by Cath Wallace | 2 Jul 2020 | Culture, Directional Alignment, Leadership, Meaningful Connections, Organisation Design, People Performance Model, People Solutions, Performance, Purpose, Solid Foundations, Strategy, Valued Work
The daily headlines about big organisations making their people redundant has begun. This isn’t just a big name issue though as SMEs are having to respond to the loss of trade since the Covid-19 crisis struck. With people being one of the costliest parts of the...
by Cath Wallace | 17 Apr 2020 | Culture, Directional Alignment, Flexible Working, Leadership, Meaningful Connections, Organisation Design, People Performance Model, People Solutions, Performance, Solid Foundations, Strategy, Valued Work
From all the things that I’m seeing and hearing at the moment, about how organisations are responding to Coronavirus, it feels as though things are settling slightly. Many organisations and the people within them are adjusting to the current normal; business...
by Cath Wallace | 30 Mar 2020 | Culture, Meaningful Connections, People Performance Model, People Solutions, Performance, Solid Foundations, Valued Work
There are so many fantastic stories circulating about the way people are adapting to a very unfamiliar world, where almost every aspect of the way we work has been thrown up in the air. We are already talking about the creation of the new normal at some undefined...
by Cath Wallace | 25 Mar 2020 | Meaningful Connections, People Performance Model, People Solutions, Valued Work, Workplace Rewards
A few days ago I posted a blog about the importance for organisations and their employees to have direction and purpose. During crisis and chaos, these can provide an anchor to hold on to. As we see conventional ways of working being tested and challenged, direction...
by Cath Wallace | 2 Mar 2020 | Culture, Directional Alignment, Meaningful Connections, People Performance Model, People Solutions, Performance, Solid Foundations, Valued Work, Workplace Rewards
I recently read an article about a very radical approach to pay. I’ve been pondering it since. A quick summary of the article……. A successful CEO in the USA decided to change the pay structure in his business so the minimum salary was $70k. In addition he also...
by Cath Wallace | 19 Feb 2020 | Directional Alignment, Meaningful Connections, Organisation Design, People Performance Model, People Solutions, Solid Foundations, Valued Work
Over the years I’ve held various job titles and consulted to different organisations where I’ve been introduced as the person who is here to help with Organisation Design. This isn’t a bad introduction in theory, so how come the reactions tend to be fear, distrust and...