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How to develop an effective leadership vision, better customer relationships and more in this month’s Oxford Review
In this month’s Oxford Review: How person-organisation fit impacts turnover intentions The effect of educational video on student engagement, critical thinking and learning The dynamics of victimisation Performance management in lean organisations – what actually works? Is CBT a clinically effective intervention in work settings? A new clinical study How to develop longer-lasting and higher […]
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Receptiveness to change: how job satisfaction and organisational commitment impacts it
Receptiveness to change is a key issue in organisations. A lot of time, money and effort is used trying to predict and develop receptiveness to change as this is a primary indicator of organisational readiness for change. A new study looking at the relationships between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and people’s attitudes toward organisational change […]
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Tensions faced by leaders: The inherent conflict and tension that exist within manager’s and leader’s roles
Tensions faced by leaders: An interesting paper, about the tensions faced by leaders in health care scenarios shows some really useful constructs for leaders and managers in other contexts. The study found that there are often perceived differences between the aims of different parts of managers jobs. In this case between the aims of the […]
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Not evidence-based: Finding evidence to support your argument does not make an evidence-based argument
The unidirectional argument is not evidence-based There are a lot of blogs, articles and books that at first sight appear to be evidence-based. They are entertaining, interesting and makes sense. Some call it evidence-based writing. It is not evidence-based and here’s why… As editor of The Oxford Review I read a lot. A lot of […]
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How our mindset changes the risk we notice, why many leadership models are redundant and more in this month’s Oxford Review
The latest edition of The Oxford Review: inside you will find research briefings about: Flexible working arrangements have considerably different impacts in different countries How an organisation’s values develop a better climate which contributes to more useful organisational citizenship behaviours How business model change impacts your organisation’s success How corporate culture helps to manage occupational […]
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How to prevent brain drain – lessons for every organisation
Brain drain or key people leaving after a change or acquisition is a major problem for organisations, whether they care to admit it or not. Whilst this research study focuses on what goes wrong when companies acquire start-ups, the lessons have much broader implications for managing staff in most organisations and how to prevent brain […]
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Filled up the swear jar at work? Is swearing at work actually good for you?
Swearing at work – good or bad? Do you have days where you appear to be filling up the swear jar faster than anyone else at work? Many of us let loose now and then when things go wrong, or we get frustrated or someone upsets us. But can swearing at work be good for […]
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Adaptive Leadership – Interview with Mary Uhl-Bien
Adaptive Leadership – Interview with Mary Uhl-Bien, Professor of Management at the Dept. of Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership at TCU in Fort Worth Texas. In this podcast we look at the concept of adaptive leadership and how to develop an adaptive or ambidextrous organisation. You can subscribe to the Organisational Success Academy Podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1365402050 Transcript: […]
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The working alliance of coaching
A recent review of the available literature in coaching looking at what is known as the working alliance of coaching or what is important in coaching relationships has found that the quality of coaching relationships is vital to achieving outcomes, however this is hard to quantify. This new literary review and study looked at the quality […]
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Contextual leadership, Culture change through moral dialogue and more in this month’s edition of The Oxford Review
In this month’s Oxford Review (sent to members) there are 12 new research briefings: Contents: Barriers to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the role of HR Contextual leadership Culture change through moral dialogue Developing good employee voice behaviours How our beliefs change the impact of our emotions Everything you need to know about circle mapping […]
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