Conflict in the workplace
Current reward policy is increasingly complex, too technical, focused on too few people and has serious unintended consequences, says Dr Jonathan Trevor An acknowledged authority on HR management is calling for a new approach to reward policy to liberate value…
Opportunity or threat?
The nature of leadership is changing and it is being driven by a transformation in the ways people deal with information. Managers are responding in two ways. Leaders of established and successful organisations must recognise and react positively to the…
Opportunity or threat?
The nature of leadership is changing and it is being driven by a transformation in the ways people deal with information. Managers are responding in two ways Leaders of established and successful organisations must recognise and react positively to the…
Leadership, vision, cynicism and social issues
Leaders in organisations need to create a vision around which people can align and exhibit discretionary effort and self-direction, as well as their creative input and entrepreneurship Leadership plays a huge part in the transformation and visioning of the future…
Beyond efficiency
Hierarchical, bureaucratic, stable structures and workforce efficiency are things of the past; survival and future growth, underpinned by a liberation of talent, are now the key drivers The traditional, bureaucratic organisation based on execution and efficiency is being replaced by…
For leadership read fellowship
Social media platforms are allowing greater connectivity between individuals and groups in the information age and as a result organisations are becoming flatter, leaner and more democratic. That view is expressed by Dr Jonathan Trevor, Lecturer in Human Resources &…
For leadership read fellowship
Social media is allowing greater connectivity between individuals and between groups giving rise to distributed leadership across organisations Social media platforms are allowing greater connectivity between individuals and groups in the information age and as a result organisations are becoming…
Cutting the mustard
Research suggests that many employees feel their leaders are not up to their jobs. But just what does effective leadership looks like in the current financial environment? A change in traditional autocratic leadership styles to organic, network-based management is being…
Can pay be strategic?
Why determining pay should be an act of leadership as opposed to an act of engineering In his new book Dr Jonathan Trevor, Co-Director of the Centre for International Human Resource Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, examines, through case…
Breaking with tradition
Dr Jonathan Trevor, Lecturer in Human Resources & Organisations at Cambridge Judge Business School, argues that we will see a move away from large-scale public sector organisations, which are the providers of professional services, to public services organisations, which are…