It's not what is in front of you.. but what you see The amazing colour changing card trick Have a look at this great card illusion. What do you notice about the cards?It's an interesting demonstration of us seeing what we want to see...In your business, what do you see? do you see what you expect to see or what you don't expect to see?Updated June 2016 to a new video as the old one was removed … [Read more...] about It’s not what is in front of you.. but what you see
Organizational Development & Organizational Effectiveness
OD Culture and needs assessment What is Organizational Development?Organization Development (OD) is a complex strategy intended to change the beliefs, attitudes, values, culture and structure of organizations so that they can better adapt to new technologies, markets, and challenges. Organizational Development methods are employed to improve Organizational Effectiveness (OE).Performance improvement is a key reason for implementing organizational development tools and methods.Or in simple … [Read more...] about Organizational Development & Organizational Effectiveness
10 easy steps to grow your business (for freelance workers)
10 easy steps to grow your business (for freelance workers)With more and more people starting their own businesses, its becoming increasingly important for us all to focus on growing and developing our business.Here are ten simple steps to do this.1) Make sure you have a CLEAR proposition - what do you do and for who - & if you walked up to people in the street and told them would they understand what you are talking about?2) Have a web and social media presence - regular, … [Read more...] about 10 easy steps to grow your business (for freelance workers)
How to select people for redundancy – and destroy your business for a long time to come
How to select people for redundancy - use 360's? or - How to select people for redundancy – and destroy your business for a long time to comeWe know that we are in increasingly difficult times for many businesses and organisations. With many having to both “down size” and “right size”. This means identifying the roles that have to go. In the UK it is illegal to make people redundant – it is the jobs that go. This month has seen an interesting article published in People Management (the … [Read more...] about How to select people for redundancy – and destroy your business for a long time to come
10 tips for engaging people
Managers engage, so do we as 'community' champions Having a community or network (intranet or social network) is one thing, growing it and building trust is quite another. Engagement of users, be they employees or customers is vital for the strategy to be sustainable and successful. Remember the 90:9:1 rule, our goal must be to beat this.As organizations become more geographically diverse, having the ability to share knowledge, communicate and network is a competitive advantage. Using … [Read more...] about 10 tips for engaging people
Action Learning for Leadership Development
Action Learning for Leadership Development Introduction When devising any leadership programme, it is important to ensure that as participants students are not only ‘taught’ or trained, but that they have the opportunity to put learning into action. Experience has shown us that unless we practice new skills and ideas soon after a programme we tend to forget the lessons learnt. In practice many of us tend to short circuit this cycle and often ship the reviewing phase as it is often difficult … [Read more...] about Action Learning for Leadership Development
How secure is your password – lessons from LinkedIn #infographic
How secure is your password - lessons from LinkedIn A few weeks ago, LinkedIn was hacked and millions of passwords were stolen. Recently an analysis of these passwords that were published on a Russian website has shown some interesting facts.The graphic below shows the post popular passwords that people used for linkedin - I hope yours is not in this top list!Source: http://mashable.com/2012/06/08/linkedin-stolen-passwords-list/ … [Read more...] about How secure is your password – lessons from LinkedIn #infographic
businessacronyms
Business Glossary and Dictionary of Terms Index -> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZAbility The capacity to perform an act, either innate or as the result of learning and practice.Ability Grouping Arrangement whereby students are assigned to groups on the basis of aptitude testing.Accelerated Learning Combining adult learning theory and whole brain learning theory in the learning environment to achieve a faster learning rate.Accounts … [Read more...] about businessacronyms
Innovation in a recession
How do you innovate when budgets are cut, prices of high tech are increasing and you have less people to do more with? Innovation in a recession Innovation is about more than new products and technologies - its about ideas - and ideas from your brain and the brains of your people and networks can be free - all you need to do is give permission to be creative harness the ideas that result - some you can use - most you wont be able to... yet.In her book The Innovation Equation, Jacqueline … [Read more...] about Innovation in a recession
Managing Change in Organizations
Managing Change in Organizations Welcome to our page on change management.For organizational development to be effective, change needs to be managed. Many organizational focus on the project management aspects of change. While this is an important factor - it is not the critical factor. People are.Often when undertaking change processes in organizations we focus on the process, the project management. Often when change fails it fails because we have not taken into account the impact … [Read more...] about Managing Change in Organizations
Talent – are leaders training enough people? #infographic
