Is psychological assessment fair? Not anymore!

Our world has changed, but testing hasn’t.

By today’s standards, almost all ability tests, personality questionnaires, assessment centres and structured interviews are unfair. Here’s why they are unjust; here’s why they are wrong…

Leadership - time for a rethink?

The UK's productivity is awful, especially in our public services. We urgently need processes and practices that will drive productivity to the levels enjoyed by competitor countries.

But, our concepts and models of leadership have little to do with racking up added value; they are almost entirely about people and relationships!

Here's an exploration of that worrying gap between what we need and how we think about leadership...

Productivity – seven things managers must do

A great deal of very impressive research links specific “Management Practices” with higher productivity. Practices such as…

Productivity insights from - of all people – Ofsted!

I know it sounds improbable that our school inspectors can help with business productivity. But Ofsted’s latest report - "Fight or flight? How 'stuck' schools are overcoming isolation" - has surprising relevance to the UK's thorny productivity problem.

Mindset - the psychological challenge of business growth

When a business changes faster than employees’ thinking there is a problem! Individuals’ assumptions, priorities and expectations become obsolete - mindset becomes an obstacle to change and growth.

Fixing training - it is all about engagement!

Too much training achieves too little, but there are practical things you can do. Here's a guide to what's wrong, and how to fix it.

How to kick-start learning and change - more than 30 practical ideas

Here are more than 30 ideas and practical suggestions for creating change. They make learning, and improvement, part of business as usual. Just a few carefully chosen ones will change your team surpringly quickly!

Understanding performance issues - key questions to ask

When you have a performance issue things that should be happening are not happening. Obviously! But, what precisely is the cause? Answering that is often tricky. Often there is a range of possible courses, and umpteen opinions.  Here is a proven approach to diagnosing the issue; for deciding what to do.

Recruiting for Engagement

Cutting-edge research highlights the crucial role of recruitment and selection in building an engaged, high performing workforce. Here is a synopsis of the new data, practical guidelines, and assessment proposals.

The best every provocative questions

Here are my favourite provocative questions - in different ways they all challenge thinking. They have often jolted teams and individuals to look at things quite differently. Be brave try one or two questions with your team!

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I have…

● Helped organisations and teams change; reflect on what they do and why, workout how to do things differently, and get on with it.

● Designed and developed psychometric tests, assessment/development centres, leadership and talent programmes, and 360 feedback systems.
● Coached executives, police officers, salespeople, middle managers, technical experts, curators, headteachers…