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7 Key Points in Leading a Project

By Ben Hart
In Employee Engagement, Food for thought, Leadership, Management, Uncategorised

7 Things you need to know in leading a project Roll with the punches The first issue in managing a successful project is that you need to be willing to roll with the punches, often in project management or leadership we have a cognitive bias, that little voice in the...

Beware, Narcissistic Leaders!

By Cameron Turner
In Lean Thinking, Robotic Process Automation, RPA, Uncategorised

It’s well documented that Donald Trump is a classic narcissist (among otherthings). But let’s looks at some of the things he said in the interview: “It’s something that I find very interesting.” “I actually have studied it very hard. I know the different players.” “But I think Boris would do...

How close are your Employee Engagement and Customer Experience Strategies?

The parallel between Employee Engagement and Customer Experience Strategies is closer than you may think. Double acts have long been part of many peoples lives, from Morecambe & Wise, Penn & Teller or even Cake & Custard. These have each had their own success and in business, there are two...

What is a good RAG status …..50 Shades of Green?

By Andy McLean
In Leadership, Measures

I woke up this morning to the memory of an old friend. I was supporting him within a large UK banking organisation when he had a ‘moment’. There we were, in front of a team of senior managers and, for whatever reason the red mist descended. His emotions had got...

How to harness the amazing power of team work

By Jason Elliot
In Leadership, Lean Thinking, Management

Team work is one of the most important tools to achieving a successful result. I recently made a trip to the Snowdonia mountains with a group of friends to take in some of the fantastic mountaineering opportunities. Whilst we were out on day 1 in the heavy rain, attempting what...

Could a woman play in a men’s football league?

By Cameron Turner
In High Performance, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma

Have we got the right people in the right roles? Blackburn Rovers play in the Championship League here in England – and they’re not having a great season. There’s a good chance they’ll be relegated to League One next season.

5 reasons you don’t have a culture of continuous improvement

By Cameron Turner
In Change Management, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Thinking, Lean Training, Management

Almost all companies want a culture of continuous improvement – yet so few have it. Why is that then? Here are our top 5 reasons that prevent you from creating a culture of CI: 1. You don’t invest in training people Improvement is a skill like any other. Some people...

Not Everyone Likes Music

By Cameron Turner
In Leadership

Believe it or not, liking music isn’t a universally shared trait. We had some friends around for dinner the other night and the topic of conversation eventually turned its way to music. I asked my friend what music they liked and their answer surprised me. “I don’t really like music”....

Walking the walk

By Cameron Turner
In Leadership

One of the reasons why an organisation has so much opportunity to improve is because Managers are too far removed from the work. I see this in varying degrees when I visit a workplace. In almost all cases, the more senior the manager, the less likely they know what actually...

Is Myers-Briggs any more useful than a Horoscope?

By Cameron Turner
In Leadership

In my very first Team Manager role early in my career, my employer put all of us through the Myers-Briggs personality test (also known as MBTI). It said I was quite introverted and thinking more than feeling. About a year later, they put us through the test again and I...