What hope for UK business when #mentoring education fails The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), after the closure of the Business Link franchise, is pinning it's hopes on volunteer mentoring for developing entrepreneurship and UK PLc.Now I am not saying that the whole programme is flawed or failing, but one part of this is very wrong, and potentially misleading.In a recent press release it (BIS) said:"Mark Prisk announces key milestones in mentoring support … [Read more...] about What hope for UK business when #mentoring education fails?
Working from Home on Fridays #infographic #retention #talent #HR
Working from Home on Fridays This graphic from Splashtop shows some of the health and economic reasons for working from home.But why limit it to Fridays?Some time ago I did some work for a professional services firm, at their instance a number of us had to work from their office, but 90% of our work was with overseas teams on very different time zones. Equally that was true for may of their employees.There was no real value in having people sit at a desk, as often their managers … [Read more...] about Working from Home on Fridays #infographic #retention #talent #HR
How Blogs & Social Media Bring Business #casestudy
How Blogs & Social Media Bring Business #casestudy So you have a business, a website, and now looking at the confusing array of social media, that you have been told is the thing to do. But which one(s) and why....and how?Put simply... it's all about the content!While looking for some research into the changing habits of blog readers I came across this infographic from Sigma Marketing. In it they show some of the results and the various channels.What for me is interesting is the … [Read more...] about How Blogs & Social Media Bring Business #casestudy
Leadership Traits of Todays Greatest CEOs
Leadership Traits of Todays Greatest CEOs The following infographic profiles the leadership traits of three unquestionably successful CEOs.You may or may not like them, what they stand for or their styles of doing business, but their success merits a close look at their leadership traits.Are our leaders looking at these and taking notice or continuing on their path of mediocrity?What can the rest of us learn from your successful leader?Browse more infographics. … [Read more...] about Leadership Traits of Todays Greatest CEOs
Difficult Things To Do – Everything is difficult before it becomes easy
Difficult Things To Do Everything is difficult before it becomes easy, what are the difficult things to do for you?To break a bad habit To love an enemy To think logically To admit ignorance To withhold judgement To grow old gracefully To persevere without haste To wait without impatience To suffer without complaint To know when to keep silent To be indifferent to ridicule To concentrate in the midst of strife To endure hatred without resentment To fraternize without losing … [Read more...] about Difficult Things To Do – Everything is difficult before it becomes easy
BYOD – the new challenge for Business, #IT & #HR
BYOD - the new challenge for Business, IT & HR BYOD or "Bring Your Own Device" is an increasing trend in many large organisations. This is where the infrastructure of the company allows any web connected device to access company systems. Gone are the rows or beige or black boxes on or under desks, and in are the diversity of phones, tablets, netbooks and other devices with which to work.This brings many challenges to IT, HR and many other parts of business, however the flexibility of … [Read more...] about BYOD – the new challenge for Business, #IT & #HR
Workplace Culture – Does gender matter?
Workplace Culture - Does gender matter? Gut instinct would have told me that men work more hours, and created the long hours culture, however this graphic suggests otherwise...What do you think?Browse more data visualizations. … [Read more...] about Workplace Culture – Does gender matter?
Social Media – Fad or Business as Usual
Social Media - Fad or "Business as Usual"? On one discussion group in which I am an active participant, a member (of a closed professional group) said that social media was just a fad. Now this was in the context of the problems that social media is causing regarding data protection, confidentiality, brand positioning etc.is social media a fad? or is there more going on that many of us have yet to realise?FAD, a definitionFree dictionary defines fad as: A fashion that is taken up … [Read more...] about Social Media – Fad or Business as Usual
Grammar – how to use Adjectives – some common errors
Grammar - how to use Adjectives - some common errors Following on from an earlier graphic about capitalisation, I thought this would make a useful follow up...Source Grammar.netMike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: 400+ Management & Leadership models in PowerPoint FormatDownload NOW … [Read more...] about Grammar – how to use Adjectives – some common errors
Capital Letters – Made Easy – A Dyslexics Guide
Grammar - Capital Letters Yes another one of those common mistakes us bloggers make... When to.. and when not to use capital letters.Rules for capitalisation vary by country, language and word usage. Get it right and people do not notice, get it wrong and the grammar police step out in force.Simple rules for capitalising proper nouns and writing the pronoun "I" in capital letters are helpful, but they don't provide clear answers for every situation.While looking around the net, I … [Read more...] about Capital Letters – Made Easy – A Dyslexics Guide
Growth – Identifying Key Leadership Skills – a global perspective
Growth - Key Leadership Skills - a global perspective It's easy in any economic climate to say that growth is the solution for an organisation to prosper. But some growth strategies cost more than they return. Doing the right developmental activity at the right time is critical for sustained and predictable success. It's not just about what, but when and where.This piece lists the key or core leadership skills as (in order of importance):Strategy Talent Management Change … [Read more...] about Growth – Identifying Key Leadership Skills – a global perspective
Social Business – The Role of Leaders in Driving Adoption?
