Monthly Archives: May 2005
Covert and Overt Management Styles
Tom at the wonderfully titled “HR for the leader in you” has written of another example of traditional, covert management styles that clearly don’t cover the whole piece; A man came up to me after my speech on leadership the … Continue reading
Emotions Mapped by New Geography
Bruce Hoppe caught my eye with a rather fetching historical article on Psychological Geography! I’ve included the picture below and you can find the original here. The original is from the New York Times, 3rd April, 1933. Whatever happened to … Continue reading
Organisational Culture, Transformation and the use of Role Models
I was reading “The Psychology of Change Management” in the McKinsey Quarterly and found some interesting thoughts about the psychology of change management! Of the four conditions cited, the use of role models seemed particularly apt. People must also see … Continue reading
Merger Integration
I am often left with an unanswered question when I come across the idea that; As two organizations come together, it is vitally important to make sure that everyone knows the ground rules, and that the new organization takes the … Continue reading
Social Network Analysis Recommendation
A hat tip to Allan Engelhardt who writes; If you are at all interested in enterprise social software, then the article A Practical Guide to Social Networks from the March 2005 issue of the Harvard Business Review is required reading. … Continue reading
Working With Pay Pals – Relationships versus Rewards?
I read a quick review of “Working With Pay Pals” on the HBS Working Knowledge site. While the message isn’t exactly earth shattering, the value people place on their relationships in comparison to their pay was refreshing. “The things that … Continue reading
You can predict relationship potential
Yes, I believe that you can predict relationships and relationship potential! While I would say that, given that it is a major part of what we do at Four Groups, I was interested to read an interview between Stowe Boyd … Continue reading
Confident Networking for Career Success and Satisfaction
I took a call recently from Stuart Lindenfield who was kind enough to let me know about the imminent publication of his first book, “Confident Networking for Career Success and Satisfaction” (hopefully these Google and Amazon links will be up … Continue reading
Organisational Culture and the Organisational Shadow
For those of a Jungian persuasion, I couldn’t help think of the idea of an organisational shadow (see Jungian Shadow), partly prompted by some of the recent things I have been writing on here but also from a post by … Continue reading
