Inpulse Employee Engagement · 13 May 2019
Talking recently with a group of communicators from the pharmaceutical sector, the conversation turned to the placebo effect – where medicines which have no active ingredient are given to patients for psychological rather than physiological reasons. In other words, the drugs themselves will have no chemical impact, but often the belief that they are doing some good heartens the patient and this can aid […]
Read moreInpulse Employee Engagement · 8 May 2019
I attended a European Referendum debate in my local Methodist church last week. As you’d expect the debate made it’s way round to sovereignty and as I sat there listening to the two sides of the argument I couldn't help but think how similar the concepts of sovereignty and values are. For a start, both are concepts we feel are […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 8 May 2019
After 15 years of helping companies lead people through change you’ll be unsurprised to know that we have created an approach to help organisations engage and lead people through a change, so that the business benefits are achieved. Today I want to focus on one action that we insist on implementing when meeting with potential clients who ask us to help them take people through change. It’s low tech and not revolutionary, but I […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 8 May 2019
A question we get asked a lot is about how to lead and engage remote workers. This is a key challenge within the construction industry with employees out on sites. Working with our clients Kier Group & Balfour Beatty we have learnt a huge amount about these topics over the last few years. What is really […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 29 April 2019
‘Less is more’ – the saying attributed to architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is usually taken to mean that simplicity, clarity and focus enable effective and productive design. He was talking about buildings, but increasingly we are seeing a similar approach to leadership development. Up until quite recently, clients were often focused on quantity and intensity when we were designing programmes – […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 29 April 2019
“But we’ve told them a thousand times….” or words to that effect. We hear this a lot from exasperated executive teams when we give them Inpulse results saying that people don’t know the organisation’s strategy. Often, they have done that, but in ways which fail to register with people, inspire them and help them play […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 29 April 2019
It’s crucial that leaders are constantly thinking about how to reengage and refocus their employees. The first task is to refocus people, remind them where the organisation is headed, recap on strategic messages and review successes so far. This can take place at several levels – the CEO in some organisations sends out a video message and/or stages a series […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 24 April 2019
‘How do we get our values to come to life?’ It’s a question we get asked a lot. Many organisations have values but in few do they have real impact. It’s a lost opportunity because when they work well, values bring huge benefits. They reinforce an organisation’s personality, help ensure consistency, and enable a common, […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 24 April 2019
Town Halls and company events are a crucial time for rallying everyone together, aligning the organisation, sharing news, inspiring employees. Yet, how many of us measure the success of our events? How do we know how to improve them or if further work is needed post-event? It’s important to know your desired outcomes and measure them. […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 24 April 2019
You may have heard that ‘People Analytics’ is the hot topic in HR at the moment. However, in my experience, most companies are still trying to understand what this actually means. HR remains the lowest ranked user of metrics and analytics in the corporate world. Although I’m pleased to report this trend is now changing, you may recall Josh Bersin talking about the arrival of the ‘geeks’ in HR back in 2015. But the truth is People Analytics in HR […]
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Inpulse Employee Engagement · 15 April 2019
Attracting and keeping good people is a major challenge for financial services. The reputational impact of the crash ten years ago is still casting a long shadow, while the world of big tech is increasingly alluring to the best talent. From our experience in the financial services sector, there are three things to focus on […]
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