Value of Subjective Assessment for Organisations
It was Senator Robert Kennedy who, in 1968, commented that there is more to life than GDP. He was correct. You just have to consider how the UK’s long-term growth in GDP has impacted upon our existing measure of national well-being . The fact of the matter is that, for the greater part, it hasn’t. [...]
Capello and the Maverick Potential business personality
To regular readers, my apologies. Illness has meant that posts have been few and far between in recent weeks. During my down-time, the soccer World Cup has provided a thought-provoking source of entertainment. The spectacular rise and fall of the English team made endless front and back-page headlines in the UK, unfortunately for all the [...]
Structured assessment of business personality
Before looking in detail at each aspect of the Surveying, Assessing and Reporting process, it is important to once again recall the rationale behind understanding more about your organisation’s personality. The goal of an organisational personality assessment is to enable an organisation to portray itself in the marketplace as a uniquely differentiated entity which brings [...]
Autonomy just one aspect of business personality
If you can afford to take 10 minutes out of your day, then grab a cup of coffee and get yourself in front of an internet connection to watch this very impressive marketing video. Not only is it an excellent piece of creative operational marketing(incidentally, the book being marketed has nothing to do with me), [...]
Focusing on personality to ‘know thyself’
I am struck by the number of executive-level articles being published at the moment which reference culture and organisational awareness. Harvard Business Review’s ‘In a Turnaround, Put Culture First’ and ‘The CEO Conundrum’ at chiefexecutive.net are just two examples published today. What is the message? Perhaps it is this: Hunkering down during a recession is [...]






