The Oxford Review Blog: Evidence-based practice research briefings

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Organisational wrong-doing: Being bad is different in different cultures

Organisational wrong-doing: Being bad in different cultures A recent study looking at attitudes towards five forms of information abuse made a fascinating and accidental discovery about how different cultures perceive organisational wrong-doing. The researchers uncovered that there are significantly different perceptions of organisational wrong-doing (perceptions of being bad) depending on where you come from… […]

#Management #organisational wrong-doing #Research

in Blog , Organisational Change , Research by David Wilkinson
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Receptiveness to change: how job satisfaction and organisational commitment impacts it

Receptiveness to change is a key issue in organisations. A lot of time, money and effort is used trying to predict and develop receptiveness to change as this is a primary indicator of organisational readiness for change. A new study looking at the relationships between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and people’s attitudes toward organisational change […]

#job satisfaction #job security #Organisational change #organisational commitment #receptiveness to change

in Blog , Leadership , Research by David Wilkinson

Tensions faced by leaders: The inherent conflict and tension that exist within manager’s and leader’s roles

Tensions faced by leaders: An interesting paper, about the tensions faced by leaders in health care scenarios shows some really useful constructs for leaders and managers in other contexts. The study found that there are often perceived differences between the aims of different parts of managers jobs. In this case between the aims of the […]

#Leadership #Management #Tensions faced by leaders

in Blog , Observations by David Wilkinson
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Not evidence-based: Finding evidence to support your argument does not make an evidence-based argument

The unidirectional argument is not evidence-based There are a lot of blogs, articles and books that at first sight appear to be evidence-based. They are entertaining, interesting and makes sense. Some call it evidence-based writing. It is not evidence-based and here’s why… As editor of The Oxford Review I read a lot. A lot of […]

#cherry-picking #confirmation bias #evidence based #evidence suppression #not evidence based #reference mining

in Blog , Human Resources by David Wilkinson

How to prevent brain drain – lessons for every organisation

Brain drain or key people leaving after a change or acquisition is a major problem for organisations, whether they care to admit it or not. Whilst this research study focuses on what goes wrong when companies acquire start-ups, the lessons have much broader implications for managing staff in most organisations and how to prevent brain […]

#brain drain #people leaving #Skills

in Blog , Work psychology by David Wilkinson

Filled up the swear jar at work? Is swearing at work actually good for you?

Swearing at work – good or bad? Do you have days where you appear to be filling up the swear jar faster than anyone else at work? Many of us let loose now and then when things go wrong, or we get frustrated or someone upsets us. But can swearing at work be good for […]

#swearing at work #work psychology

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Adaptive Leadership – Interview with Mary Uhl-Bien

Adaptive Leadership – Interview with Mary Uhl-Bien, Professor of Management at the Dept. of Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership at TCU in Fort Worth Texas. In this podcast we look at the concept of adaptive leadership and how to develop an adaptive or ambidextrous organisation. You can subscribe to the Organisational Success Academy Podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1365402050 Transcript: […]

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The working alliance of coaching

A recent review of the available literature in coaching looking at what is known as the working alliance of coaching or what is important in coaching relationships has found that the quality of coaching relationships is vital to achieving outcomes, however this is hard to quantify. This new literary review and study looked at the quality […]

#coaching #coaching outcomes #coaching relationships #relationships #working alliance

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New Research Briefing: How to develop and lead an adaptable organisation

How to lead and develop an adaptable organisation

If you are in leadership, leadership development, organisational development or consultancy you are going to want to see this… New research briefing: How to lead and develop an adaptable organisation This week we sent our members a brand new research briefing about how to lead and develop an adaptable organisation. This briefing summarised an important new […]

##OrgDev #adaptable organisation #complexity #conflicting #connecting #enabling leadership #entrepreneurial leadership #Leadership #operational leadership #organisational ambidexterity #organisational development #uncertainty

in Blog , Learning by David Wilkinson
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Why obedience and loyalty could be the downfall of your organisation: New study …

Obedience and loyalty could be your organisations downfall… Toshiba was at one time one of the giants of Japan’s economy, with net sales of USD $63 billion and over 200,000 employees worldwide. However things were not as they appeared. In 2015 it was discovered that there was USD 4.1 billion of inflated profits over […]

#Leadership #loyalty #obedience #obedience and loyalty #organisational commitment #organisational development #work psychology

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