Middle tier managers have the worst of both worlds when it comes to organisational change: maximum expectations from above (with insufficient support), and maximum chaos from below if the change is not widely understood, poorly managed, and impacts people’s worlds (doesn’t it always?). More needs to be invested so they can do better than cope with change

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Meanginful work is a right not a luxury. Companies can do plenty to improve the work experience for their employees. Individuals can do a lot to improve their own working lives. Just do it I say.

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How many times do we expect our people to understand or be across a change because they were sent the details in an explanatory email.
Sure – email is a convenient form of communication. Its fast, we can reach a lot of people,  and we can attach content like there’s no tomorrow. And once we hit the [...]

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OK – I am a week or so behind the times on blogging on this article. Better late then never!
See the Top 100 here.
Google remains at the top for the second year running, although half of the top ten have changed from 2007.
Check out some the unusual benefits being offered by these companies:

scuba diving certification [...]

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I recently gave a talk (actually it was a webinar - very high tech stuff) on Creating a Dream Team – all the things you as a leader or employer need to do to to make your workforce highly productive.
It wish I could say that 50 minutes was all it took to  say everything that needed [...]

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