Blogs | Leadership

Abel & Cole – Getting the Right People in the Job
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
The Managing Director for Abel & Cole details how she shifted her recruitment system from scouting for experience into scouting for attitude and the effects it had on her company.
Lessons From Tiger Woods
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
In 2009, Fortune magazine asked Tiger Woods, among others, for the ‘best advice I ever got’.
Nando’s — Happy People are the Key
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
Nando’s is a popular restaurant chain in the UK, specialising in spicy chicken. Some years ago they undertook research to find out what were the key factors that explained why sales at some of their restaurants grew faster than at others.
Delivering Transformational Training Under Pressure
In: BlogsBy: Nicky StoneRead length: 5 min read
Friday was such a joy for me. It was the final day of our TPMA Train the Trainer course which culminates in an assessment to be accredited by the Learning and Performance Institute.
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The Future of Leadership: Humanity and Compassion
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
The June 2013 issue of Management Today includes an important paragraph, in a debate about "The Changing Face of the Leader"
Choose Your Manager — My Radio 4 Four Thought Broadcast
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
“49% of the UK working population would take a pay cut to have a different manager.”
Radio 4 Four Thought: Let People Choose Their Managers
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 15 min read
Catch Henry on Radio 4's Four Thought talking about why people should choose their managers.
Being a Best Practice Manager
In: BlogsBy: Cathy BusaniRead length: 5 min read
I was recently facilitating day two of a Leadership and Management programme for a group of managers and one of the things that struck me was how much they had learnt and remembered from day one! What was also impressive was just how much they had actioned back in the workplace before coming back for day two.
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How Spiral Health Implemented The Happy Manifesto
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
Publishing the Happy Manifesto has led to a lot of organisations contacting Happy. Some call us in to help them improve their workplace and we love doing this. But there is an even bigger thrill when I get a letter from somebody we’ve not been involved with, who has taken the Manifesto and put the ideas into practice. So I’m delighted to copy the blog below, originally published on the Spiral Health site, about the work they are doing at an NHS site in Lancashire.
Happy Manifesto Conference, April 2013
In: BlogsBy: Henry StewartRead length: 5 min read
Around 80 people came together at Google’s Victoria HQ on 24th April 2013 to share ideas and learn how to create happy workplaces. Watch video footage here.