What’s compassion got to do with management and HR?
Management surveys contain a lot of data, some useful, some not. Much is dry, and relevant only to people who…
Managing motivation
Any conversation around motivation and retention as it relates to financial rewards as incentive needs to consider a fundamental question:…
The difference between Organisational Development & Conscious Business
‘This article first appeared in e-O&P Vol 21 No 1, Spring 2014 and is reproduced by kind permission of AMED www.amed.org.uk’.…
What makes change successful in the NHS?
This report presents the main lessons from a review of 15 change programmes that took place over recent years across…
The fallacy of the unmeasurable ‘soft’ intervention
When the clamour for change reaches fever pitch, as it is around the NHS at present, evidence based decision-making can fall…
Ethical scandals and the role for HR
The BBC has announced its new Director General in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal and Justice Leveson is…
Role of internal consultant
In 2003 Roffey Park’s Management Agenda reported that 32% of respondent organisations have internal consultancy teams, and that the majority of those…
Developing & retaining organisational knowledge
A research report focusing on the different approaches for developing and retaining organisational knowledge, including the different roles and responsibilities…
What makes an excellent virtual manager?
Using a range of methods including in-depth interviews, web and postal surveys to access the experiences of real virtual managers…
Guide to personal effectiveness
Developing personal effectiveness is essential today. Increasingly we need to influence without formal authority and we cannot do this without…
Maximising the value of HR business partnering
Report highlights Tracing the evolution of the modelThe impact of organisational demographics, culture and structure on successRole and development of…
Making Sense of Organisational Development
Many organisational change initiatives have ended in failure and disappointment. Involving employees from all levels of the organisation – to…