The origins, development and validation of all our Training Packages are derived from the many successful ‘live’ assignments that we have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The purpose of these periodic posts is to illustrate, using authentic experiences, the practical application of the Packages’ DNA.
Early on, in my HR career, I was Assistant Personnel Manager, for a Plastics Company. We made components for the Automotive Industry and Household Goods. Our method of manufacture was, essentially, injection-moulding. It was a time of full employment in the UK. Consequently, it was difficult to hire people, who Read more
Back in an earlier part of my employed career, I was Training Manager and, subsequently, Personnel Manager of a substantial Cosmetics and Fragrances Company. I was based at the company’s modern factory and offices in Essex (For our Overseas visitors, Essex is a Home County, situated east of London). Although, Read more
Fox Mulder, from the ‘X-files’, is reported to have used this phrase, in his search for ‘The Truth’, which he informed us ‘Is Out There’. But the authentic attribution belongs to Peter Drucker; a name well-known, in Organizational Development circles. To some extent, both Fox and Professor Drucker were right. Read more
“We do not know where we are. We do not know where the enemy ships are. We sail on in the confident expectation of a miracle.” Medina Sidonia, Admiral of the Spanish Armada By the time the Duke of Sidonia made this, rather cynical, entry into his ship’s log, he Read more
For the purposes of the experiments that follow, I want you to draw upon, one of your most underused, but powerful, management resources – your imagination. I want you to imagine that you have come into possession of a wooden plank. The plank is 4 metres in length and 40 Read more
I spent some four years, of my employed career, as Group Training Manager of a major Paint and Protective Coatings company. When I joined, as part of my orientation program, I visited the company’s five factories, which were situated in different parts of the United Kingdom. At each of these Read more
Many moons ago, we were commissioned, by a major Auction House, to write, design and produce a series of five audiovisual shows, to structure a Staff Induction Program. Part of the assignment involved filming and still photography work, at the Client’s New York Saleroom. Whilst there, I was invited to Read more
In the Fall of 1971, a major International Cosmetics and Fragrances Company introduced a system, which enabled it to monitor and respond to Change in its Business Environment. The system was called ‘VIPER’, which is an acronym of the system’s key activity stages (Vigilance: Information: Processing: Evaluation: Response). The Read more