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Integrity: are your leaders up to it?
Andrew LeighThe purpose of this paper is to examine what is meant by integrity and attempts to translate the concept into specific behaviors that can be taught and learned.
AstraZeneca turns “Cinderella” employees into stars: Training builds a coherent team out of 24 project managers
The purpose of this paper is to examine how Oakridge Training and Consulting helped AstraZeneca to develop a training program in teamwork for its information‐services (IS) project…
HR takes root at gratterpalm: People policies help retail‐marketing agency to grow
The purpose of this paper is to examine how HR can help an organization to meet its business goals.
High‐performance teamwork saves Visy Board plastics factory: Employees shared a passion for survival
The purpose of this paper is to document the experience of managers and staff in sustaining a high‐performance team approach in a plastics factory.
William Hill backs a winner with EPoS training: Employees embrace culture change and new working practices
The purpose of this paper is to describe a £7.4 million training program for 8,500 employees, which helped bookmaker William Hill to introduce new electronic point of sale (EPoS…
BELRON keeps a close eye on the climate: Leadership initiatives concentrate on empowerment
Details how the organizational climate measure OCSII is being used in the BELRON group of companies as an indicator of leadership capability. Focuses on team climate and how this…
McGraw‐Hill wordsmiths craft their skills in the community: Volunteer programs benefit charities, individual employees and the company as a whole
Explores the benefits that employee‐volunteer schemes bring to information‐services provider McGraw‐Hill and its workers.
Strategy workshops deliver for TNT: Blue‐sky thinking on Malham Moor
The purpose of this paper is to describe strategy workshops organized for delivery company TNT Express Services by the Centre for Management Creativity at High Trenhouse…
Caring Homes employees excel with e‐learning: System caters for employees' varied backgrounds and academic abilities
The purpose of this paper is to explain how a large UK care‐home group uses e‐learning to ensure that its 4,000 employees, of widely varied backgrounds and academic ability, are…
TA2 finds life coaching better by design: One‐to‐one sessions improve performance
The purpose of this paper is to detail the ways in which life coaching helped the owner of a UK agency specialising in helping production companies to provide campaigns for their…
Uncovering the corporate‐knowledge gap: The key role of employee assessment
Mary ClarkeArgues that organizations carrying out regular, customized assessments of all their employees are best placed to know when to promote staff. Such assessments can also help…
Organizational politics: problem or opportunity?: Strategies for success in the workplace
Joan MarquesAsserts that organizational politics are inevitable, but questions whether this should always be viewed as a disadvantage.
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