I have spent much of my working life helping organisations develop and implement a more flexible approach to work and have strived to make sure that the needs of employees and employers are both accommodated. We have seen flexible working (hybrid working etc.) become mainstream in many organisations. I now find my attention is wavering … Read more
Part 2: I ended part 1 of the myth of the perfect productivity system by highlighting research that concluded that collaboration drives performance and that the key to productive collaboration was purpose. So, in part 2, I thought I would look at what else has an impact on employee performance and consider potential strategies for measuring the performance … Read more
Part 1: Although many managers throughout history have tried to get their employees to work harder and produce more for less, it was not until 1911, when Fredrick W. Taylor published his book “The principles of scientific management”, that managers were presented with a systematic way of optimising production to deliver higher outputs. Ever since … Read more