October 2007 - Posts

• The perks and perils of mobile working...
  	Wednesday, 31 October 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: June 2007 Instant connectivity has changed our working methods and expectations, but not always in the ways predicted. MARK VERNON identifies the social shifts in a wireless world. The other day I heard a three-year-old...

• Strategy & Operations: Measuring Success
  	Monday, 29 October 2007   Editor Source: MIT Sloan Management Review Date: 06 June 2007 A surprisingly large number of companies fail to recognise the importance of measuring operational performance effectively. High performers need to constantly check how they are doing against key...

• Back from the brink
  	Friday, 26 October 2007   Editor England lost the Rugby World Cup final, but the team’s transformation during the tournament was utterly inspiring. Simon Wicks finds out how tried and tested management principles can help you turn a motley group of underachievers into a team capable...

• 10 ways to… prevent pointless meetings
  	Friday, 26 October 2007   Editor Meetings are essential to share information, develop strategy and make decisions, but all too often they can be a frustrating waste of time. With simple preparation, you can increase your chances of getting the best from business meetings. 1. Be clear...

• Lead Learners
  	Wednesday, 24 October 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: May 2007 Author: Leaders as lead learners - a case example of facilitating collaborative leadership learning for school leaders by Kim Turnbull James, Jasbir Mann & Jane Creasy, Management Learning, Vol 38 No 1, February...

• Tips of the Week 2007
  	Monday, 22 October 2007   Editor Week commencing 26th November - 30th November Monday 26 November Employees tend to be critical of their own performance and may raise problems in their appraisals that you are not aware of. Tuesday 27 November You must follow a three-step discipline process...

• HR Circles newsletter
  	Friday, 19 October 2007   Editor Friday 15th February 2008 - issue 17 Friday 8th February 2008 - issue 16 Friday 25th January 2008 - issue 14 Friday 18th January 2008 - issue 13 Friday 11th January 2008 - issue 12 Friday 4th Janaury 2008 - issue 11 Friday 21st December 2007 - issue 10...

• Understanding the Facebook generation
  	Friday, 19 October 2007   Editor Author: Hilary Jeanes, Director of PurpleLine Consulting On a trip to London recently I noticed in one of the free papers a column called ‘Timew@ster - what to browse when the boss isn’t looking’…. That set me thinking about the Facebook generation -...

• Learning to let go
  	Friday, 12 October 2007   Editor I f you head up a team, you may worry about conceding control to junior colleagues. But don’t be tempted to manage every detail – it will frustrate your staff and distract you from your strategic goals. Learn how to let go and you will have taken a big...

• 5 best types of leader
  	Friday, 12 October 2007   Editor Every leader is different, but their approach to leadership does tend to fall into broad categories. We’ve outlined the five types of leader we think are the most successful in business – along with the pitfalls should it all go wrong The dictator The...

• The US vs the EU
  	Wednesday, 03 October 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: April 2007 Author: Steve Lodge The US and EU dominate global trade, but which is winning the battle in terms of overall economic importance? Despite the debate about whether China or India might ultimately become the world's...

• How to set meaningful performance targets
  	Monday, 01 October 2007   Editor Author: Richard Smith at Richard Smith Associates When to use this guide When you are planning an appraisal or performance review for a colleague - or are helping someone else to do so When you are preparing functional, departmental or even organisational...

• How to help a dysfunctional team
  	Monday, 01 October 2007   Editor Author: Richard Smith at Richard Smith Associates When to use this guide When your own team (or one run by a business colleague) feels that it is not functioning well (N.B. It would be rare to succeed in facilitating a team of which you are part. In this...

• How to help a team give each other performance feedback
  	Monday, 01 October 2007   Editor Author: Jenny Robinson at Hinton & Co. Ltd Purposes Help people understand better how they are seen by others in the team. Give the team confidence that they can address peer performance issues in a positive way, without fudging. Build the team. Overview...

• Leader Limits
  	Monday, 01 October 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: April 2007 Author: Deborah Ancona, Thomas W Malone, Wanda J Orlikowski and Peter M Senge (In praise of the incomplete leader - Harvard Business Review, February 2007) Incomplete leaders know where their strengths lie and where...