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How Positive Male Role Models can Make a Difference

November 19, 2018 by Jungle Comment Closed

Today is International Men's Day and the theme this year is Positive Male Role Models In my book ‘Closing the Gap – 5 Steps to Creating an Inclusive Workplace Culture’ I talk about the importance of Male Ambassadors in championing and supporting a diverse organisation and becoming an ally to others. An ally is someone interested in advocating for the rights of others, someone who wants to support and improve the outcomes for those who are perhaps in the minority within the workplace or underrepresented within certain roles. (more…)...

The Business Cost of Stress

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 by Jungle Comment Closed

On National Stress Awareness Day I want to focus on the business impact of stress; it is now the single biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK. In 2017/18, 15.4 million days were lost due to stress, depression and anxiety. Stress affects one in five of the working population. Stress doesn’t discriminate against age, disability, race, faith, gender, sexual orientation or your hierarchical position within an organisation. It can affect anyone at any time. (more…)...

Shame on Disney for Smashing the Glass Slipper

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 by Jungle Comment Closed

I took my granddaughter (7), to the cinema over the weekend. It was a rare and pleasant opportunity for the two of us to spend some quality time together. We chose a film, Hotel Transylvania 3, purchased the tickets and our popcorn, and made our way to the cinema screen. We were comfortably seated as the lights dimmed and trailers commenced for the exciting a preview of films to come. This part for me is almost as exciting as a film. It provides an opportunity to see what new films are coming out, and often it's during these film trailers that we make plans for future cinema visits. (more…)...

The Jungle A-Z Motivation Guide

August 24, 2018August 28, 2018 by Jungle Comment Closed

Well we have had a great summer weather wise and whether you went abroad or had a staycation we all know that we have had our last Bank Holiday now until Christmas. Soon British Summer time will be ending and already the days now seem a lot shorter, but sadly the workload remains the same. For some people the thought of dark mornings of the winter months means that it even harder to drag themselves to work in the morning even if that is just across the corridor to your home office. If this is you............. then you need to get some motivation back! To help you spring out of bed in the morning and get you inspired, take a look at the first part of our A-Z of Motivation: Aim High – Try your best in all that you do. (more…)...

Is your Manager Confident or Cowardly?

August 24, 2018August 27, 2018 by Jungle Comment Closed

It’s been bandied around professional publications for some time now that many organisations are scrapping the appraisal scheme. Whilst this may be great news for some, it still presents many questions. What are they going to be replaced with? How will learning needs be agreed and identified? If pay is linked with performance, how will this be decided? But of equal importance, how will people know how their performance is perceived by others? (more…)...

How Leadership Teams can Obstruct Business Transformation

August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 by Jungle Comment Closed

I often work with leadership teams helping them with their business transformation. When I do, I am reminded of the Govindarajan and Trimble ‘Three Box Solution’ which is still a very relevant tool kit for an age old problem. Innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan explains the problem in his 2016 book - How do you meet the performance requirements of the existing business—one that is still thriving—while dramatically reinventing it? Key Leadership Tasks for Business Transformation He suggests three things that a forward thinking CEO or key leadership team must do: (more…)...