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It’s frustrating –  the amount of complaints I hear about the annual appraisal round.  People protest its uselessness at all levels in business….but don’t make changes. [...]

Omni-channel transformation, the Internet of Things, Big Data and Digitisation are the buzzwords flying around at the moment. Digital attacks traditional ways of doing business and some people [...]

It was Jack Welch who said, “Change before you have to.” Yet for many businesses it takes a demand from the client, downturn in profit, the loss of a major customer or some sort of crisis to [...]

Granny Gawthorpe’s musings on Grandparental leave There’s been a lot of talk about Grandparental leave recently and it remains to be seen whether the government will allow grandparents to share [...]

If you are planning transformation or growth in your organisation, your changes will invariably impact the business culture. Today, I will share with you a few important things about culture that [...]

When talking about keynote speaking, Itay Talgam, the revered conductor, said “But I would recommend the opposite. I would recommend keynote listening instead of keynote speaking.” These words [...]

If you can’t explain it simply – you don’t understand it well enough.  So said Albert Einstein, and certainly his wise words hold true for me when leading change.  Today, I [...]

CEO’s face it! Your HR team is just a reflection of your leadership style. If your HR team isn’t performing well, take a look at your own strengths and weaknesses and how they drive the way that [...]

The economy is recovering, businesses are planning growth and, naturally, the recruitment market is hotting up. It follows that your company’s Employer Brand and its unique attraction proposition [...]

In a nutshell, HR outsourcing is buying an HR Service (that you currently do yourself) from a third party. A huge range of tasks can be outsourced these days, including business process [...]