Author Archives: liam

1. We are hiring!

   8th March 2017 5:00 pm Leave a Comment

   Do you want to join an innovative management consultancy that shapes, defines and delivers high level business or IT transformation programmes?

   Following the relaunch and rebranding of our organisation we want to speak with people who are keen to embark on a new and rewarding career within consultancy. You may have recently graduated or moved into a role following graduation that isn’t quite the career path for you, or perhaps you have been seconded onto an internal project and really enjoyed working to support it.

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2. Ditching the Employee Performance Review Process for an Agile Approach

   23rd February 2017 6:48 pm Leave a Comment

   In the 1980s the General Electric CEO, Jack Welch, advocated a system of employee performance he called ‘rank and yank’. Employees were, on an annual basis, sorted and ranked; poisson curves were drawn as lines on a battlefield and employees found themselves promoted, rejected or forced to remain as they were and try again next year. Since then, the ‘dreaded’ annual review has been an intrinsic part of major organisations for nearly thirty years. Managers curse the inevitable deluge of paperwork and difficult conversations. Employees compete for promotion or fear unemployment. If this sounds familiar, rejoice! A revolution is underway.

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