Shaping Team Culture Through Mindfulness
Mindfulness underpins active listening, positive feedback, corrective feedback and congruence – it is an essential skill for shaping team culture…
Sustaining a Learning and Development Culture in Times of Resource Constraint
In a recent breakfast forum, we continued our discussion of learning and development in times of limited budgets. One of the key challenges raised in the discussion was the issue of sustainability – sustaining a learning and development culture in times of...
Manager Support During Downsizing
Merit Solutions introduced a Manager Support Forum in September 2012 for managers in the Queensland Public Service (QPS) who were experiencing change and associated staff losses through downsizing of the QPS. We were conscious of the need to support managers who were...
Management Development: Learning to Shape Team Culture
One of the key lessons in management development today is learning how to shape team culture. You are probably acutely aware of the culture above you (organizational culture) and the culture outside the organization (industry or national culture). What you may not...
What Is Action Learning Really?
Action learning is learning with others through doing and reflecting on outcomes, both intended and unintended. At the heart of action learning is supportive challenge which is designed to enhance self-development and create organization improvement.