by David Reddin | Sep 3, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Branding, Candidate resources, Career development, Culture, Inspiration, Leadership
The feeling that you’ve gamed the system – that you don’t really deserve your successes – is surprisingly common in the modern workforce. People of all backgrounds, in all industries, grapple with it every day. It can lead to crippling perfectionism, inability to take...
by Lyn Cole | Aug 19, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration, Sales
If you walk into any decent bookstore and know where to look, you’ll find plenty of titles for the enterprising salesperson. There are new voices coming out all the time, with new ideas and new angles, adding to a long lineage of motivational wisdom for...
by Lyn Cole | Jul 24, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration
Most of us think of work from home (WFH) as a modern trend. Actually, it has a long history in pre-internet business. In various trades, at various times in human history, it made sense to combine the workplace and residence into one physical location. Weavers,...
by Lyn Cole | Jul 8, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration
Even if you stay away from newspapers and television, the impact of COVID-19 can be seen in balance sheets and customer relationships. Apart from that, employers are obligated to assess the transmission risks associated with their particular workforce and business...
by Lyn Cole | Jul 1, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Branding, Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration
One of the benefits of being a mechanic is that engines are, well, mechanical. When there’s a problem, it gets solved through an objective process of diagnosis and repair. There aren’t many abstractions involved. If the mechanic is good, there isn’t a whole lot of...
by Lyn Cole | Jun 17, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration
The roots of performance feedback go back to 1911, when mechanical engineer (and Olympic golfer) Frederick Winslow Taylor published his popular book, Principles of Scientific Management. In those days, the vast majority of the workforce was involved in manual labour....
