CIPD’s new Profession Map is the businesss

Congratulations to the CIPD on the launch of their new Profession Map, which sets the international benchmark for the people profession.   The map captures the business context of today and tomorrow, and reflects the full breadth of the people profession. It is...

Match the person with the business challenges

This week I wish to comment on the second scenario of my blog of two weeks ago. It concerns the ‘high potential’ person, newly-appointed to a CEO role, on route to a much larger senior leadership role. Let’s call this person “AJ.” He is...

Where accelerated development doesn’t work

Last week, I set out two scenarios (which, by the way, I have witnessed directly) about people who were clearly out of their depth in the supposedly career enhancing posts they had been appointed to. I will be dissecting these over the next couple of weeks. Our...

Happy Holidays

 A big thank you for following us over the first six months of publication of this newsletter. There is a bewildering array of stuff out there, and our aim has been to choose the topics, and the thinkers that offer the most useful insights to help you manage...

Tips on cybersecurity

  I have just been through a great online course about cybersecurity and how to be safe online. It reminded me of an old (bad) joke that used to be on the HR conference circuit: “People think they are good at three things: driving, love-making, and being a...