by Janice | Sep 28, 2021 | Global Working, Organisation development, Talent Management
Autumn still feels different and uncertain, and this is certainly reflected in the, often, contradictory commentaries about whether universities are returning to face-to-face teaching. Discussion polarises this to an ‘either /or’ matter: online learning enables you to...
by Janice | Jul 6, 2021 | Competencies, Global Working, Talent Management
Our first cohort of 150 people is about to finish our Leading Virtual Teams course. It has been extremely interesting to understand how people work through the course and engage with it. One of the most striking things is just how active people have been with the case...
by Janice | Jun 22, 2021 | Global Working, Organisation development, Talent Management
As I was reading the millionth article that has been written on working from home and whether we want to continue it or want to go back to the office (and yes, I know that I too have written extensively on the subject), the words of the big hit song for the Spice...
by Janice | Oct 20, 2020 | Global Working, Organisation development, Talent Management
I have been quite shocked to hear of the growing use of surveillance software to check up on people who are working from home to be sure they are working. I have also heard, at first hand, that in one organisation the use of such software has been prompted by the...
by Janice | Oct 20, 2020 | Global Working, Organisation development, Talent Management
It’s not been a great week: COVID-19 contagion rates are rising everywhere, restrictions have been tightened, as furlough lifts more people are being made redundant, and the weather is awful and the days getting shorter.So many people I have spoken to this week have...
by Janice | Oct 6, 2020 | Global Working, Organisation development, Talent Management
A recent survey by law firm CMS showed that only 23% of businesses in UK, Europe and Asia think that their staff have been more productive or motivated while they have been working from home. This matches pre-COVID surveys that showed mixed results for the effects of...
