Category: Employee Engagement
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Energise your team to make an impact
Energise your team to make an impact Richard Ferguson July 20, 2023 I talked in a previous blog about the significant challenge that leaders and leadership team face right now – tired and probably not performing to their full potential. Ground down from relentless pressure, managing ongoing uncertainty and low resilience levels, all exacerbated by the difficulties…
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What sort of hybrid workers are in your team?
What sort of hybrid workers are in your team? Richard Ferguson April 24, 2023 In nearly every client conversation I have been recently having the topic of hybrid working seems to come up. It is just over 3 years since the first lock down and the rapid shift, for so many organisations, to a virtual…
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8 Top Tips on Embedding Change
Given that change seems to be endemic in every organisation I come across, it is fair to say that organisations that have the capability to change effectively are stronger and are likely to be more ‘future-proof’ than those that can’t. This is perceived wisdom that few would argue with, but to achieve this capability is easier…
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Do you catch \’them\’ doing it well?
This blog was inspired by a couple of events, brought together after listening to the Radio 2 Thought for the Day slot last Friday – this was centred on ‘catch people doing it well’. The presenter asked the question – how often do we ask people “what is right with you?” rather than the usual…
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How to ensure a merger or acquisition succeeds
I was watching an old series of the David Attenborough show “Life” and there was a very interesting piece on baboons in Ethiopia that caught my attention for a number of reasons, not least because it parallels very well the spike in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) we have recently been seeing. The action followed one…
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Employee Engagement – Why Bother?
I was fortunate enough to attend the annual Think Yorkshire round table discussion event yesterday evening – a part of the booming Buy Yorkshire Conference – the biggest business conference outside of London no less. Well worth checking out and the brain child of a fabulous networking organisation called Yorkshire Mafia – say no more!…