Adapting Recruitment and Corporate Culture for Today’s Younger Generations and Why this is increasingly Essential for Business Success
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of business, one significant shift has been the growing inclination of younger generations towards entrepreneurship. Empowered by technology and fuelled by their desire for autonomy and purpose, millennials and Gen Z are increasingly drawn towards the prospect of starting their own businesses or pursuing side-hustles rather than opting for traditional […]
The Storm Before the Calm in HR: Navigating Employee Challenges and Embracing a Brighter Future
This article has been somewhat inspired by the 2020 book by noted forecaster and bestselling author George Friedman who examined the cycles through which the United States has developed, upheaved, matured, and solidified, and how for the first time, these cycles have reached a simultaneous crescendo causing significant turbulence. Cycles in the USA peak simultaneously […]
What business, leadership, and management should learn from activism
The ideal employee I’m going to attempt to describe the ideal employee. Play along by considering if you agree with the characteristics I’ve listed below. In addition, if you think I’ve missed anything, then please add it to the comments, so we can grow this list together. The clearer we can get on what characteristics […]
Creating the Business Case for Investing in a Strategic Approach to Workplace Wellbeing
One of the most common questions I get asked by HR, culture, and employee experience professionals is ‘How do I persuade the senior leadership team in my company to invest in a strategic approach to workplace wellbeing?’. This is no surprise given that the subject of wellbeing continues to dominate HR conferences, articles, conversations, and […]
The lightbulb moment around the leadership crisis and its impact on workplace wellbeing
I’ve discussed the leadership crisis and its connection to wellbeing in my posts, articles, podcasts, and events extensively over the past 2-years. I’ve continued to emphasise that workplace wellbeing is about the organisational conditions that foster thriving, not just free gym memberships and stress-management webinars. However, I’ve continually struggled to define or explain how we’ve […]
As leaders, changing our perspective on our people challenges is critical to overcoming them.
I have the great privilege of delivering certified and non-certified leadership and development training in the GCC region. I meet a mix of leaders at different stages of their leadership journey. Some have been instructed to attend my courses, others have self-enrolled. Some are eager to learn and grow, others are more not yet ready. […]
Decision-making is changing – hubris is out, transparency is in…
“The typical management hierarchy increases the risk of large, calamitous decisions. As decisions get bigger, the ranks of those able to challenge the decision maker get smaller. Hubris, myopia, and naïveté can lead to bad judgement at any level, but the danger is greater when the decision maker’s power is, for all purposes, incontestable” Harvard […]
Changing our perspective on our people challenges is critical to overcoming them
I speak with many mangers and leaders who are seemingly at a loss when it comes to overcoming the people challenges in their organizations and teams. They look at me with exasperated and frustrated expressions and say things like: “They are so apathetic, they aren’t motivated to go the extra mile”. “All they do is […]
The myth of controlling information in business
One common feature of management over the past few centuries has been to control the flow of information amongst employees. The argument goes that giving too many people too much information is risky as it leads to mistakes, confusion, misinterpretation, lack of efficiency and so on. This control happens both vertically with a select […]
Could we be thinking about hybrid all wrong?
The debate rages on for hybrid, to be or not to be…and why? Companies like Velocity Global are all in on remote, while Elon Musk would rather we were all in the ‘darn’ office! As we continue to navigate and adapt to these work models, the question seems to be should we or shouldn’t we […]