Purpose – To deliver an “introduction to life coaching” workshop to local government lawyers and the benefits they could get from life coaching. Design/methodology/approach – The nature of the interactive workshop is outlined and the responses of the delegates examined. Findings – The...

Introduces Caledonia Council, a business simulation specifically created to prepare senior managers in local government for major reorganization. Describes how it was designed in a partnership between client (Central Regional Council) and consultant (The Argyll Consulting Group) and has been...

Evaluation by participants on a management training course (run by the Durham University Business School for the North Yorkshire County Council) indicated that the programme, covering five modules and a personal project, contributed to personal and career development and was a valuable insight...

The year 2000 is the tenth anniversary of Investors in People. The past decade has seen a dramatic change in the business landscape of the UK. Service industries, such as call centres, are replacing a traditional manufacturing base that is facing mounting pressure to remain competitive....

Conference presentations often implore delegates to take human resource development issues seriously – after all, research has clearly shown that people are the key to business success. Moreover, a clear link between business strategy and people management significantly increases the...

Describes the background behind the development of a new leadership self‐assessment instrument, the dynamic leader inventory and how the authors were able to confirm much current thinking on “visionary” leadership. They found leadership situations were enormously variable – what was...

The annual fiasco of the performance review continues in many organisations despite evidence that it has the potential to be one of the most effective management tools in the entire executive toolkit. Senior executives in many countries indicate that they regard the performance review...