by Janice | Sep 28, 2021 | Assessment and Development Centres, Competencies, Performance Management, Talent Management
Anecdotal evidence suggests that managers found it even more difficult during lockdown to deal with underperformance than before. To discuss poor performance now when you have let it ride for quite some time is excruciating for all concerned. Add to the mix the need...
by Janice | Jul 16, 2021 | Competencies, Organisation development, Talent Management
I write this from Italy, where I arrived a couple of days after Italy’s Euro Cup final win and Berrettini became the first Italian to make the Wimbledon final. As I am in obligatory five day quarantine, I haven’t had much opportunity for face-to-face conversations but...
by Janice | Jul 6, 2021 | Competencies, Global Working, Talent Management
Our first cohort of 150 people is about to finish our Leading Virtual Teams course. It has been extremely interesting to understand how people work through the course and engage with it. One of the most striking things is just how active people have been with the case...
by Janice | Jan 19, 2021 | Competencies, Organisation development, Talent Management
The tribunal case of the man who was rejected for an NHS job taking hospitals over to new technology has been very much in the news recently. Apparently, he scored top marks at interview but was not appointed because “the doctor who would have been his boss airily...
by Janice | Nov 26, 2020 | Competencies, Organisation development, Talent Management
Alarm bells ring loudly for me when I put together three findings from CIPD’s recently published Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey 2020. These findings show that skills shortages – especially in professional, technical and management jobs – exist in spite of...
by Janice | Nov 18, 2020 | Competencies, Organisation development, Talent Management
CIPD’s recently published Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey Report 2020 confirms what many of us expected at this time: businesses have reduced recruitment activity, applicant numbers have increased significantly, but skills shortages persist. Moreover, it appears...
