When will they ever learn?

Boris Johnson's attempt to apologise for attending a Downing Street party during last year's lockdown is a timely reminder about the gulf between making a formal apology and being genuinely sorry.

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The biggest source of conflict on diverse teams

Clashing expectations are the main source of conflict in almost any relationship. And nowhere is that more true than with the intercultural challenges of diverse teams.

Dec 2021

The invisible killer of remote teams

There is one factor that can be lethal for remote teams that usually isn't a problem when everyone is in the same place. That invisible killer is exclusion.

Nov 2021

There's nothing soft about the heart

Every animal depends on its heart for its existence. Organizations do too, except that rather than a multi-chambered muscle, they rely on leadership, managers and flows of information.

Nov 2021

Turning around a dysfunctional team

Bringing together a group of smart, creative and driven people doesn't mean they'll instantly work in sync. In fact, most cross-functional teams are dysfunctional in one way or another. Here are some ways to address that.

Nov 2021

Accountability is more important than accounting

What's more important: that people are working on exactly what you want them working on at that exact moment, or that important tasks and outputs are done on time and team goals are met?

Oct 2021

End of furlough anxiety? Belongingness is the answer

As the UK's furlough scheme comes to an end after 18 months, how can organisations help people facing the anxiety of returning to the office after an extended time away from the working environment?

Sep 2021

Returning to work through the eyes of Maslow

As we design the "next" workplace, we need to shift our focus from where, when, and how employees perform their work, to they want to perform it.

Sep 2021

The culturally intelligent team

It's harder to get things done on a diverse team. But with moderate to high levels of cultural intelligence, diverse teams can outperform homogeneous teams in a number of important ways.

Aug 2021

Could Covid make us better managers?

At a time when the role of the manager has arguably never been more challenging, we are starting to re-evaluate what 'management' really means.

Jul 2021