Collaboration is an essential component of performance in today’s world.

Collaboration is an essential component of performance in today’s world.
At a recent meeting, one of the things we discussed was raising the credibility of the in-house organisational development (OD) team.
Difficult conversations. I’ve had lots of them, as I’m sure you have. There was a time when I’d avoid them like the plague. Particularly when it involved feeding back to someone who I didn’t really get on with, or who was higher up the food chain than me.
Power left unchecked and unbalanced can take a leader and an organisation to a dark place.
The reason why most projects and initiatives fail is down to people. Hard skills are valued over soft but a balance is needed between the two.
Most of us spend more time with our work colleagues than we do with our friends and families. For those working full-time, that’s eight hours