Appraisals Are A Waste Of Time
...says the Investors in People survey. Most people just seem to hate them. But is this appraisals per se, or just most people's experience of them?If your experience of appraisals is a meandering,...
View ArticleCulture, Not Structure
Gus O'Donnell rightly makes a big deal of professional skills for government. Parity of esteem, he says, for corporate services, service delivery and policy. Spot on Gus, a good idea. But good ideas...
View ArticleCouraud Cabaret!
Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome......Yes, Couraud Cabaret is upon us. Talented amateurs singing, acting, joking, playing, conjuring. Fancy doing a 5 minute slot?Great location, free booze and food all...
View Article360 feedback: a positive step forward or circular nonsense? Depends what you...
As HR managers, the success or failure of your 360° system is down to you. Decode the data right and you’re laughing, writes Dan O'Shea.So you’ve bought into the idea of 360. You’ve rolled it out to...
View ArticleReading between the lines: Dispelling the fears surrounding qualitative feedback
Why do so few businesses refuse to place their faith in text-based analysis when relaying staff feedback? Simple - they don’t trust the results: what if anonymity is compromised? What if the results...
View ArticleIT illiteracy, a ticking timebomb?
Are your staff and office locations ready for the IT revolution? Are they even ready for the world with IT today?Bill Gates has received a large amount of press coverage this week for launching...
View ArticleSMART objectives: Richard Reeves is right (kind of........)
Richard Reeves is a distinguished thinker who writes regularly and elegantly in Management Today. And he makes a good point in January's edition in his piece 'The trouble with targets'. The essence of...
View ArticleIs HR "expensive, bureaucratic hogwash?" - Luke Johnson, FT.com
Link to: Luke Johnson's article in FT.com on the value of HRThere are some great points in this article – it’s a shame they have been inelegantly put and occasionally contradicted. Let’s take some of...
View ArticleDiversity - Do HR professionals even reflect ethnicity?
The enormously successful Couraud Cabaret has taken place and I had a great time welcoming all our clients, suppliers and other friends of Couraud. Towards the end of the night as we were unwinding I...
View ArticleSwitch off
The media hype centred around helping the environment is unavoidable. Following the World Economic Forum last month, I began thinking about practical, simple strategies that can help save the...
View ArticleJung's Insights
Psychometric testing. The very mention of it sends a shiver down some clients' spines. Californian claptrap they say. I used to be a sceptic so I know where they're coming from. Assuming for a minute...
View ArticleHR Softworld Show - Hammersmith 26 February 2008
Couraud will be exhibiting at the HR Softworld Show next Tuesday. We will be demonstrating and discussing our tools: OMTonline (our online appraisla tool), OMT360 (our online 360 degree feedback tool),...
View ArticleUnderwater motorcycling...
Piano lessons, ballroom dancing, cricket nets, Hapkido (er... try Google!), even a new pair of trainers. All are things our team have received in recent months, paid for by Couraud as part of their...
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Dull, irritating, and you spend most of your life doing it.
Yes, it's Work.Check out the BBC's Grumpy Guide To Work: Open iPlayerAll kinds of topics get put through the mangle in rather hilarious fashion: management speak, appraisals, making up CVs, team...
View ArticleSarko the syco..
Did you hear Sarkozy’s speech to the House of Lords? “My dear British friends…: “I was so often inspired in my youth by the greatness of Britain!”“Your nation represents a touchstone of everything our...
View ArticleTeam Tonics
Should team Away Days be business focused or a jaunt out of the office?What is your experience of them?Have a look at Couraud's contribution to the article in City AM.
View ArticleTime for a change
The UK is often attributed as a ‘multi-cultural society’But why is it that the senior end of our government bodies do not reflect this diversity whether it be ethnicity or gender?Take a look at this...
View ArticleYouGov say 4 in 10 may quit jobs
The BBC has put an article on their Business News section stating that 4 in 10 people may quit their jobs in the next year. This is based on a poll conducted by YouGov....
View ArticleEmployee Singagement....
Ok, this is only half serious but I think there might be an important point here.Supporters of religion always say one of the great things about religion is that people come together and sing, and that...
View ArticleJudgement Day...
Ken or Boris? Is it just me or have the London Mayor candidates all said the same thing? I listened to their last gasp sales pitches last night and couldn't see daylight between any of their policy...
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