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I was talking a while back with the very wise Stefan Stern about the notion of talent and where we place value. One of the things I think we genuinely undervalue is the ability to build or realise capacity/capability in others. The ability to support the development of colleagues or your team to be better. [...]

"In response to uncertain and risky situations, humans have a tendency to focus and simplify their decision making. Individuals responding to a threat are likely to rely on one action, even when it provides only incremental protection or risk reduction and may not be the most effective option." People often take no further action, presumably [...]

The trailer is not the story. The story can't just be the trailer. When I was younger you only really saw trailers for most films in the cinema. They were a treat. They tended to be quite short and designed to not give anything away. The concept of the release of a trailer being an [...]

Someone once said to me that you can lower your expectations in different circumstances, but your standards should remain the same. It was during the last recession - and their theory was that at the point you blame the external environment for your performance it is tempting to let all blame fall on that environment: [...]

Onboarding is a terrible term. Somewhere someone's CV has 'I coined the term 'onboarding'' written on it and they should be proud of getting something into such common usage and slightly apologetic that we use such an odd term to mean 'make welcome and give support'. I often hear people say they are looking forward [...]

That last post wasn't finished. Technical issue at this end. Since I can't undo emails the only options appear to be to pretend it didn't happen - or apologise and wish you a good weekend... Apologies - and have a good weekend. 

Edmund Burke said that an MP “owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion” In these days of conversation about how democratic an organisation could/should be I think it's worth considering the above. That democracy isn't a straight vote on [...]

For the last (almost two years) I've had the wonderful opportunity to head up the CIPD's relationship with our branch network and with our Council. Our branch network is one of the world's biggest communities of HR and people development practitioners. It's a remarkable thing. It runs over 1000 events each year and supports everything [...]