What is the Difference between Goals and Objectives?

Often in business and education, we confuse the difference between goals and objectives. We sometimes talk about goals and (SMART)…

2 years ago

Court gives director of training firm 10 year jail sentence

Last week at the Central Criminal Court in London, the Right Honourable Lord Wilkinson set the sentence between George (Director…

2 years ago

Why SMART Objectives don’t work

Why SMART Objectives don’t work - It’s easy to say SMART does not work… when we have been using a…

2 years ago

Strategic Analysis

Strategic analysis - a term often used with an assumption that the people hearing it understand its meaning.

2 years ago

You need to be SMART to GROW

You need to be SMART to GROW - GROWTH Targets - a new model for objective setting? SMART or GROWTH…

2 years ago

Thank you Feedspot, Top OD blog of 2023

2023 has been a year and a half for many of us. But yesterday, I was delighted to discover that…

2 years ago

9 Signs Your HR Manager is Bad

Is your HR manager effective - or a policy pundit? this article looks at the signs of an ineffective HR…

2 years ago

Talent Management – how to shoot yourself in the foot in the future!

Talent Management – how to shoot yourself in the foot in the future! How we engage, train and motivate our…

2 years ago

HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent

HR & Recruitment – what are the real rules of the game? – finding talent. The reason why we often…

2 years ago

The #1 reason coaching fails to contribute to the bottom line

Why coaching often fails - It is a rare event when a coaching program delivers what the organization expects -…

2 years ago

Are competence based interviews missing the best candidates

are competency based interview techniques based on frames of reference that candidates are not aware of as a result are…

3 years ago

Business Diagnostic Models

A business diagnostic model is a framework for identifying, analyzing and interpreting data in a given context to identify possible…

3 years ago

Checking professional membership or accredited user status

Accreditation buttons - a win/ win strategy for marketing - How to protect your logo IP and gain marketing advantage…

3 years ago

People don’t care about NLP, TA, and other tools and methods – why do we get so besotted by them?

People don't care about NLP The majority of our customers do not care if we use NLP, TA, Solution focus,…

3 years ago

Micro-learning accelerated learning made practical?

Micro learning or bite-sized learning - The term Micro learning is often associated with the time required to meet a…

3 years ago

Technology for learning –phones & tablets – touch or keyboard

Will the ipads or tablets really replace the laptop – well if we in the world of learning want to…

3 years ago

A high performing individual does not make a good manager/ team leader

Promoting a person internally to their first line manager role - More often than not, the "best" technical person in…

3 years ago

How to use Twitter for great customer service

Twitter & customer service - Are big firms using twitter as PR or customer service? Do they realize the difference,…

3 years ago

A time and a place for brainstorming techniques

Brainstorming often gets a bad press, with the popular belief being that it fosters groupthink and generally hinders the creative…

3 years ago

Free Corporate Training Material – worth the investment?

Do free training materials downloads really help us or do they actually cost more in terms of testing and adapting?…

3 years ago