What if development programmes are not the most helpful investment for under-represented groups? What better ways are there of challenging a system that has continued to promote tall, white, cisgender, [...]
As we spend time working on engagement and talent management, we might do well to look at trust within our business. Research on levels of trust reveals that we have [...]
The Importance of Self-awareness for your Next Career Move We were recently asked to contribute to a blog for the fabulous people over at Tucker Stone. For a (not so [...]
The Challenger HR Business Partner We recently reviewed the Challenger research from CEB, and explored how it might complement or replace the Trusted Advisor model for great sales teams (click [...]
Branding is more important today than it ever has been. A very clever chap called Tom Peters argues that the interesting developments in brand management are not happening at a multinational scale, [...]
One 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 [...]
What is coaching and how do we approach it at Totem? There are so many different definitions of coaching, and it varies according to the coach, the business need and [...]
And no, great feedback doesn't come in a sandwich Most of us have heard the classic idea of the feedback sandwich: Wedging what you really need to say between [...]
Are you an optimist or pessimist? The optimist / pessimist contrast is usually the only contact many of us have had with the concept of optimism. Optimism by itself, is [...]
