The onboarding process is often allowed to unfold without much regulation. The attitude often seems to be that there’s so much to do, so many systems and processes to get up to speed with, that an element of chaos is accepted without question. Give it a few weeks and the new recruit will – somehow […]

I read with interest this piece from Deep Patel on ways that young leaders can gain respect from their teams. I’d like to add a few more: Don’t think of yourself as unique I think an air of defensiveness comes through once or twice in Deep’s piece – “prove your value as soon as possible” […]

A case of necessity being the mother of invention? So the 2008 financial crisis had one upside. According to this article, the increasing dearth of jobs at major companies following the crash encouraged graduates and young job finders to start their own businesses. A case of necessity being the mother of invention? Well, yes, but […]

This Forbes article, aimed at marketing professionals, hammers home the incredible importance of interactivity and visual innovation when selling to Millennials. It is my belief that the ideas in the piece have extensive application to managing Millennials in the workplace too. Here’s how. Make things visual Millennials and the generation following them, Generation Z, are […]