by Janice | Jun 10, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
New statistics keep emerging about the mental health issues arising from the pandemic. Many businesses have put health and wellbeing high on their agenda. A particular source of stress that I feel businesses must be alert to comes from the higher level of trust that...
by Janice | Jun 3, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
People have now come to expect their managers to be part of their support system to help them improve their life experience not just employee experience. Moreover, hybrid working enables us to recruit from a wider talent pool, therefore managers are increasingly...
by Janice | May 25, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
One of our recently featured HBR articles referred to an initiative taken by Goodway Group who, to meet the disruption to the management role caused by the pandemic, had created a dedicated role, the team success partner, whose responsibilities included fostering...
by Janice | May 10, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Talent Management
Hybrid working practices are here to stay. This seems to be the message from the recently published IOD survey of 600 businesses, of whom 60% plan to adopt hybrid working. This survey, and others like it, show disparities between businesses as regards the pros and...
by Janice | Feb 5, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Performance Management, Talent Management
Over the past year, I have been involved in a very substantial number of assessment centres and 360-degree feedbacks. This has brought me up close and personal with people giving feedback to others or holding career conversations. For so many, the style is to ‘talk...
by Janice | Jan 21, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership, Talent Management
I was struck by an article in The Time on 5 January about how COVID is affecting our mental health and suggesting ten ways to help yourself during these dark days. It occurred to me that we also need some tips on how to help our teams keep their spirits high. So, I...
