by Janice | Mar 22, 2021 | Assessment and Development Centres, Leadership, Talent Management
“Thank you for such great ideas. I have put them forward for discussion.” ‘Thank you for this excellent idea. We are so fortunate to have someone like you on our team.” And then …… nothing. A black hole. This has happened to me personally, the last time, quite...
by Janice | Mar 22, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
There is evidence that recruitment activity is increasing. As recruitment and selection were specialties of mine, I decided to check out the landscape. With dismay, I found examples of dreary job descriptions reminiscent of years ago, written in formulaic tones and...
by Janice | Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
Word on the block suggests that, over the past year of remote working, many managers have fallen into one of these traps: micromanaging, causing additional stress to their teamsgiving too much autonomy, leaving people feeling unsupported There are, of course many who...
by Janice | Feb 23, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
As the vaccination programme enables us to hope for a gradual relaxation of restrictions, we need to start discussing what sort of leadership we want in the future. I say want, leadership is strongly contextual and so what we want is only half of it. The other half is...
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...
by Janice | Jun 16, 2020 | Global Working, Leadership, Performance Management, Talent Management
During this lockdown period, people have not only learned how to mute themselves on Zoom, or chair a virtual meeting. They have also increased their self-reliance, become used to taking their own decisions, and getting on with their work with minimal...
