Why would we view change as grief? It’s easy to regard grief as limited: the powerful, painful emotions you may experience with the loss of a loved one. In other words, on a raw, personal level – and this much is at the very least, definitely true. It’s a fact that no...
As millions remain confined to working from home through the coronavirus crisis, the challenge of how to ensure colleagues feel a sense of belonging at work is being brought into sharp relief for employers. We’re in an epoch. Without having to commute, those in newly...
Last week, I introduced the concept of Appreciative Inquiry, and explained that it is a technique of change management which focuses on identifying the positive rather than the negative aspects of change. Today, we will look at the practicalities of implementing AI...
Are you a Digital Winner? This was the question posed by economists at Oxford Economics in its Leaders 2020 survey, which polled over 4,000 executives from around the world. Their aim was to study the impact of strong leadership on success in the 21st century digital...
As far as difficult conversations go, workplace-related ones appear to be in a league of their own. Research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), for example, revealed that British workers find it harder to ask a manager for a pay rise than to dump a partner....
When talking about leadership and management, the respondents in O’Leary’s interviews (see my previous two blogs for details) frequently mentioned the positive influences a good leader’s character and behaviours can have on his or her followers. While they also...
