Help Wanted – Book Review
This funny and insightful book takes us backstage to the ‘movement’ (aka warehouse logistics) team in a large department store. Here we are introduced to each team member and how they react to the news that the store manager is moving on and the implications of this for internal succession and promotion opportunities down to the shop floor.
Collaboration – a game of snakes and ladders?
One of the strangest pieces of research we have come across was published in the Harvard Business Review: ‘Adults behave better when Teddy bears are in the room’. The research suggests that the presence of Teddy bears (or other cuddly toys) in a meeting room heightens the likelihood for collaborative behaviour amongst participants of workshops held in those rooms.
Unleash your leader – A Book Review
Don’t be put off by the somewhat adolescent title of this gem of a book. Unleash your leader contains some essential truths every leader needs to know.
