Finally the staffing penny dropped Recently I realised two obvious things: I keep hiring people who are like me when I need people who are the opposite, the ones who do well what I do badly. I need to develop completely different thinking styles for specific contexts. The penny dropped when I realised I wasn’t… Read more
Innovation + Communication = Business Success
I was recently a judge in the Oxfordshire finals of the Young Enterprise schools’ competition. What a great preparation for the workplace. Each school competing has a team of teenage volunteers, aged from 15-17 usually, who start and run their own company, selling a product or service for the 9 months of the school year…. Read more
Generation Y and Why We Don’t Need to Worry
I recently attended a workshop on how to manage Generation Y. The basic premise being that those in the 20-30 age-bracket have been brought up on video games and networking websites so they are motivated by a different management style to the rest of the workforce. The Gist for Gen Y Gen Y are motivated… Read more
