The days of the annual traditional appraisal are numbered. At long last many businesses are coming to the realisation that an annual appraisal is no longer worth the paper it’s written on. In a recent edition of the Harvard Business Review, Deloitte decl...

I recently attended a business meeting in Northampton. Our topic was employee engagement and how people are appraised at work. The venue was quite a large corporate company with an instantly recognised brand name. The building had all the trappings of a l...

Northamptonshire has a proud history in the boot and shoe manufacturing industry. Long gone are the days of mass production. However, many premium brands remain in the county producing high quality footwear. Brands such as John Lobb, Edward Green, Jeffrey...

Since August this year we’ve been providing leadership and teamwork training to eight supervisors and team leaders within a high quality manufacturer.  The course has been specifically designed to meet the needs of the business. As a precursor to the trai...