It’s not rocket science, is it? Research highlighted by Executive Grapevine reports that three key reasons employees hunt for new jobs are: Bad boss Lack of recognition Poor culture They cite research from TinyPulse which states that employees who describe their boss as ‘bad’ are four times more likely to leave. It reinforces the old…
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I was in Waterstones in London today and came across a set of cards… “A therapeutic treasure deck of grounding, soothing and regulating cards” created by Dr. Karen Treisman. Sufficiently curious, I bought these and then opened them later. Dr. Karen writes that these are designed to be engaging, creative, interesting, normalising and fun and…
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I read through an update from Executive Grapevine recently, under the heading: “This is the WORST kind of leader, according to nearly 30,000 workers.” It cited research conducted by Cass Business School into the qualities of managers. Bosses who scored lowest overall were those who consistently failed to get the job done. The article then…
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