Dropping the Performance Ratings
Helen Frewin2020-10-21T07:12:37-07:00Why the world is falling out of love with the Annual Performance Review and its ratings. Ahh. The Annual Performance Review. We’ve all had one and all left one feeling [...]
3 Conversations with Lorna McCallum
Helen Frewin2020-07-03T04:40:52-07:00The second instalment of Helen Frewin’s 3 Conversations interviews, as part of her book-writing journey, we’re joined by Lorna McCallum. No surprise, as a communications consultant, Lorna has a few [...]
Transactional Analysis
Helen Frewin2020-07-07T01:33:26-07:00Transactional Analysis is one of the cornerstones of modern psychology. It was developed by Eric Berne, and describes the infamous ‘parent adult child’ theory. In this podcast, Mark Smith & [...]
Engaging Engagement
Helen Frewin2020-05-29T07:46:09-07:00Engagement and the Goldilocks principle We send thanks through cyber space to the twitter user who posted: “Just completed the survey, is that my employee engagement activity done for the [...]
Six Thinking Hats
Helen Frewin2020-10-21T06:46:17-07:00If we’re trying to make a decision, how do we stop the most critical person being the one who gets all the airspace? Have we really considered all the angles [...]
Cultures of Continuous Learning
Helen Frewin2020-05-29T07:44:05-07:00Continuous Learning is Continuous Improvement At a personal level, continuous learning is about constantly expanding your skills through focused and specifically chosen learning activities. We touch on the advantages that continuous learning can [...]
Concentrate!
Helen Frewin2020-05-29T07:47:33-07:00How can we encourage concentration? How many times has someone been asked a question in a lecture but wasn’t paying attention? We have all been there, and at times, been [...]
Making ‘No Ratings’ Work
Helen Frewin2020-05-29T07:54:54-07:00How to make the transition to no more performance ratings - successfully. If you’re considering saying bye bye to the classic performance rating system, you are not alone. You can [...]
Engaging the Disengaged
Helen Frewin2020-05-29T08:00:52-07:00One third of us go into work each day disengaged. And 75% of businesses use employee surveys as their only engagement activity. With figures like that, the picture looks bleak. So [...]