Keeping Productivity High During Times of Change

“We have created a new organisational structure to support our new brand identity; new teams, new bosses, new responsibilities. How can we maintain our high level of output for our internal customers while our people are focused on how to be successful in this...

Balancing Short versus Long Term Focus

“We tend to focus too much on short term operational emergencies, and as a result we lose focus on our long term tactical and strategic issues. Time spent on operational issues – oftentimes problem solving – takes up a lot of bandwidth and prevents time...

Making your Corporate Purpose Come Alive

“Together with my Executive Team, I recently defined a new corporate purpose for our organisation. I now need to make this come alive and have our employees live it on a daily basis.”   – CEO, Cosmetics Industry     Corporate Purpose leads to...

Lifting Team Performance Across Generations

“Aligned to the overall strategic shift in our company towards a more team-based structure, we need to be better at developing interpersonal and social skills, especially with regard to the new generations now starting to grow in our company.” – Global HR...

How to Engage Busy Managers in Development

“We have built a series of leadership development initiatives based on the expressed needs of our internal customers. We have also clearly defined the business outcomes per programme, so we know that we are ‘speaking the language of the business’. ...

Aligning Career Path Development Across the Organisation

“Our corporate HR department wants to define a company-wide framework for career path development, taking into account the different needs and objectives across all divisions – and at the same time, set standards and align approaches. So far, only isolated...