Talent - are leaders training enough people? The reality is of course that the workplace of 2012, is very different from 2005, and a whole different planet than the 1990s.With the majority of people having held their job for 10+ years befors finding themselves out of work, its no wonder that candidates are having to "trust their luck" and apply for jobs they are not qualified for.Is this the candidates fault - or employers?Have we learnt to hire the skills we need rather than train … [Read more...] about Talent – are leaders training enough people? #infographic
There is no “i” in team
There is no "i" in teamOr so they say.For years management trainers and gurus have been using the literal letters in the word "team" and tritely say: "there is no 'i' in team" - in other words in teams it is not about the individual, but the collective - the team, the common goal. They were of course wrong, as you can clearly see there is an 'i' in team.Unfortunately many people say that "there is no 'i' in team” or “no i in teamwork” as a way to discourage individual … [Read more...] about There is no “i” in team
History of PEST analysis
The PEST Analysis Political, Economic, Social and Technical factors affecting a business or organization from the environment in which it operates.Originally designed as a business environmental scan, the PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro environment (big picture) in which a business operates. These are often factors which are beyond the direct control or influence of a business or organization, however are important to be aware of when doing product development, business … [Read more...] about History of PEST analysis
how do i do a swot analysis
How to do a SWOT Analysis - tools and worksheets How do I do a SWOT analysis?This page has been developed to help and support individuals new to business, HR, HRD and Management with assignments which require use of the SWOT analysis tool.Go straight to the free SWOT templateSWOT AnalysisA SWOT is a planning tool used to understand the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business. It involves specifying the objective of the … [Read more...] about how do i do a swot analysis
Learning Styles Questionnaire – Honey & Mumford style LSQ – TRAP
A 'lite' version of a learning styles questionnaire: This Learning Styles Questionnaire is loosely based on the model developed by Peter Honey and Alan Mumford this 'lite' version can help you identify typical strengths in your learning habits. Instructions: Look at the following statements – if they are usually true for you tick the appropriate white boxQuestionAPTRI find it easy to meet new people and make new friendsI am … [Read more...] about Learning Styles Questionnaire – Honey & Mumford style LSQ – TRAP
Creating an organisational wide innovation culture
Creating an organisational wide innovation culture Ever heard people say...“What we need in this organisation is innovation”, “Creativity will give us the edge”.Leaders often utter these words with little realisation of the difficulties of bringing about a fundamental shift in the behaviour necessary to create an innovation culture across the enterprise. “We can empower people to bring new ideas, we’ll run some workshops on creativity” if only it were that simple. But alas this … [Read more...] about Creating an organisational wide innovation culture
Who is responsible for marketing? – all change in the business world
Who is responsible for marketing? If we Google or Bling "who is responsible for marketing" we get marketing, directors or everyone. Indeed many thought leaders on marketing say: "Everyone in your company should be aware of the marketing message, visions, and goals of the company, and should reflect that message in everything they do that is related to the product and your customers."Which is a truism, but how many organizations actually actively encourage all staff to participate. On a regular … [Read more...] about Who is responsible for marketing? – all change in the business world
CSI in organizations a valid approach
CSI in organizations – a valid approach? We are in the beginnings of massive change for both the way we employ people and the way organizations are financed and run. To prepare us for the ‘new world’ we need to look at things from a different perspective.At first glance Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) in organizations and organizational development may look a little out of place, but when things go wrong it can help the rest of the OD world to understand why the ‘victim’ died, who was … [Read more...] about CSI in organizations a valid approach
Social Networking Bill of Rights – the risk of sharing
Social Networking Bill of Rights - the risk of sharing With more and more of us have some form of online presence, it's a part of us that increasingly employers, HR departments & potential recruiters want to see. This is a worrying trend towards employers wanting to see "what is behind the locked door".This graphic neatly highlights the key information, its risks and the basic ethics.How would those asking feel about being asked to share their information... or maybe its those that … [Read more...] about Social Networking Bill of Rights – the risk of sharing
Does your website/ intranet/ collaboration tool engage?
Does your website/ intranet/collaboration tool engage its audience? This for me is a highly thought provoking graphic. It looks at the reasons why a person may engage, the WIIFM.Originally based upon understanding why crowd-sourcing was successful or a failure, this interesting snapshot is a tool that can be applied to many areas of digital life.It's easy for sites and to "build it and they will come", however being their is only the beginning (assuming of course that is true). Why … [Read more...] about Does your website/ intranet/ collaboration tool engage?
