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The Second Element: The Importance of Encouraging a Growth Mindset

by Roger Longden | Oct 04, 2016

Performance Management

In my previous article, I touched upon the first of nine crucial elements that form a revolutionised performance management system – and in this article, I’d like to carry that trend on with the second element: Adopting (and Encouraging) a Growth Mindset. I’m going to…

Clear Shared Values: The First Element of Successful Performance Management

by Roger Longden | Jul 06, 2016

Performance Management

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs for short) are changing how companies define and communicate success. Why not have a read through our free beginners guide to OKRs to get more information on how you can align and grow your company. Lying at the heart of…

Getting Candid with David Beharall

by Roger Longden | May 24, 2016

Values

In the latest of the interviews for our Technology, Media and Telecoms initiative for the Institute of Directors, Roger Longden interviews David Beharall, ex-professional footballer and Managing Director of CandidSky about what it’s like to do business in the North West

Investing in Performance Management: Why You Should Put Your Money Where Your People Are

by Roger Longden | Apr 20, 2016

Performance Management

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs for short) are changing how companies define and communicate success. Why not have a read through our free beginners guide to OKRs to get more information on how you can align and grow your company. In one form another, performance…

8 Reasons Why Annual Appraisals are Broken

by Roger Longden | Aug 14, 2015

People, Process

A number of high-profile organisations have recently given the Appraisal its marching orders - Accenture being the most recent. But why? Why is this bastion of business processes suddenly being given the bullet?

Overcoming Impostor Syndrome

by Roger Longden | Aug 07, 2015

Motivation, People, Recovery

There is an epidemic of people thinking that they are not cut out for their own jobs