A lighthearted moment before the weekend: Friday Fun – Cutting work hours #412 #ff working time directive #WTD I'm thinking of cutting my hours down to 24/7 This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Quick and painless interventions and solutions
Quick and Painless? In our fast and busy lives we are often looking for that ‘quick fix’ the ‘painless solution’ – but are they? Does it work? All too often on professional forums and networking groups I hear people asking for quick and painless solutions. Do they really exist in the worlds of business, Human Resources (HR) and Organizational Development (OD)? Just because a solution is quick does not mean it will work in the medium or long term, nor does it necessarily mean it will … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Latest Laptops and software #411 #ff
A little laugh before the weekend - got a new laptop? Friday Fun – Latest Laptops and software #411 #ff IT Says these new laptops they gave us come preloaded with all the latest viruses This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Data security #410 #ff
Data security - something for the weekend. Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - data security #410 #ff The Mayor gave me the security key to the city This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Strategic Organizational Development
Organisational Development professionals are the CEOs allies in creating a top performance culture for the organization. Organizational Development professionals are specialists in Change Management and Culture Development. However many find themselves in positions that make it difficult to get a straight line of communication to the CEO. Mainly because of the Organizational structure and the fact that OD-Organization Development is located under HR. Ideally the OD Head would have a position … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Project Management – On time delivery #409 #ff
A little something before the weekend, Deliver that project on time. Friday Fun - Project Management - On time delivery #409 #ff This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Ditch the Business cards and use the LinkedIn app when networking
Yes you read it right. You can now leave your business cards behind and use the LinkedIn app on your phone. Many Business cards just get thrown away, so why not save a few trees and not generate some CO2 by not having business cards in the first place? LinkedIn have made it really easy to share details with other people using their app. In this short video I will show you how to connect with other people, face to face in the real world! The LinkedIn app now has 2 great features, an … [Read more...]
How to customise your LinkedIn URL
How to customise your LinkedIn URL So you have a LinkedIn profile like millions of others. But do you remember the URL? Chances are no. LinkedIn as default creates your URL with your name and a bunch of what look like random characters after it. But it is easy to change to something more personal and memorable. In this short video I will show you how to change this on the LinkedIn app … [Read more...]
Free material open source training content
Is there such a thing as free open source quality training materials? On an ASTD thread (http://tinyurl.com/2kl2sa) today I caught up with a discussion on free course material. The debate was an interesting one and where one individual raised the comparison with the software market – where great programs like Open-office etc are available free. So having reflected I wondered if this could work for the training and consultancy fields. Open source – would it work for training … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – LEAN working, Agile, and proactive leadership #408 #ff
LEAN working, Agile, and proactive leadership. A little something before the weekend: Friday Fun - LEAN working, Agile, and proactive leadership #408 #ff This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Employee Retention, People stay for the people they work with #407 #ff
It is said that in Employee Retention, People stay for the people they work with. A little something before the weekend: Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - Retention, people stay with bad jobs because the value their colleagues #407 #ff You know, This work is misery, but I really like the people I work with. This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Director of oomph
Does your business have a director of oomph? For a business to be successful not only must it have a marketable product, but it needs to be effectively led and managed. Many larger organisations lack ‘oopmh’ within. In our experience many organisations would benefit from ensuring that all staff were not only fully engaged but that strategies are put in place to create a level of oomph to motivate and encourage productivity. A director oomph may be recruited from anywhere in the … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Employee of the month award #406 #ff
Employee of the month award - A little something before the weekend: Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - Employee of the month award #405 #ff They finally gave me the employee of the month award, but it kind of loses its meaning when every single other employee has already gotten it five times. This cartoon has been produced by Jon … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – going the extra mile #405 #ff
Going the extra mile - A little something before the weekend: Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - Analogue and digital workers #405 #ff Here, you can see is where we went the extra mile, breaking the space time continuum This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Diagnosing organizational culture
Today I read a thread on Diagnosing Organizational Culture, where someone was asking for recommendations on tools to use to undertake this task. If you are only looking for isolated culture tools then the following should be considered (in no particular order): Diagnosing Organizational culture – Harrison Denison Organizational Culture Survey – Denison Corporate Culture Questionnaire – SHL The Creatrix – Byrd (http://www.creatrix.com/ ) looks at the culture for innovation and … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – analogue & digital workers #404 #ff
A little something before the weekend: Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - Analogue and digital workers #404 #ff You've done a good job for the company Roger, but we need someone who's a little less...analogue This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Employee suggestion schemes and engagement #403 #ff
A little something before the weekend: Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - Employee suggest schemes #403 #ff Management have been reading more books on employee suggestion schemes This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Assess the health of your business – FAST!
Assess the health of your business As the economy stays tight for many businesses, now is the time to carry out a health check to look at what is and what is not happening in a healthy way. Its easy to focus on the day-to-day, but taking a short amount of time to work on the business rather than work in the business can pay dividends. Many smaller firms talk to their accountants on a regular basis, and sure this can help, but its not just financial health you need to keep an eye on. While … [Read more...]
Friday Fun – Data and Customer Intelligence #402 #ff
Friday Fun - Office humour, cartoon - Data and Customer Intelligence #402 #ff Cartoon - I brought Simmons here on board to use his powers of levitation on our customer intelligence This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks … [Read more...]
Marketing template & plan for small businesses
Small company marketing audit Many training, consulting and professional services firms make an assumption that marketing will take care of itself. It won’t! We need to periodically look at what we do and plan our approach. Every now and again it is worth looking at your business, what you do and where you do it. This simple tool will provide you with a basic structure to review your marketing activity and what it is doing for you. Where is your business now? – Current position of your … [Read more...]
