Driving return on investment through people
Management jargon is the enemy of strategic clarity, according to Peter Fuda, who says there are four key questions that need to be answered in order to determine your deepest aspirations The key issue we face in defining shared aspirations is not a lack of ambition, or even strategic clarity, […]
When organisations stop paying mere lip service to their values and instead align with and act on their values, then trust, customer satisfaction and a high-performance culture follow, writes Aaron McEwan As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Well done is better than well said.” And we’ve heard a lot of talk across […]
If you want to maximise the performance of your organisation or team, values must be turned into shared standards, writes Peter Fuda Every organisation has values. The challenge, however, is that these are usually different from those written on the poster. To cite an infamous example, Enron’s espoused values were […]
If an organisation truly wants to stamp out culture failings then it is up to the leadership team to ensure that the systems that support the day-to-day work match the cultural rhetoric, writes Aaron McEwan Pick up a paper from today, yesterday or a month ago and you’ll no doubt […]
A strong focus on culture, deploying small but empowered teams, strategic talent acquisition and structured onboarding have been three keys to the successful growth of graphic design-as-a-service company Canva, according to its head of HR. The company, which has doubled in size every year since its inception in 2012, is […]
