“In the new world of work, each of us is responsible for our own learning and helping others to learn. Do it yourself and coach others.” Allan Ryan, Executive Director, Hargraves Institute. Busy is the new norm. Flexible working, the gig economy and 24/7 connectivity place additional responsibility on individuals. Growth pressures, tight budgets and…
The waves of change are not going to subside anytime soon. As AI and other advanced technologies permeate the workplace, flipping mindsets, learning new behaviours and skills and shaping organisational cultures are causing us to radically rethink work in ways that maximise the intelligence of both humans and machines. Leading companies are recognising that these…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (possibly a messy one) for the past few months, you’ve probably heard of Marie Kondo. This de-cluttering guru has taken the world by storm, ‘sparking joy’, or not, in households across the globe. With January widely regarded as the ‘de-cluttering month‘ for many Australians, like her or loathe…
As a team leader, how will you spend your time in 2019? If ‘busy’ is the new norm, how you spend your time is an important decision. “Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” – Peter Drucker The mindset, skillset and toolset of today’s digitally-enabled workplace directly…
If ‘busy’ is the new norm, how can you make 2019 different? The end of the year is racing towards us. As the year counts down, competing priorities become more challenging. Here’s 3 ideas to keep you on track. Get some clarity early in the new year with big picture planning. The Competing Values…
As a community, we’ve been helping members with those problems. The ones that are essential to your success but are proving hard to solve. At Hargraves, we call them ‘tough problems’. They: prevent you from achieving your long-term ambition have previously prompted solutions that although haven’t completely failed, haven’t really succeeded either don’t attract the…
What makes a ‘great’ workplace? Is it possible to transform where you work into where you want to work? Making the grade as a ‘Great Place to Work’ means that your employees believe in the management; they feel respected and fairly treated, ie, they feel a high level of trust. It may sound simple, but…
To quote Geoff Watts: “Almost daily, I get requests from organisations looking for Agile coaches. But I don’t know whether they know what they are asking for. And there are not that many people that I know who are qualified in both Agile and coaching that I can recommend. In my opinion, the lack of…
Sustaining success in today’s uncertain, unstable and highly competitive business environment is becoming increasingly dependent on learning, yet most people, and some organisations, don’t seem to know how to learn, never mind know how to develop and coach learning agility. “In an age of rapidly evolving technologies, business models, demographics, and even workplace attitudes –…
In Josh Bersin’s “The Disruption of Digital Learning: Ten Things we have learned” he revealed that employees are feeling “overwhelmed” and in reality, only have “24 minutes a day to learn”. This means that it’s important for organisations to make their time and money count by investing in learning programs that embrace both micro and macro learning elements. These need…