Good practices relate to better business outcomes

  ‘Companies have considerable control over their performance.’ Well, yes, looks like stating the obvious. But, refreshingly, this report is about talent: ‘Competitors in the same industries with similar workforces and business models can have very different results based on how they manage talent.’ The report from American Opportunity Index gives us powerful data to […]

Has the time come to rethink the jobs of our managers?

‘Managers are the linchpin to organizational success. Left unaddressed, manager ineffectiveness can have a significant negative impact on not just managers, but long-term spill-over effects on business and talent outcomes.’ Gartner’s recent report ‘Managers are cracking and more training won’t help‘ provides some powerful data on the impact of poor – or overloaded – managers. […]