I'm a fan of techniques but many of my colleagues are dismissive. They see techniques as lowly, mechanical aids that fall well short of authentic...

I heard a striking ad on the radio the other evening. Striking not so much for the ad (which in fact I can't remember at all), but for the call...

My first job as a graduate taught me many things about the world of work - one of them was to be busy and, if I wasn't busy, to look as if I...

Every other journal has found an Olympics link - and PM should be no different! I've seen way too little of the Olympics action this time round...

I have always been attracted to simple memory jogs. In the far off days when I used to have to revise for exams, I was totally dependent on a...

Developing people is properly regarded as one of the most important responsibilities of any manager. Yet few managers regard themselves as developers,...

The other day I joined in a think-tank, organised by the Cabinet Office, to generate ideas on what the government could do to motivate more people...

Focusing on what goes right can often be more effective than pinpointing the negative