is that an excuse, or a reason?

When something goes wrong, it is better to understand the reason why – rather than hear an excuse. Is there a difference?

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Of course there is. But how do you tell the difference between an excuse and a reason?

Well an excuse is generally our way of  trying to excuse our behaviour: to justify [...]

Getting carried away by transformation

Transformation is one of the most over-used and under-justified terms in the business vocabulary. Hands up anyone out there who hasn’t worked in an organization during a business transformation programme?

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Hmm, not many of you waving. Perhaps because transformational change programmes are as widely-strewn as litter at a confetti-manufacturers’ convention.

And yet genuine business [...]

Building an effective team

First name on the team-sheet

We spend a lot of time, effort and money on so-called “team-building” events and initiatives. But that term [team-building] usually relates to enhancing the morale and cohesion of existing teams.

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We don’t, however, spend so much time thinking about real team-building – i.e. creating new teams, from scratch. Which is a pity. [...]

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