HR departments continue to get their fair share of stick from many quarters and it often seems that there is still a huge gap between what senior managers want from HR and what they are actually getting most of the time.
To explore why this is, Wayne is joined this week from the UK by Jo [...]
We’re all familiar with the concept of emotional intelligence, but what about spiritual intelligence? That’s the theme of this week’s Working Week as Wayne talks to long-time Management-Issues contributor, Peter Vajda.
As Peter tells Wayne, spiritual intelligence has nothing to do with theology or religion. Rather, its about being aware of how and who you are [...]
This week, Wayne is joined from London by Ruth Spellman, the new chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, one of the UK’s longest-standing professional bodies for management.
They explore what can be done to help and support managers in the 21st century as well as how management development and training initiatives can address specific skill-gaps.
They [...]
How should organizations respond to the explosion in blogging and social networking which often sees them being talked about online – in sometimes unfaltering terms.
As Wayne finds out this week, whatever else they do, the most fatal mistake an organization can make is simply to try to ignore what people are saying about them online. [...]
This week, Wayne is joined by someone never afraid to speak his mind, Management-Issues contributor Max McKeown.
Max works as a strategic adviser for four of the five most admired companies in the world and is a well-known speaker on subjects including innovation, engagement, human potential, customer experience, marketing, team building, and competitive advantage.
His latest book, [...]
This week, Wayne talks about management development with Bill Snaith, the Director of the Management Development Centre at
Durham Business School in the UK.
They discuss what management development is – or ought to be- and what role business schools can play in it. In particular, they explore the vexed question of whether leadership [...]
Whether you’re aware of it or not, you have a personal brand. It’s what people say about you behind your back and what they really think about you. And if you try to be someone you’re not when you go to work, the chances are that what people say isn’t very complimentary.
As Wayne finds out [...]
On this week’s Working Week, Wayne talks to Dr Judith Bardwick, author of
One Foot Out the Door - How to Combat the Psychological Recession That’s Alienating Employees and Hurting American Business.
After years of downsizing, outsourcing and corporate greed gone wild, today’s workers simply don’t believe that their employers value them. And as new generations enter [...]
Despite all the economic gloom out there, the fact remains that many economies in the developed world face increasing shortages of skilled workers as their demographic chickens come home to roost.
But what does the situation look like from an Indian perspective? That’s the theme for this week’s Working Week Podcast, in which Wayne if joined [...]
We all know that things are tough out there, but while the economy may be slowing, that doesn’t mean the world is about to come to an end. In fact, as Dan Bobinski tells Wayne in the latest Working Week podcast, a downturn can actually be a great time to take a risk.
None of which [...]
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