Operational Essentials
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Operational Essentials
If you only have 5 minutes, don’t look any further, look at these soundbites. They are short sharp summaries (typically 2 pages) providing a subject overview/introduction. They may not answer all your questions but you will find them helpful, provocative, stimulating and informative.
Measuring your engagement with your staff – the PeopleMax Index
The PeopleMAX index is a clear and easy to use management tool that provides you with significant information on your progress to creating a diverse and skilled workforce that is effective in meeting the needs of your customers and local communities. The...
Time management
Time management is not about making lists, even if you categorise them. It is the process of organising, planning and prioritising how you allocate your time between specific activities. It is personal project management. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to...
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Traditionally, in divisional organisations, the prerogative of entrepreneurship rests with top managers. It is their job to allocate resources; those on the front line are implementers. The divisional structure has also proved ideal for refining the management of...
Benchmarking – a load of old cobblers?
How might we define it? You may be surprised to know that benchmarking is not: simply comparing...
Action learning
It's teamwork Jim, but not as you know it... don’t just sit there – learn something Action learning is an educational process whereby people work and learn together by tackling real issues and reflecting on their actions. Learners acquire knowledge through actual...
Creative Sparring
Creative sparring provides a tool to observe and feedback on one 2 one sessions by an independent observer. It is about being a critical friend not an adversary. The technique asks you (the supporter) to draw out from the 'creative' where they are going with the...
Giving and getting feedback
Until it became part of management speak it was defined as: The return of a fraction of the output signal from an amplifier, microphone, or other device to the input of the same device; sound distortion produced by this. The trouble is that in the world of sound...
Innovation
We know the hype, management gurus dish it up daily. Ever shorter shelf lives, fickle consumers, and copycat competitors mean that to stay in front long-term needs innovation now. So, what is involved in innovation, and does your organisation have what it takes?...
Cognitive diversity
Say the word ‘diversity’ to many managers or their employees and most will think of equality of opportunity for disadvantaged groups. Primarily for women, or ethnic minorities, or those with a disability. Few will think that you are talking about cognitive diversity –...
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