Purpose – Explains how organizations can adapt in order to foster a culture that cultivates great leaders. Design/methodology/approach – Highlights how to manage from the front, and with conviction, to ensure that the team will follow. Findings – Argues that effective leadership can only...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Lynne Sedgmore, CBE, Executive Director of 157 Group UK. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent interviewer. Findings – Lynne Sedgmore, CBE, is executive director of the 157 Group UK and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Dr Jonathan Passmore, one of the UK's leading coaches. He is a chartered occupational psychologist, an accredited AC coach, a coaching supervisor and fellow of the CIPD. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is...

Purpose – Highlights common pitfalls managers face when introducing diversity policies. Design/methodology/approach – Examines some questions that have to be answered and steps that have to be taken before thoroughgoing diversity policies can be developed. Findings – Urges organizations to...

Purpose – Explores the challenges faced in leading organizations through times of uncertainty and how a positive approach can result in expansion. Design/methodology/approach – Examines how a positive and open approach to a lengthy period of uncertainty preceding takeover resulted in...

Purpose – Analyzes the communication processes from both a management and an employee viewpoint during a corporate‐value implementation process at NEG Micon, a Danish windmill company. Design/methodology/approach – Examines the reasons for the introduction of new values at the company, the...

Purpose – Describes how employees at UK solar‐energy company Solarcentury developed a more sustainable way of working, involving doing more with less stress. Design/methodology/approach – Explains the theory behind the Energy Project Europe's Firing on All Cylinders program, how it was...

Purpose – Describes how Ordnance Survey defined a compelling set of values that helped to inform how it interacts with employees and sells itself to potential recruits. Design/methodology/approach – Details the research carried out internally and externally, including focus groups with...

Purpose – Describes an award‐winning engineering‐apprenticeship program at Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd, Lincoln, UK. Design/methodology/approach – Outlines the reasons for the program, the form it takes and the advantages it has brought. Findings – Reveals that 98 percent of...

Purpose – Examines how Oakridge Training and Consulting designed and delivered a training program to enhance Contour Housing Group's ability to deliver effective change. Design/methodology/approach – Reports on the background to the training program and some of the results it has achieved....