Three steps to relationship mastery
No one can succeed alone. Our ability to connect with and collaborate with others has been and continues to be a major factor in our species’ survival over time.Yes, building strong, collaborative, creatively challenging, and trustful relationships could be the most important thing you ever focus on.And the commitment to creating those relationships starts in your head; how you think about the people you work with will impact...
9 winning tactics for GOLD medal teamwork
The Olympic Games are here! This is a good time to reflect on the teamwork that makes an Olympian successful. Teamwork is crucial to both team and individual success. No one is an island: behind most successful individuals stands a great team. An athlete will have a team of coaches, physiotherapists, dietitians and many more. Together, they work towards a goal – the gold medal goal. And it’s exactly the same at work. Every...
What can we learn from the world of politics?
There has been political turbulence in many countries around the world in 2022, just like most other years. Here in the UK we have observed how the last two prime ministers have struggled to have the kind of impact they probably want. Boris Johnson has been found to not being as truthful and transparent as people expect of leaders, and it contributed greatly to his downfall. Liz Truss (together with her Chancellor of the Exchequer...
The last IMPACT issue of 2021
Welcome to the last issue of IMPACT for 2021! In this issue, we focus on how to retain your top talent, how to navigate the ’emotional minefields’ of mergers & acquisitions, and what we can learn from a philharmonic orchestra and its conductor. As we are coming to the end of the year, we also reflect on how to take stock of 2021. And there’s a story about the dangers of a suspicious mind – and the IMPACT...
How to retain your top talent
The ‘war for talent’ is not a new challenge for organisations all around the world, but the pandemic has made it worse. A recent study from McKinsey shows that around 40% of employees are ‘somewhat likely’ to change jobs in the next 3-6 months. And 2/3 of them would do so even if they didn’t have a new job offer. And a study by DDI shows that attracting and retaining top talent is one of the main...
A fresh start with hybrid working
Ideas for doing hybrid right with culture at the heart A year ago, us and many others started talking about hybrid working and going back to the office following the covid pandemic. It was a useful conversation to have but in reality the return to the office has not really happened to any greater extent yet. And different countries are at different stages of return or plans for return. But it’s definitely starting to happen....
