Recently a friend of mine’s role was made redundant, in fact the whole project was shelved and she was given 2 week’s notice. My friend is very well versed in the ways of organisational restructuring, change management and people engagement and her comment to me was: “It was done so badly” I [...]
What are the factors I would consider when choosing to provide outplacement support for an individual and how much I should invest? Career Life Transitions have 12 things you might consider when you find yourself in that unfortunate situation where you may need to make roles redundant and consequently let people go. Seniority [...]
Jobkeeper has been a wonderful initiative that has enabled many businesses to retain their employment base through the last 12 months or so. It allowed a number of businesses to continue to engage their employees, thereby preventing (or softening) undue stress on the social security systems. The results from the last 12 months in business [...]
The term ‘Change Management’ has now pretty much been relegated to describe the activities that surround progress change and system upgrades in organisations. Essential, but in this fast past world, nowhere near enough to keep an organisation ahead of the game. Management Gurus like Peter Drucker, Charles Handy and Peter Senge have been advocating for [...]
Ever notice how some people sail through life seemingly without a care and others get hooked or caught up on something along the way and appear to be stuck. As Heraclitus said “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change” and some people have trouble accepting that fact. If Heraclitus said this over 2,500 years ago, [...]
Have you ever thought about being your own boss? Many people have, there is a certain attraction to freeing yourself from the hierarchical and political pressures of an organisation and testing yourself and challenging your abilities in the commercial world. But have you honestly thought about what it takes, really? A staggering number of businesses [...]
Ask any Organisational Change person how long it takes to change the culture in an organisation, and they will tell you 2 to 3 years. Why so long? Well if you want to change the way people think, interact, respond and work, it is challenging, really very challenging. Getting your ducks in a [...]
There is no fence – you just think there is. Often one of the main barriers to achieving something in our life is our own thinking. When faced with changes or transitions we often remain fixed in our views and thoughts with regards to what is possible. We see some of our clients creating obstacles [...]
Really? Well, maybe. The relationship between an employee and his or her employer has a lot of similarities to a romantic relationship. It starts with a spark of interest, there’s a period of courtship and, if all goes well, years of mutually beneficial partnership. Of course it can all go wrong and end in [...]
This year I turn 49. I’m doing work that I am really passionate about but still find myself having the inevitable thoughts that happen around every decade birthday. "Am I where I thought I would be in my career? In my life? Am I happy with what I have achieved?". Sometimes those thoughts pass briefly, [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: