Rewiring your management style
Being a human manager is something that we should all embrace. It’s not about holding hands and singing kumbuyah and being “soft and fluffy” however rather genuine, caring, firm but fair and open to the…
6 ways leaders can reframe and better respond to change
Override your fear of failure for the betterment of others. People are looking towards you to inspire and influence. Have the courage to test and learn, to stumble in your endeavors and to seek knowledge…
What’s the formula for proactive change management?
There is a formula that HR professionals can use to help assess why people do or don’t mobilise well in crises, and it can be used successfully in a change management process, according to Dave…
How NetApp navigates change through hiring resilient employees
Hiring employees who are resilient in the face of change has been one of three keys to the commercial success of multinational data management and storage company NetApp, according to its managing director (ANZ), Glenn…
Staying on track during a leadership change
The vast majority of successful businesses have a guiding mission statement with accompanying values that serve to encourage alignment. During a leadership change, aim to ensure that the organisation’s guiding principles and vision sit at…
3 ways to harness change as a force for driving innovation and adaptability
Change doesn’t have to bowl your people over, according to Jeff Mike, who explains how to harness change as a force for driving innovation and adaptability The adage “the only constant is change” has never been truer. But it’s not…
The 7 biggest mistakes make when trying to change culture
Feel-good values statements are solving the wrong problem. They are trying to change behaviour on the surface, rather than looking at what lies underneath it. Culture is what happens beneath the level of individual behaviours…
4 ways hr can get on board the informal learning trend
Informal learning is the way forward, according to Sylvia Vorhauser-Smith, as the millennial rich workforce is growing rapidly The way we work and consume content is rapidly changing, and as a result is shifting the…