Prefer to listen? Click the play button above 👆 Prefer to read? Read on below 👇 Today, I want to talk about the topic of accountability especially in relation to remote working. How I see accountability is best explained, I find, through my job as an HR consultant travelling in and out of many […]
Employing Adults, not Children
“I tripped over the box on the stairs, why didn’t you tell me it was in my way”, “I saw the others using gloves, but no one told me I should use them too”, “You’ve no right to make my job redundant, you should protect every job”, “I’m not changing the way I do things.” […]
Leadership lessons from our daily Coronavirus briefings
It strikes me that the very visible leadership afforded us through daily Coronavirus briefings will leave a lasting legacy about what leadership looks and feels like in the UK. I love the fact that leadership has been visible at this time, daily briefings is something I have never experienced before. I have a few concerns […]
Have graduates made themselves unemployable?
57% of Graduates expect to stay in their first graduate role for less than a year … Only 12% of new graduates expect to stay in their first role for longer than 2 years. This research by Step has got to be the most dispiriting and damaging poll I’ve seen this year. Dispiriting for employers, […]
Are you racist? Are we all racist?
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Engagement recently, thinking it’s time to challenge a few of our ‘accepted’ D&I principles. I’ve slowly been coming to the conclusion that in this PC world of ours not enough challenging is going on about the essence of people, the essence of who we are, and how […]
Jaluch Culture – Tips from the Team
Leaders – face it! It’s time to tackle the ‘c’ word At Jaluch we think the time has come to face up to the ‘c’ word and challenge employers to take an honest look at how they run their businesses. We’re talking, of course about “culture”. Sexist scandals at giants like Google and Topshop might […]
Impasse, Intransigence and Idiocy! Has anyone ever heard of Group Think?
Welcome to my blog. I read in the papers this week that the UK (that would be you and me then!) had expected our esteemed politicians to return from their two-week Easter Break having cogitated and ruminated on how to break the current political impasse. An expectation that views would have softened, minds newly opened […]
Power and control in the workplace
Do your employees hold the power or do you? In my last blog I wrote about fear in the workplace, the all-encompassing fear that holds so many of us back. This time I turn my attention to something else that can leave us frozen and incapable of action … power. Of course power, when used […]
Fear in the workplace
It strikes me that far too many decisions are made in the workplace in response to fear. Fear of: Which of these is your greatest or most frequent fear? Is it on my list? But more importantly, what is the greatest fear of those you manage or work alongside? Do their fears impact how successfully […]
D&I and the danger of a narcissist in the team…
Is the most popular person in your business singlehandedly destroying it? For some years my path has regularly crossed an individual who on the face of it is the driving force behind the team’s success. She brings in energy, vibrancy, and draws people together. She appears caring and empathetic. But what I have increasingly become […]
