How Managers can stay employable amidst the doom and gloom
by Adalta on March 20, 2012
The CMI latest research report suggests that while 2011 has been a very difficult year for UK managers, 2012 looks set to be equally challenging. Nearly half of UK managers are expecting redundancies in 2012, and over a third of managers feel insecure in their jobs. Managers have grave concerns over their organisations’ people capabilities […]
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Innovation versus control & discipline
by Adalta on March 12, 2012
Leadership development over recent years has traditionally placed great emphasis on the need for leaders to be innovative in order to lead their organisation to greater levels of success. Controversially, the author of Good to Great, Jim Collins believes that greatness comes from consistency rather than innovation. In his new book, ‘Great by Choice’, he […]
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Quick creativity tool
by Adalta on March 5, 2012
We came across a fantastic simple creativity tool called DO IT, devised by Robert W Olsen in his book ‘The Art of Creative Thinking’. This tool helps to introduce a formal method of problem definition and evaluation as well as provide a structured process for creativity. DO IT is an acronym that stands for: D […]
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