The project sponsor and project leader are in expensive mood as they sit in the project war room on New Year’s Eve and realise that that 31 December milestone is not going to happen… “Shame the team are not here isn’t it, especially when…
Projects are increasingly the way work is being done in business today. Anything other than routine ‘business as usual’ activity is tackled using the catch all term ‘project’. The explosion of project work across all organisations means that being able to run and participate in…
Many leaders behave as if they have a barcode marked on their heads showing their ‘best before date’ clearly stamped for all to see. They focus almost exclusively on delivering results now and in the short term and get drawn into…
“Change is like the British weather – something that gets people talking!” This article looks at how to embed change and make it an acceptable way of life that helps sustain and future proof you organisation. As the “fight for…
Organizations are made up of people who, like many of us, find change unappetizing and will go to great lengths to look for panaceas and band‐aids, rather than grapple with real issues of human change and growth. Bosses are happy to seek consulting…
The digital mind-set is replacing the traditional mind-set at such a speed that it leaves many of us scrambling to keep up. This is a paradigm shift that cannot be stopped and has huge implications for many organisations, functions and…
Do you want to become an expert in making a benefits case? Well meet my daughters they are the archangels of this activity – it is incredible the depth of insight, logic and ability to build a bullet proof benefit…
By Max Gowland Anyone involved within the innovation process of an FMCG Company will realize that getting their R&D unit firing on six cylinders is one of the keys to success. However, how many CEO’s really know whether their R&D functions…
No pressure no diamonds – is a great quote from Thomas Carlyle that epitomises a winning response towards the pressures of life. I recall being told quite early in my career that a diamond was simply a dead piece of…
I rarely meet a leader who is entirely happy with the way his or her leadership team is working when they meet as a ‘team’. There is always a gap, sometimes sizable, between what they want from their leadership team…