To keep up with the relentless pace of change, the regular message we receive is that we need to make ourselves and our teams more agile. This holds true whether you lead a team of two or two thousand. But how do you create this agility? Published in 2018, The Agile Leader by Simon Hayward […]
Insights on change management from McKinsey
With “70% of major change management projects not achieving the objectives they set out to achieve”, the insights shared in this McKinsey video provide guidance on how to not fall into this category. Of those that don’t achieve their objectives, 70% relates to human issues. So the early stage of the change management process is […]
8 tips on building teams that people enjoy working for
This short TED series video on ‘The Way We Work’ shares 8 tips on building organisations that people enjoy working for. Your employees are adults Assume that everyone goes to work each day to do something amazing. Simple? But how many organisations introduce systems that treat people like children? The job of management isn’t to […]
Creating happiness at work. How is that possible?
Two billion people worldwide are not happy at work. This short TED series video on ‘The Way We Work’ provides an insight into 4 key areas to increase employee happiness at work. Trust and Respect Trust and respect are buzz words that many leaders and managers promote as being present in their organisations and teams. […]
Books Recommended by Educational Leaders
In the Leadership Insights series of interviews (posted on the Trak Search website), I’ve had the pleasure of posing a range of questions to some of our foremost educational leaders. One common trait displayed by them won’t be a surprise to anyone – they are all passionate about their own learning. Each was an avid […]