by Graeme Codrington | Sep 26, 2009 | Archive, Future Trends, Organisational Development
I am becoming increasingly concerned for my top corporate clients. As we rumble past the bottom of the business cycle and begin the long upwards climb towards recovery, many companies are starting to congratulate themselves. “Well done, we survived a Great...
by Keith Coats | Sep 10, 2009 | Organisational Development
There is always a ‘better way’ to do things. It is a mindset. What often serves as a roadblock in pursuing a ‘better way’ are the default setting within our organisations. Default settings dictate how we operate as a system and are learnt...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Sep 1, 2009 | Archive, Organisational Development
“Today the balance of advantage may be shifting…Governments have been rescuing companies they consider too big to fail… The recession is squeezing out smaller and less well-connected firms” says the The Economist in their leading article this...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 14, 2009 | Archive, Organisational Development
A recent report from the Corporate Executive Board was summarised by Brian Kropp on the Talent Management blog. Read it online at their site, or an extract below: Challenges to Work-Life Balance by Brian Kropp The uncertain economic environment has placed tremendous...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 27, 2009 | Archive, Diversity, Future Trends, Organisational Development
Sipho Ngcobo wrote an interesting article on Money Web this last week, reflecting on the reality the African National Congress (ANC) faces around service delivery, or lack of it, in South Africa currently. He suggests that the pressure the ANC is under for 2011 local...
by Graeme Codrington | Jun 23, 2009 | Archive, Organisational Development
Research Works recently released a series of reports from the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, a program of the American Psychiatric Foundation. Download them here. Research Works found that about a quarter of all employees are “actively disengaged,” meaning...
