CMI Employee Engagement event: Communication Matters!
It’s widely acknowledged that an important driver of engagement is having the sort of culture where employees’ views are sought out, listened to and make a difference, and where they speak out and challenge when appropriate. Effective communication is clearly crucial if this is to happen. Last week, we went to an event entitled, ‘Employee Engagement: Communication Matters’ which was jointly held by AIM Research, the CMI and the Institute... [Read More...]
My Comfort Zone
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Organisational charts and organisational reality
There’s something reassuring about org charts – they can easily disguise what is really going on, making everything feel neat and manageable. It’s interesting how often the title of these charts is the name of the company, as if the piece of paper actually is the company itself. Tweet This Post Read More →
Congruence and leading change
How leadership incogruence obstructs change After many years working with organisations in change, two things have become clear to me: first, that many leaders see change as something they have to get other people to do and second, that many employees think their leaders don’t ‘walk the talk’ or practice the behavioural changes they preach. A typical change programme in today’s organisations may come packaged as ‘values-based... [Read More...]
