How collaborative learning can change your business for the better
Imagine if all the informal learning achieved in this way was captured and available to everybody in your business. If one person needs to fill a gap in skill or knowledge to perform their work, it is likely others in your business share the need.
The easiest and most difficult place to start your strategic planning
Have you ever sat at your desk and wondered what is the next thing you should do? Is the number of tasks and ‘should dos’ so large that you have trouble distinguishing any priority among them? This is a common situation for many of us in business. When it comes to creating a strategic plan this same situation arises, ‘where should I start?’
Check out Percepium LMS 6.0.5
Percepium LMS has had a major upgrade to 6.0 and an update to 6.0.5. The enhancements included in these updates to the learning management system are delivering some powerful new features and functions for our customers around the world. Below is just a short summary...
Zen and the art of strategic planning
Strategic planning is a process that should remain simple in conduct and in output.
A small team creates a revolution
An organisation can initiate and sustain cultural change by starting small and working up as opposed to top-down.
Productivity has nothing to do with the latest app.
Productivity has nothing to do with the latest app. It is all about you and your behavioural style that will determine how productive you are. There is no shortage of productivity experts promoting the latest and greatest productivity apps. It is interesting how large...
Is your LMS blocking strategy execution?
The learning management system (LMS) should be a primary support tool for ensuring strategic execution is successful. A business that is focused on strategic execution needs all people to be working on the right tasks at the right time. The whole organisation needs to...
How to create a value driver tree
The value driver tree is a tool used to identify the root cause of an issue. In our case it is used to identify causes of business issues. The value driver tree is also known as a fishbone analysis. The value driver tree is a very useful model to use when...
What contributes to workplace stress?
In April 2018, Canada Life Group Insurance released a study showing that workers’ productivity is badly impacted by stress and anxiety in the workplace. The study shows office workers are impacted most severely. Here are some of the findings of the research study that...
Strategy in the age of urgency
Design your strategy to support your culture to deal with urgency. You should consider decision making processes, learning and development and principle based leadership.
Engaging your people is not that hard.
Building people engagement in your organisation can be achieved by implementing some simple actions that will pay big dividends in a better work culture, higher productivity and lower staff turnover.
Strategic Execution vs Performance Management
Strategic execution is not the same as performance management. The article explains the difference as well as how they are complementary.
Can you really implement ‘grassroots’ social learning?
Social learning is leaving the standard LMS behind. YouTube is THE social learning platform. The range of learning available on YouTube reflects the growth in informational data being created every minute of every day. When you are faced with a computer issue, where...
How we do professional facilitation
Professional facilitation delivers results when it is accurately planned and executed by a person focused on delivering real outcomes and next actions.
The CEO is stuck. Which way out?
Feeling stuck. Feeling tired at the end of the day. Feeling frustrated more easily and more often. This is how one of my new clients described her personal situation during our first project meeting. This CEO was stuck and could not get enough head space to find a way...
Disruption in accounting; building advisory services
There is no doubt accounting firms are under pressure for both fees and service delivery. This can be considered disruption. There are a few reasons for this pressure and it will only intensify. Here are some reasons: * Businesses are questioning the amount of fees...
Strategy without learning is flawed
The execution of your strategy will more likely be successful when learning is an integral part of your culture.
High Performance Culture and Alignment
According to an excellent whitepaper by Aon Hewitt, (Getting Real About Creating a High Performance Culture, 2016),” ….46% of organisations identified defining or aligning culture as a key priority.” Culture is a key competitive advantage. Change is occurring too...
Reinvent Meetings for Creativity and Engagement
Innovate how you plan and conduct meetings to boost creativity and engagment.
Tips for developing your killer strategy
Use this mind map as a process to develop your strategy. If you would like a copy please get in touch.