by Janice | Oct 26, 2020 | Coaching and Mentoring, Performance Management, Talent Management, The Scala Group
The Value of Talent was the name of my book on talent management published in 2010. The theme was that the demands of a changed world were driving the evolution of Talent Management. In just ten years, those words ‘demands’ and ‘changed world’ have taken on completely...
by Janice | Jul 30, 2020 | Coaching and Mentoring, Organisation development, Performance Management, Talent Management
This timely research report from Calum Byers, who is one of our lead coaches, is now available. At the end of last year, many of you completed the survey that Calum ran to explore the relationship between ‘resilience and wellbeing’ and how this might impact the...
by Janice | Jun 4, 2020 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Performance Management, Talent Management
What are the ins and outs of the job? Who will I work with, what are their strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes? What are the customs and traditions and the stories and the myths that are particular to this company and this group? Finding answers to...
by Janice | Jul 16, 2019 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
This week we feature a great reflection piece on organisational culture that was first published in HBR. I was especially struck by the comments the authors make about the tensions that can make the culture move in a different way from that intended. I have...
by Janice | Jul 10, 2019 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
CIPD handily produced a report about the benefits of flexible working just as I was working on this issue with a client. We were analysing the results of their first employee engagement survey, which shows that people are unable to cope with their workload without...
by Janice | Jun 25, 2019 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
What the boss pays attention to is what gets done Looking back to even a decade ago, many leadership assessment centres relied heavily on consultants and their expertise, and were constricted by brick and mortar administration, done in person and lasted at least one...
