Category Archives: Culture
Apparently, nearly 50% of employees fail in the first 18 months of their jobs
Thank you to Max Goldman’s blog for the title. We’ve also seen research by Ciampa and Watkins (1999) who claim that 64% of external hires ‘fail to make it in their new jobs’. Max writes; Apparently, nearly 50% of employees … Continue reading
Links on Relationships
I’ve been seeing a number of posts and articles on conflict and relationships. Here are some to mull over if you fancy a browse; Poor conflict management costs business billions In the UK alone, the CEDR calculates, conflict costs business … Continue reading
HR Strategy and Strategy Execution
Max Goldman makes a very telling remark about the means and methods of adding value from a HR standpoint. Commenting on a 2006 Talent Management Survey Max writes; The most interesting piece, I thought, was this quote from Averbrook: “Many … Continue reading
Change or Die/Live to Change?
Eva Kaplan-Leiserson drew my attention to a Fast Company article called “Change or Die”. The article itself is good for drawing attention to the nature of change. Kotter has hit on a crucial insight. “Behavior change happens mostly by speaking … Continue reading
Managing the Informal Organisation
I think the realisation that the informal organisation, i.e, the one that is in people’s heads, rather than that which is posted on the org. chart, is of equal or greater value is a good thing. What is even more … Continue reading
Covert and Overt Management Styles
Tom at the wonderfully titled “HR for the leader in you” has written of another example of traditional, covert management styles that clearly don’t cover the whole piece; A man came up to me after my speech on leadership the … Continue reading
Organisational Culture, Transformation and the use of Role Models
I was reading “The Psychology of Change Management” in the McKinsey Quarterly and found some interesting thoughts about the psychology of change management! Of the four conditions cited, the use of role models seemed particularly apt. People must also see … Continue reading
Organisational Culture and the Organisational Shadow
For those of a Jungian persuasion, I couldn’t help think of the idea of an organisational shadow (see Jungian Shadow), partly prompted by some of the recent things I have been writing on here but also from a post by … Continue reading
Nemawashi and Organisational Culture
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of meeting Tim Watmuff and sharing a chat over coffee (Tim’s looking to move to the South West in a senior HR role, so if anyone can help, please get in touch). We spoke … Continue reading
