Month: November 2018

Maintaining employee engagement in growing and large organisations

By Elisabeth Goodman, 25th November, 2018 Small SMEs, large organisations, and a “microenterprise” model One of the aspects I enjoy so much about working with smaller Life Science or Biotech organisations* is the level of energy, enthusiasm and connection that every employee seems to have with their company’s purpose.  The people we encounter seem to …

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Leadership achievement …with balance

By Elisabeth Goodman, 17th November, 2018 What is “Achievement Orientation”? The fourth primer in Daniel Goleman et al’s series on Emotional Intelligence is entitled “Achievement Orientation” – as summarised in this illustration. The authors highlight the difference between what individuals might have excelled at early on in their professional careers vs. what it might take …

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What to do about project overload?

By Elisabeth Goodman, 4th November 2018 As many of the organisations that I work with are really struggling with this issue, Rose Hollister’s and Michael Watkins’ Harvard Business Review article on “Too many projects” (Sept-Oct 2018, pp 65-71) was very appropriate. Why care about too many projects? The authors assessment of the potential of too …

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