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THRIVE

Posted on June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 by Mark
THRIVE

THRIVE The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings by Dr. Mark Smutny Overview This is truly a guide — containing a wide range of advice for those who want to run inclusive, engaging and productive meetings. It covers both the mindset and skills facilitators need. Those skills include: Planning a Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Facilitation, Meetings, World of work

Unstoppable Teams

Posted on April 3, 2021April 18, 2021 by Mark
Unstoppable Teams

UNSTOPPABLE TEAMS The Four Essential Actions of High-Performance Leadership By Alden Mills Many leadership books talk about the whole organisation, but here Alden Mills talks about the uniqueness of small teams. And he draws upon his experience as a former SEALs team leader and rower. What they have in common is Continue Reading

Posted In Behaviour, Book review, Culture, Leadership, Team-working, Teams, World of work

Leaders Block

Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 by Mark
Leaders Block

LEADER’S BLOCK How Great Leaders Recover After They Stumble Ritu Gupta Mehrish Summary Ritu Gupta Mehrish maintains that all leaders, at some point, feel ‘blocked.’ The premise of this book is that, although there are a plethora of titles explaining how leaders can boost their effectiveness – finding practical help Continue Reading

Posted In Behaviour, Book review, Leadership

The Surprising Science of Meetings

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 by Mark
The Surprising Science of Meetings

THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF MEETINGS The Surprising Science of Meetings How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance Steven G. Rogelberg Summary Many managers regard inefficient, unproductive or boring meetings as an unavoidable business flaw. In this book, Professor Steven G. Rogelberg challenges this assumption with ideas on how to Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Meetings

Radical Simplicity

Posted on December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 by Mark
Radical Simplicity

RADICAL SIMPLICITY How Ken Allen turned DHL from a failing company into a global success story Logistics giant DHL was haemorrhaging hundreds of millions annually before Ken Allen became its global CEO. He turned the company around, making it a success and a place where people love to work. In this book, Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Change, Leadership

Scaling leadership

Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 by Mark
Scaling leadership

SCALING LEADERSHIP Scaling Leadership (Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most) by Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams I appreciate books based upon facts. There is nothing wrong in reading someone’s opinion on any given subject (this review is a case in point) but when Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, HR, Leadership

Change seems to have found a new gear

Posted on July 15, 2020August 16, 2020 by Mark
Change seems to have found a new gear

CHANGE SEEMS TO HAVE FOUND A NEW GEAR Books rarely solve problems – people do – but a well-written, thought-provoking read can certainly help. At a time when we are either worrying how we’ll fit everything in, or wondering how to fill the hours – there is one constant. We Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Change, HR, Leadership, World of work

Working remotely…successfully

Posted on June 23, 2020July 26, 2020 by Mark
Working remotely…successfully

WORKING REMOTELY SUCCESSFULLY Work Together Anywhere (A Handbook on Working Remotely – Successfully – for Individuals, Teams & Managers) by Lisette Sutherland and Kirsten Janene-Nelson Some books I am reading are useful and always relevant. I am not suggesting this book is only pertinent today, but it is particularly topical Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Remote working, World of work

The benefit of mindfulness

Posted on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 by Mark
The benefit of mindfulness

THE BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS The Practicing Happiness Workbook (How Mindfulness Can Free You from the Four Psychological Traps That Keep You Stressed, Anxious, and Depressed) by Ruth Baer PhD Not every book I read is directly linked to my profession. Every now and then I choose to pick up something Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Mindfulness

Recalibrating diversity

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 by Mark
Recalibrating diversity

RECALIBRATING DIVERSITY The paradox of diversity It is fair to say that every organisation has at least considered the subject of diversity. Many have embraced it and are – in their own ways and no doubt in the belief what they are doing is good – pressing on with the Continue Reading

Posted In Book review, Diversity, Matthew Syed, Rebel Ideas

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I am an experienced HR professional who passionately believes in the difference that well-defined and appropriate people interventions can make to an organisation — both to its culture and ultimately its bottom line.

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