‘Trust arrives on foot and leaves in a Ferrari’ (Mark Carney) Strong team performance requires trust. Strong teams collaborate, encourage diverse thinking and innovate to drive new solutions to complex problems. We can still have working relationships with people that we don’t trust, but not great ones. If you suspect they’ll talk behind your back, […]
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Positive work cultures are more productive, as well as being nicer places to be. As explained in this article from HBR, a positive environment leads to dramatic benefits for your employees, the employers and of course the bottom line. This is because there are hidden costs to the pressure that is usually placed on people […]
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Smart organisations know they need three types of capital to make their business work well. Intellectual capital – smart people who know their stuff, both strategically and tactically, Financial capital – financial resources and backing to fund the business, and Social capital – the quality of relationships to make it all work. However, for many […]
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