COLIN ON CULTURE
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Dressing for the job
If you lack motivation for your work, then maybe you’re wearing the wrong clothes
The power of 'we'
Team goals generate more commitment than individual goals
Six ways to start your day productively
How to have a better, more productive day
Emotionally excellent
It takes more than technical skills to build a team and create a culture.
Won’t AI just make employees lazy?
To be successful, AI implementation must be part of a broader evolution of the existing culture, with good practice principles agreed in advance.
Space for everyone
We don’t all work the same so why do we persist with culture killing monolithic office spaces?
Saying no
One of the best skills we can learn, therefore, is the ability to say ‘no’ and sometimes, ‘no’ is a complete sentence. That’s not to say that we deliver the message rudely or with attitude, indeed the opposite is true.
Achieving peak performance
Most organisations wait until performance dips before making a change or just assume that the performance arc that they are on will naturally continue. Take a look at the Sigmoid Curve and see if you still feel that way…
Doing more with less
When we sprint from task to task, juggling our endless to-do lists, we're not actually moving forward. We're just moving.
Proper work
The real question isn't whether today's workers are doing proper work. The real question is whether today's leaders are creating proper working environments.
Flexible vs Hybrid Work: What they mean and why it matters
Where we work - or how we structure the working week - is back in the news. Four years after the pandemic, organisations are still feeling their way around flexible and hybrid work arrangements. What do these terms actually mean? And how do you implement them successfully?
The Promises and Perils of AI at Work
We stand on the precipice of an AI-powered future of work. Whether it liberates us or entraps us largely depends on our ability to be the human architects and governors of these mighty technologies.
10 Undebatable Benefits of Purposeful Culture Building
Not investing in culture development is like buying all the ingredients and then expecting dinner to make itself! Here are 10 compelling reasons for working on your culture.
Empathy is the foundation of productivity
Empathy is not a ‘nice to have’. It’s the connective tissue of high performing, productive teams that enables people to do their best work without overwhelm or burn out.
Why 'Culture First' leaders will always succeed
When senior leaders make investment in culture their top priority, they will always reap the rewards, both in terms of business results, but also in staff engagement too.
Does your organisation suffer from initiative-itis?
Too much on your plate? It’s time for some prioritisation and to let go of non-strategic ‘initiatives’
Managers - Are You Making Time for Culture?
Managers are pulled in multiple directions - often by things that are never covered in the job description. Building a high performing culture will help balance the demands and bring ownership to the team.
Challenging Dumb Cultural Norms
You don’t need permission to stop doing the things that are getting in the way of high value, productive work. Be the change!
You can't do more with less. However...
Sometimes you have to say ’no’. Teams that focus on doing fewer things to a high level of quality, will always achieve more than those that are overwhelmed by work.
Culture is about Choice
Making good choices about how we spend our time can have a significant impact on our productivity, happiness, workplace culture and overall wellbeing.