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The hack that HR practitioners are using to keep bang up-to-date
Use this hack to stay up-to-date with the latest research with zero effort!
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The 3 forms of organisational dissent
This is the 2nd of a 4 part series looking at research into what happens when people in organisations feel aggrieved and how the research shows, managers should deal with it. Part 1 Psychological Contract Breaches & 3 Types of Employee Dissent Part 2 The 3 Forms of Organisational Dissent (This part) Part 3 The […]
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When employees get p*$$ed off. What the manager does next makes a difference…
This is the first of 4 articles looking at what happens when people in organisations feel aggrieved and how the research shows, managers should deal with it. Part 1 Psychological Contract Breaches & 3 Types of Employee Dissent (This post) Part 2 The 3 Forms of Organisational Dissent Part 3 The 5 Different Dissent Strategies […]
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How professional L&D practitioners keep up-to-date – Video
It’s not easy when you are a busy L&D practitioner to stay right up-to-date with the latest research and thinking in the industry. Here’s how those in the know manage it:
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This one thing predicts how defensive a mixed team of professionals are likely to be.
The status and stability of the social groups we are part of tends to dictate the way in which we communicate with people who are considered to be in a lower social group, whether you like it or not! A new study just published has shown that coming from a higher status social group will […]
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The BIG difference between the Oxford Review and the Harvard Business Review
I am often asked what the difference is between the Harvard Business Review and the Oxford Review… There is quite a bit of a difference between HBR and The Oxford Review. The first and most important difference is that the HBR doesn’t actually publish much in the way of research. Most of what it publishes […]
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Most leaders’ decision making is “ill-informed, outdated, and incorrect”
A 2005 study found that many leadership strategic decisions are based on, and I quote, “evidence that is ill-informed, outdated, and incorrect”. Yes, leaders are usually using the most up-to-date internal data from their various management information systems to make operational and tactical decisions, however when it comes to the underlying, and often hidden, deep […]
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How to develop adaptability in the workplace: New research.
I was in a local Chinese take-away last night and asked if a certain dish could be done without the chicken being in batter. The answer was “no”. So I asked if the next dish down contained chicken without batter. The answer was “yes”. I then asked why, as they cooked everything fresh (it is […]
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The 3 Human Resources Credibility Factors
One of the things Human Resources are constantly battling with is developing and maintaining credibility, especially with the operational functions in organisations. It is a continual background tension that sits behind just about every HR department and every thing they do and contribute. Creating credibility and developing influence in an organisation isn’t easy for anyone […]
Read moreThe 5 dissent tactics of employees and how to deal with them
It is estimated that somewhere between 50 and 70% of employees, will, at some point in their employment feel that the organisation has wronged, mistreated or let them down in some way. These issues are referred to as psychological contract breaches. This is where an employee feels that the organisation has failed to fulfil its […]
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