I’ve spent the last few years fairly well engaged in the various social networking sites and have been using live chat programmes for even longer.
There is no doubt that generally people like to know other people’s stuff and keep in touch, however strong or loose the connection might be.  The explosion of sites such as [...]

I’m a southerner born and bred but I’ve been living in the Midlands for around 8 years now and have become very fond of the place I now call home.  So what makes it such a great home and secondly, what makes it great for team building?
As a home the midlands offers lots of fantastic [...]

If you think your performance appraisal process leaves something to be desired and probably sits somewhere between “never done” and “done under duress” just take a look at a few Personal Development Plans! Or should I say “pointless de-motivating plans”.
 
 
Creating A PDP That Achieves Something
 
So, by our title you can assume that we mean the [...]

 
Leadership development is one of the most popular learning and development topics within the training industry and has been for some time. Leadership development can be a hard area to address if employees recognise the need instead of the leaders themselves. After all telling a senior figure in any organisation that they need further development [...]

People are rarely incompetent or useless.  Most of the time they are just in the wrong job and aren’t playing to their strengths.  So what fool would land themselves the wrong job then!  How surprising is it then, of over 3000 people surveyed, more than 65% said they were in their job more by accident [...]

It’s great that in all this doom and gloom of recession, job cuts, bankruptcy and MP’s expenses there are still companies who continue to develop their people. After all, we’ll need all these well trained staff and fantastic managers and leaders when the upturn comes!
So, the other week I was running a leadership programme for [...]

I’ve been in the business of developing teams for a fair number of years now and I am pretty sure I’ve seen most forms of team development, team building and whatever else you want to call it.  But it’s a very true saying that there are many ways to skin a cat (not that I’d [...]

 Innovation Happens at the Edge
 By Tom Stevens  (c)2007 
In a knowledge-driven economy, chances are greater than ever that the value you offer comes from making use of expertise. Conventional wisdom will tell you that you get the best from your expertise by deeper learning your field, by keeping up with new developments and understanding the [...]

By Tom Stevens  (c)2007 
The comments and questions from many of my workshop participants and coaching clients often reveal that their basic concept of leadership is about being in charge - i.e. obtaining a position of power, having the most information, and giving orders. The classic boss. From this viewpoint, effective leadership requires having the [...]

What leadership is not: It is not Management. Management is working with and through people and groups to accomplish organizational goals. Leadership is influencing human behaviour, regardless of the goal.
A leader is first of all a person who serves people. In order to lead, people need to know that you care about them. You show [...]