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  • High-performance AND fulfilling work

    Blog posts

    2 Sep 2013

    ‘I regularly wonder how we can get the best out of people so that they perform as well as they can and so that they enjoy coming to work - and how easy it is for organisations and managers to get it wrong.'

  • Heading to zero?

    Blog posts

    5 Aug 2013

    ‘I have long since taken the view that politician and media hype on flexible labour markets has got in the way of finding benefit in flexible work arrangements.'

  • Are you just paying lip service to diversity?

    Blog posts

    2 Aug 2013

    ‘This month, I have been thinking about diversity and in particular the composition of senior teams and boards. There was a lot of talk around the time of the financial crisis that mixed-composition boards might be more robust with members more willing to challenge each other. But has this chatter actually had any impact on top team composition?'