Category Archives: Culture
Human Values, Financial Values and the Credit Crunch
What happens when human values and financial values are seriously misaligned at the operational level? Keysha Cooper once of Washington Mutual reveals all to the New York Times. “If a loan came from a top loan officer, they didn’t care … Continue reading
An Experiment in Leadership Pratice
We’ve written a paper outlining a new model of leadership (its currently up as a pdf, but might become a blog post). In brief, the document talks about the importance of context within leadership and in building on the work … Continue reading
The war for talent is over and we've won!
How so did we win I hear you ask? Well, did you know that there is a CEO who values the importance of developing talent that they suggest that everyone spends a day a week talking about this (and a … Continue reading
Dismal, Disastrous, Ouch!
Dismal, Disastrous, Ouch! No, not the commentary from the recent Olympic boxing, but fallout from Alice, Kim and Dan’s verdict on McKinsey’s ‘Making Talent a Strategic Priority’. Rather than focus on the usual HR sponsorship issues, I thought it would … Continue reading
Willing volunteers…
Given the recent thoughts on collaboration, Mike Chitty has a great piece along similar lines, although he compares the private and public sector. It is a strange paradox that many private sector clients are making genuine efforts at developing employee … Continue reading
The Tension in Collaboration
Summary There is a tension at the heart of our efforts to collaborate. This tension and its possible resolution is best captured by the following questions. Should we be putting people first, before technology, in our efforts to collaborate? Does … Continue reading
The Value of Intangibles
Building on the piece on Managing Intangibles, I’m planning on adding some further examples of the increasing significance of intangibles in management. The first comes via the Bradman Group and CIO Magazine and is titled “9 Reasons Why Application Developers … Continue reading
Managing Intangibles
Summary By making the traditionally intangible aspects of an organisation tangible, managers can benefit from superior information and greater choice. This new perspective combines insights and knowledge that would previously only have been available by chance alone with a comprehensive … Continue reading
Linking Financial Values and Cultural Values
The financial and cultural values of an organisation often appear to be two separate and distinct entities. However, simultaneously linking and managing them can have a major impact on the success of both strategy and its execution. Typically, the financial … Continue reading
Gap Analysis and HR
Systematic HR has an excellent post on HR strategy, both what it is and what it isn’t. While the piece will likely ruffle a few feathers, I think it is interesting to look at the gaps in perception between HR … Continue reading
