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Why leading change just keeps getting more complicated

There are thousands of studies and books on managing change or leading change. The former tend to focus on ways to work with and overcome people’s resistance; the latter on creating a vision that people can sign up to and engage with. Of course, both these perspectives are important and indeed implementing change usually requires...

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Why we should make talent management more messy

Systemic Talent Management views talent management, performance management and succession planning as complex, adaptive systems — unlike traditional HR approaches, which broadly treat these activities as if they were simple, linear systems. An interesting perspective on these contrasting approaches comes from Eric Abrahamson, professor of management at Columbia Business School, and David Freeman who explore...

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The impact of titles on talent performance

How you think about your job – what it contributes, how it adds value, how it links with and supports other roles – has long been associated with motivation and performance. More than 25 years ago, I invited all the staff in my company (an employee communication boutique of around 40 people) to choose their...

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Linear versus systemic perspectives on talent and succession

In our continued work with organisations on systemic talent management strategy, we frequently find that – consciously or unconsciously – it is the mindset of the leaders and the HR team that determines what is possible and over what period. Some of the blockers relate to the process of change itself – for example, the...

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How effective are your team meetings?

The questionnaire How Effective Are your Team Meetings? provides a useful resource for assessing how effective (or not) your team meetings really are. Score each statement from 5 (this describes our meetings accurately) to 1 (they are not like this at all). The results within a team may show significant differences. Sharing these with the team (more…)

Goal Alignment Matrix

In general, teams tend to assume a much greater level of goal alignment than is actually the case. High goal alignment happens when everyone is fully agreed about the priorities of what they are trying to achieve and why; and at the same time, fully agreed about how they will go about making the goals (more…)

Seven aspects of trust

This simple reflective guide and tool can be used by teams to reflect on the seven types of trust required in teams. Usually this exercise takes 60 minutes to complete. Purpose: To think about how they will build high quality of trust in the mentoring relationship Process: Introduce the exercise by explaining that one of (more…)

Hope Theory

The power of hope in helping people achieve their goals is remarkable. Research shows that more than half the variance in performance by female athletes is attributable to the quality of hope they exhibit 1. People who have strong reserves of hope tend to be more proactive about their health and are more resilient in (more…)

Time management

Managing time is one of the most common issues learners present to coaches and mentors. The coach/ mentor can help them understand the reasons that they struggle with time management and the implications of not managing time, as well as how to establish greater control over their time. Common reasons for problems with time management...

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Career self-management

Career self-management involves making deliberate choices concerning current and future career prospects. We all influenced by internal and external factors which can impact on the quality of our thinking and clarity of purpose. There are a number of tools we can use to help us understand our motivations and career choices, to make better informed (more…)

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