The toxic legacy of ‘The War for Talent’: talent lessons from a business failure
2001. A year of great upheavals The year 2001 will go down in history as a time of unexpected collapses and global cataclysms. While the Twin Towers collapsed in a terrorist attack that would change world geopolitics forever, another giant also fell, albeit in the corporate world: Enron, the former jewel of innovation in the […]
New imperatives in leadership development
Gartner’s “Top 5 priorities for HR leaders in 2025” survey of over 1,400 leaders in more than 60 countries lists these 5 in this order of priority: Regarding the first priority, leadership and management development, the Gartner study notes: New challenges for leaders and managers New imperatives for leadership development programmes New leadership programmes need […]
From habits to success
In the dynamic business world, personal habits are not just simple routines, but are fundamental components that influence the organisational culture and the overall performance of a company. Each employee, with his or her individual values and habits, contributes to the working environment and the way activities are carried out within the organisation. It is […]
Why is Bisila Bokoko among all the great women leaders I know?
I do not keep an exhaustive record and I estimate that so far I have had the opportunity to personally meet more than 1,000 women leaders, some of them in leadership positions in large companies, others in smaller companies and many others leading their own projects. One of them is Bisila Bokoko , considered one […]
Diversity wins: broadening the base of diverse companies
The business case for diversity has been made and validated in the United States for several years now. The data are clear and rounded, so it is worth remembering them. McKinsey has been conducting research under the banner “ Diversity wins ” at different points in time: 2015, 2018 and most recently in 2020. Their […]
The importance of diversity in leadership: a big step towards success
Leading in complex environments has become one of the greatest challenges for organisations, but also an essential aspect for success. Diversity is richness, a driver of development, social cohesion, understanding and openness, but do leaders really make diversity a fundamental part of their leadership style? In many cases we probably do, but we may be […]
Is it an age thing?
“Age is a matter of mind over matter. If you don’t care, it doesn’t matter”Mark Twain. Did you know that? And meanwhile… 40% of HR professionals automatically discard people over 552and 83% do not hire anyone over 553. Without going into the data on restructurings where age is often the determining criterion for dismissing people, […]
Diversity and Inclusive Leadership: Imperatives for Business Survival in a Changing World
Today’s organisations are facing increasingly complex environments, where rapid change is at the forefront and disruptive innovation is an imperative for their survival. This goes beyond product and service innovation; it encompasses marketing, customer value delivery, competition and the reconfiguration of organisational structure and culture. This environment, where innovation and creativity are essential in organisations, […]
An immersive sprint to improve the Employee Experience. The Design Thinking + Hackathon formula
Improving the Employee Experience (hereafter, EX) is a must that is on the table of any successful organisation. It is a systematic and continuous process that, as I explain in this post “Employee Experience and the Christmas tree decorator”, is enhanced by having a systematic framework in 3 areas. The digital age has brought with […]
Girl Decoded. Talent and diversity management in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
“Girl Decoded, by Egypt’s Rana el Kaliouby, is not just a book but an invitation to travel through a fascinating story of self-improvement, revolutionary technology and cultural diversity. Dr. el Kaliouby’s work takes us through her life and her journey to humanise technology, becoming an emblem of the global influence that a talented and diverse […]
The Employee Experience and the Christmas tree decorator
Let’s imagine the following: December arrives and we proceed to decorate the Christmas tree with its ornaments. Many of us respond to spontaneous impulses such as “I’ll put one little ball here, the other one over there, the little lights this year because I saw them I don’t know where and they look really cool… […]
Delegation boards: how to transfer authority to the team by setting boundaries
The role of a leader is to convert the potential of his or her teams into performance and to achieve this he or she needs to transfer decision-making power to them. Leaders gain authority by transferring authority, but only confident leaders are able to do this as delegation is a process that generates fear of […]
Message to leaders: connect first
Imagine this scene: a manager comes up with an idea, is in a hurry because he is going into a meeting and quickly tells a member of his team before rushing into the boardroom thinking he has communicated it effectively. Your colleague has been left completely cold. Nothing wrong if it didn’t fit a pattern […]
Start Up Nation: the need to encourage critical thinking in business
According to the consulting firm CB Insights, Israel had a total of twenty unicorns or technology companies valued at more than $1 billion in 2022 that have not yet gone public. That is almost as many as France or Germany, countries with between seven and nine times the population. Seven times more than Spain, which […]
Coachability. The key competence to be a good salesperson, tennis player …
Mark Roberge, the founder of the successful CRM company, Hubspot, said that although there are logically different ideal profiles of salespeople, from his actual experience in recruiting hundreds of them, there are 5 characteristics that successful salespeople share. These characteristics are: curiosity as a genuine interest in knowing the context of the customer, previous success […]
How to apply an OKR methodology in team management
A company’s journey from a “traditional” goal-setting model to an agile approach is not an easy road. The main challenge in team management is to accompany the team members to work with an agile framework. Most companies that incorporate agile frameworks use OKR, which seems very modern, but it is a concept that is more […]