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NHS – A terminal case of management cancer? Part 1.

Evidence-based managers always spell out their assumptions and those assumptions need to address any problems that are likely to occur. When I was taught the Hay method of job evaluation years ago the tutor did not follow this principle and … Continue...

Published 27 Oct 2010 4:37 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EB Leadership, EB Learning & Development, NHS, Daniel Goleman, EB Product Testing Lab, competence, core competence, David Nicholson, Greg Dyke, Hamel, Hay, Institute Innovation Improvement, Leadership Council, McBer, ONS, Prahalad
68% of projects fail

This flyer (pictured) from Cranfield University School of Management landed in my mail a couple of days ago and it immediately caught my eye because I wondered if Cranfield was referring to the projects run by its alumni? Cranfield has … Continue...

Published 21 Oct 2010 2:29 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EBHR Critiques, NHS, EBHR Solutions, EB Product Testing Lab, Cranfield, MBA, Ministry of Defence, MOD, project management, Standish Chaos Report
Sherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of the B&Q Customer Service Desk

In the case of “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” Arthur Conan Doyle demonstrated how Sherlock Holmes’ used his uncanny powers of deductive reasoning to help the police solve a crime, often by approaching it from an entirely unexpected angle...

Published 18 Oct 2010 11:26 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: MBA Questions, EBHR Solutions, B&Q, double loop, learning, Sherlock Holmes, single loop
Up a creek without a paddle? HR Directors who were never trained as business partners.

A new phenomenon has appeared, quite unexpectedly, on the HR horizon. These are the HR Directors who jumped on the bandwagon of appointing ‘HR business partners’ (BP’s) without ever actually having held down that role themselves. I know this for …...

Published 12 Oct 2010 12:30 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: General HR Council, EB Leadership, Ulrich, business partner, competence framework, engagement, grading, HR, job evaluation, leadership, performance management
I’m a reflector, completer finisher, ENTJ, inspirer – what are you?

What is it with psychologists that they want to pigeonhole everybody – all 6 billion of us? Here is just a very small sample of the sort of ‘bump feeling’ that I have personally been subjected to over the years: … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 7 Oct 2010 12:30 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: Belbin, EB Product Testing Lab, evaluation, Insights, learning styles, Myers Briggs, personality, Peter Honey, questionnaires, team roles
Where can I get my next EI fix?

A week ago an email landed in my spam filter from a company called TalentSmart (www.talentsmart.com, based in San Diego, USA) advertising “Working with an emotional intelligence mentor”. What a very seductive concept emotional intelligence has always...

Published 6 Oct 2010 4:55 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: statistics and damn lies, Evidence, causation, correlation, Daniel Goleman, EI, emotional intelligence, EQ, Harvard Business Review, HBR, TalentSmart

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NHS – A terminal case of management cancer? Part 1.

68% of projects fail

Sherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of the B&Q Customer Service Desk

Up a creek without a paddle? HR Directors who were never trained as business partners.

I’m a reflector, completer finisher, ENTJ, inspirer – what are you?

Where can I get my next EI fix?