Social Business - The Role of Leaders in Driving Adoption? We often think of collaboration and communication to be tool or process driven, however it is the quality and actions of the leadership that is the make or break of any change initiative.Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: 400+ Management & Leadership models in PowerPoint Format Download NOW … [Read more...] about Social Business – The Role of Leaders in Driving Adoption?
Social Business – Building Trust & Inspiring Cultural Change? #IBMSocialBizUK
Social Business - Building Trust & Inspiring Cultural Change? BYOD - Bring yopur own device to work - the first step to showing you trust your people?Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: 400+ Management & Leadership models in PowerPoint Format Download NOW … [Read more...] about Social Business – Building Trust & Inspiring Cultural Change? #IBMSocialBizUK
Social Business – Solving Business Problems through Collaboration?
Social Business - Solving Business Problems through Collaboration?".....social business tools" ARE Knowledge management tools" - MDM Mike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: 400+ Management & Leadership models in PowerPoint Format Download NOW … [Read more...] about Social Business – Solving Business Problems through Collaboration?
Social Business – Incentivising Staff to Collaborate?
Social Business - Incentivising Staff to Collaborate? In many organizations it is rapidly being recognised that using collaboration tools is the only way to sustain the change and growth required to keep up with , and in many cased beat the competition.This video shares some opinions from respected people in the "social business" world.Reference: 1:9:90 RuleMike Morrison RapidBI.com Blog: 400+ Management & Leadership models in PowerPoint Format Download NOW … [Read more...] about Social Business – Incentivising Staff to Collaborate?
Top 100 International Tweeters on Management – March 2012
Top 100 International Tweeters on Management Many of you may know Evan Carmichael's site, Evan has a goal of "Helping Brands Connect to Entrepreneurs", and his site is a gold mine of who's who in the business world.Using a range of tools Evan measures and publishes top blogs and tweeters on a range of business related topics.I am pleased to say that @RapidBI is again mentioned in this important and increasingly influencial list, along with some more UK based tweeters, the People … [Read more...] about Top 100 International Tweeters on Management – March 2012
Daily Maintenance for your workers
Daily Maintenance for your workers We all know that our cars, and office/ business machinery needs regular attention & maintenance. So do our people.If we do not keep our people in "good working order", then their productivity drops, costs increase, and often situations become difficult for everyone.This graphic looks at safety and health is an interesting and fun way.So how do you get the best out of your people?Do you provide the cheapest working environment you can or the … [Read more...] about Daily Maintenance for your workers
Social Media – Give before receiving
Social Media - Give before receivingYesterday, on returning to my office from a business trip I had the usual swamp of emails to clear. I don't know about you, but I am finding it harder and harder to sort much of the spam from potentially useful messages.I am an outlook users, and over the years I have set up a number of filters to move certain types of posts to help both inbox management, along with managing much of the 200+ spam emails I get a day. One of my folder sets is for … [Read more...] about Social Media – Give before receiving
Business Finance – How do you measure up?
Business Finance - How do you measure up? Love it or hate it, but having data and control of the finances of a business is like the blood flowing around your body. Without it flowing, you are dead. Equally even if it is flowing, but poisoned, it will do a lot of damage very quickly.But it is more than having that cash flowing, it is about understanding where it comes from and goes to.The team at Intuit have compiled this interesting look at businesses and their attitude to … [Read more...] about Business Finance – How do you measure up?
How to Train Your Employees On Social Media
How to Train Your Employees On Social Media It's happened, it's here and it's not going away.Social media cannot be avoided by putting the organisational head in the sand any longer. It is a pervasive part of the world in which we live and operate.Equally we cannot realistically afford to hire huge teams to manage this for us. Sure we need to manage the "problems" as they occur, but we also need advocates. And the best advocates we have available are those already choosing to work for … [Read more...] about How to Train Your Employees On Social Media
