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New research reveals that interns who share their emotions and get involved in social activities at work achieve more.
Results based on a study[1] of student interns revealed that building relationships with colleagues meant that they both received more mentoring and acquired more understanding. In effect, the more open interns were, the more they got out of…

Trust in the credibility of CEOs is at an all time low, with only 38% of the respondents in a global survey regarding them as trustworthy, according to Edleman’s 2012 Trust Barometer report.  Amongst the most important factors in building trust were ‘putting customers ahead of profit’ and ‘creating high quality products or services’.  No surprise there….

Should I stay or should I go? In a downsizing, pay more attention to survivors.

Europe’s future could depend on the ability of technocrats to manage office politics.  That’s the idea presented in a fascinating podcast from NPR’s Planet Money.
In brief, Greece’s newly appoint technocrat struggles to get things done because the ‘old guard’ disagree with his approach, method and the very reason for his presence.
The story rings true for…

New research can help you identify your change champions. Even better, it can help you make them.
70% of change programmes fail. They don’t fail because of a lack of budget – they fail because of guerrilla tactics or passive resistance from the people who need to make that change happen.
Identifying change champions – the people…

Answer – accept the differences between men and women.

Ana Botin of Santander. Virginia Rommety of IBM. Shelley Broader of Walmart. Three examples of women who have scaled to the peaks of some of the world’s biggest companies.

But they buck the trend; women are generally underrepresented at senior manager and leadership level. Recent research has considered why this is, and what can be done about it.