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Why It Pays To Employ The Older Generation

By Strategy & People Consultancy
Younger employees – especially Generation Y – tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to people and talent management. But what about the older generation? Can employers afford to write them off? The evidence suggests strongly that businesses that...Younger employees – especially Generation Y – tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to people and talent management. But what about the older generation? Can employers afford to write them off? The evidence suggests strongly that businesses that...
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August 26, 2015

Individual, Team And Organisational Change Delivering Bottom Line Value

By Capability Building Programmes
Local Authorities around the country are going through significant strategic, operational and cultural change. Solihull MBC is no exception – a major restructuring and a new focus on effective leadership and high-performing teamwork have been on the agenda to help...Local Authorities around the country are going through significant strategic, operational and cultural change. Solihull MBC is no exception – a major restructuring and a new focus on effective leadership and high-performing teamwork have been on the agenda to help...
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July 24, 2015

Intensive Work Project? The Pomodoro Technique May Help You

By Capability Building Programmes
Most people have taken exams of one type or another, whether it be GCSE, (or O level if you’re of a certain age) A level, professional exams, vocational training, even the driving test.  We’re probably all familiar with advice on...Most people have taken exams of one type or another, whether it be GCSE, (or O level if you’re of a certain age) A level, professional exams, vocational training, even the driving test.  We’re probably all familiar with advice on...
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July 2, 2015

Are You Sitting Comfortably? Perhaps You Shouldn’t Be……

By Capability Building Programmes
Have you ever considered how long you spend sitting down each day? Eating, driving or commuting, working, goggling at a screen in all its many guises?  If you did the maths, you would be alarmed, and rightly so; the average...Have you ever considered how long you spend sitting down each day? Eating, driving or commuting, working, goggling at a screen in all its many guises?  If you did the maths, you would be alarmed, and rightly so; the average...
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April 20, 2015

Sleep is the New Exercise

By Capability Building Programmes
In the modern, 24/7 world, where you can do almost anything at any time of day or night, it’s tempting to think that you can snip an hour off your sleep time here and there to complete that critical report,...In the modern, 24/7 world, where you can do almost anything at any time of day or night, it’s tempting to think that you can snip an hour off your sleep time here and there to complete that critical report,...
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March 27, 2015

It Takes Two to Tango

By Capability Building Programmes
We spend a lot of time discussing leadership – what makes a great leader, how to develop leaders, and so on – but what about followship?  A leader is afterall nothing, without their followers and in our view the responsibility...We spend a lot of time discussing leadership – what makes a great leader, how to develop leaders, and so on – but what about followship?  A leader is afterall nothing, without their followers and in our view the responsibility...
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January 15, 2015

Innovative Approaches for Employee Engagement in 2015

By Strategy & People Consultancy
The need to seek and attain engaged employees is not going away. Unprecedented global competition requires us to ensure we are maximising the resources we have, and our biggest resource is people. Until the focus on our ‘people plan’ is...The need to seek and attain engaged employees is not going away. Unprecedented global competition requires us to ensure we are maximising the resources we have, and our biggest resource is people. Until the focus on our 'people plan' is...
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January 12, 2015

The Power of Diversity

By Strategy & People Consultancy
This week, the business press has been full of the news of the sudden departure of Harriet Green, CEO of Thomas Cook. By any measure, Harriet is one of the most successful CEOs of recent times – when she joined...This week, the business press has been full of the news of the sudden departure of Harriet Green, CEO of Thomas Cook. By any measure, Harriet is one of the most successful CEOs of recent times – when she joined...
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November 29, 2014

Feel The Fear, And Do It Anyway

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
No-one ever got anywhere by standing still. Change is incredibly important for business, but it’s also one of the most difficult things to manage, simply because humans aren’t especially keen on it. That’s why managing change is one of the...No-one ever got anywhere by standing still. Change is incredibly important for business, but it’s also one of the most difficult things to manage, simply because humans aren’t especially keen on it. That’s why managing change is one of the...
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November 25, 2014

Happy at Work?

By Capability Building Programmes
We all know it’s important to look after ourselves but often we concentrate on our physical selves and neglect what’s going on in our heads. This is especially important at work, as stress has a huge impact on our mental...We all know it’s important to look after ourselves but often we concentrate on our physical selves and neglect what’s going on in our heads. This is especially important at work, as stress has a huge impact on our mental...
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October 2, 2014