. - Drive innovation, empowerment and change throughout your organisational talent.- Build a...

and is replacing the notion that people leave managers not organisations. Increasingly today, people belong to flexible teams, and multiple teams, and work across boundaries, remotely and virtually. One effect of this is that the line manager is becoming a distant...

is about how to achieve business success in today’s environment, which is so different from the one on which most management thinking and practice is based. Many of the ideas in the book are new, but some are also familiar but revised to better suit...

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People at the top are asking how to handle the tremendous pressures on organisations. What does it mean to be a leader? How do you manage it? Recruit for it? It’s got more complicated and people don’t know how to deal with it. Tune in to this discussion...

People at the top are asking how to handle the tremendous pressures on organisations. What does it mean to be a leader? The business’s leaders have always been responsible for driving the culture but now more than ever they must drive a culture that enables...

These changes we are seeing in today's new world are requiring new competencies. What are these competencies? Alison, with this in mind what’s your advice to leaders seeking new opportunities? Tune in to this discussion with Janice Caplan and Carolyn Ponder with...