by Janice | Nov 7, 2019 | Global Working, Talent Management, The Scala Group
The last theme I want to explore in relation to international development centres I have discussed over the past few weeks, is its core purpose: personal development. A development centre must be the start of someone’s development journey. You might think this is a...
by Janice | Oct 29, 2019 | Performance Management, Talent Management
The last theme I want to explore in relation to international development centres I have discussed over the past few weeks, is its core purpose: personal development. A development centre must be the start of someone’s development journey. You might think this is a...
by Janice | Oct 9, 2019 | Performance Management, Talent Management
Continuing our last discussion on the value of development centres, I was struck by how much the event achieved, over and above its main aim of giving people development that was relevant to their new roles. Discussing with delegates their feedback reports and helping...
by Janice | Sep 28, 2019 | Performance Management, Talent Management
The enormous value of an international development centre was brought home to me last week. We had nine senior managers from around Europe who were each to be the country manager of a new department formed by a multinational manufacturer. The programme was...
by Janice | Aug 23, 2019 | Performance Management, Talent Management
I had a thought-provoking conversation yesterday with someone whose new boss is charged with driving change in the organisation. The need for this change is more than anything to keep up with intensifying competitive pressure. What will this change look like? How will...
by Janice | Aug 23, 2019 | Talent Management
According to recent research by Glassdoor, 57% of UK employees regard company culture as a bigger contributor towards job satisfaction than their salary. What does that mean? The notion of company culture is somewhat nebulous. A search on ‘what does it mean to favour...
