Surviving cultural uncertainty

I was struck by an article in our last newsletter reporting a study that showed that fear of change was putting British companies at risk. The survey conducted by Microsoft, Goldsmiths, University of London and YouGov found that 49% fear the change that comes with...

Unblocking the critical change blockers

In my recent piece, entitled ‘Surviving cultural uncertainty,’ I posed questions that make great discussion topics to raise awareness of attitudes, behaviours and practices that block change.   From these questions, the three below in my experience...

Look after 90 of your workforce

From last week…. Looking after the 90% Just published CIPD (i) research shows that almost half (49 per cent) of UK workers are in jobs they are either under- or over-skilled for. Put this together with our poor productivity statistics, it is safe to conclude...

Risk and reward: a balancing act

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...