Are you a user of Harrison Assessments? Have you ever wondered what the scores for Traits to Avoid reveal? Quite a bit it turns out. Traits to Avoid are used in our Job Success Formulas for recruitment, promotion, succession planning and employee development. Understanding how the Traits to Avoid are measured and what they indicate […]
Stop spending most of your time managing a few High Maintenance employees The 80-20 rule applies to managing your team – 20% of team members will take 80% of your time. Why? How can you increase the happiness and performance of High Maintenance Employees? Understanding and Managing High Maintenance Employees Spend a moment reflecting on […]
Organisations who work with volunteers and social cause staff face particular challenges in managing and leading their staff–for example: Not for Profits, Purpose for Profits, religious organisations, higher education institutions, professional societies. But should they be any different to a profit focused organisation? We are a Social Cause Organisation – Can we be Permissive with […]
Talent Analytics – Important Aspect of Workforce and People Management The good news is that you do not need to hire teams of people including analysts, statisticians, psychologists, visualisation programmers and HR professionals to have a range of analytics available to you. But did you know that we can help you integrate Talent Analytics into […]
When you look at an organisation’s structure and size of the departments/functions, it is easy to tell a lot about its health and ability to withstand changes in the market place from the location in the structure of different departments, and their sizes.
I have had some conversations this week around good vs bad behaviour in the workplace. Outside of commonly agreed bad behaviour or illegal/unethical behaviour, determining “bad behaviour” is quite subjective – determined by formal and informal workplace culture. When a manager asks me to work with a staff member to make sure that they “behave […]
Critical Non Assertiveness – how it manifests in the workplace If you read this blog often, you will know that I truly believe that most problems in a workplace are the result of poor communication and deficient communication practices. I am keen today to discuss how overly passive people can cause difficulties in a workplace […]
Here in the offices of Indra Process and Performance Consulting, we are continually extending and updating our Deep Leadership modules and supporting material. It’s a great and dynamic atmosphere as we sort out in our own minds the relevance of material and how we can deliver it in the most meaningful way. For us that […]
The challenge of communicating well in the workplace is complex and multi-faceted. One of the classic challenges is when to say more without it being too much, and when to say less without seeming heartless, terse or brusque. How to Say “No” and Keep Yourself AND the Other Person Motivated It is always inspiring to […]
In a conversation this week with a colleague we discussed the importance of process in organisations and the need for carefully managed process life cycles. This includes very specifically the creation, documentation, deployment, refinement, and retirement of processes He asked me why, in his experience, processes are not an area of focus for many businesses, […]
