Six key employment law updates you need to know With the daffodils out already and signs of Spring approaching (despite the best efforts of storms Ciara and Dennis), April will soon be upon us. April tends to be a busy time in the year for HR, where employers are usually required to implement/amend [...]
Culture and the value of conversation In my experience if you invite someone to get involved in work relating to their organisation’s culture they are often pretty sceptical that it will be of any value, or even cynical and suspicious about your motivation. Personally I think this is fair enough – most of [...]
Asking for feedback - The Strength You Have Been Looking For I have been coaching a CEO recently who wants to use feedback to help him continue to develop as a leader. I find it inspiring that such senior and experienced people retain the humility and commitment for self-improvement when others [...]
13/07/2018 Papa John’s PR nightmare John Schnatter has stepped down as the chairman of Papa John’s Pizza after using the N-word during a media training session. The incident occurred during a conference call between himself and a marketing agency in May. According to Forbes, the purpose of the call was to discuss “dealing with [...]
Am I the only one who wonders whether some leaders should pay more attention to leading themselves before they inflict their skills (or the lack of them) on others? I am reminded of that safety briefing you get on airplanes, the one people hardly listen to these days that if the air pressure in [...]