Introducing a tool for tailoring performance appraisals to focus on the future.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/topic-unlocking-the-real-potential-of-your-appraisals-82cb427345f2

Potentially re-shaping the organization — a C-suite challenge.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/digitalisation-not-just-an-it-challenge-aefc369c3e84

Maybe continuity of ownership is getting in the way of renewal...

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/help-i-need-a-new-owner-5f41fdc71fc0

Always wondered about the process of retirement?​

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/retire-or-refire-a850beed0098

‘Virtual meetings are just not the same’, ‘I really am Zoomed out!’, ‘can’t wait for human contact and getting to be in one room again’. But maybe ‘absence is making the heart grow fonder’ and we are forgetting about the downsides of a physical conference: interruption to our normal schedules and family life, endless speaker sessions, not always as focused as they might be and so on. So before we slide back into an annual ritual, let’s take stock on the value created through both physical and virtual conferences...

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/oh-how-we-miss-the-global-conference-94be6e2816f4

As we move, tentatively, into a post pandemic world (or more accurately, a world where we have worked out how to live with the virus), I believe the relationship with customers will shape many of our operating models. Some thoughts.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/keeping-customers-in-a-post-pandemic-world-589d404fb4c2

The consequence of taking time out is that new thoughts come crashing in to fill the void left by the suspension of day-to-day routine. The Christmas break created an overwhelming flow of new ideas arising from a new environment generated by firstly, the potent mix of a business outside of the European borderless market and secondly, the vaccination fuelled potential of a return to normality at some stage in 2021. Some thoughts.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/united-kingdom-org-a-sustainable-proposition-17501a7ea4a

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Taking Control In 'Back to Normal?' we asked four sets of questions and each probably need a bit more attention. Here is the first of a series and it looks at 'Will the new world offer more challenges and opportunities than the old? Will there be a new normal?' Rather than wait for something to happen...

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https://medium.com/@pward_36113/taking-control-aeb6cfa7b85b

No point in individual brilliance if you impact negatively on the wider team.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/assessing-results-and-behaviours-not-just-what-we-do-but-the-way-we-do-it-3aaa1bc55290

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Complex and challenging, but can't be ignored.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/why-is-succession-so-difficult-ce3f4ceeab11

Is it fair to ask our captains of industry to navigate the complexity of the corporate world without a ‘pilot’? Some thoughts.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/mentor-coach-i-just-want-someone-to-talk-to-5294fbfb6cc6

A matter of personal choice...​

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/long-term-success-87be62cba9ee

I got pinged last week.

For those not familiar with the UK Test and Trace App that means that I have been judged to be in contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid 19 and therefore required to self-isolate for a specific number of days...

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/covid-recovery-a-joint-responsibility-5bda9a2610eb

Way back in April 2020 I wrote a piece entitled ‘Back to Normal?’. Right at the start of the pandemic and when we (other than most of the scientific community) were probably thinking we will be out of this in a few months. I thought I should re-read the article and prepare myself for naïve responses to largely unknown events to come. The article posed four questions and, while some have been addressed in subsequent articles, I think it is worth revisiting them as we start to prepare for a return to some sort of normal. Eleven months later, are we any the wiser?

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/survival-to-recovery-the-road-to-corporate-freedom-9be36f9e108

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So we’ve survived and now in the recovery stage on our journey to whatever ‘normal’ might look like for us. Some thoughts.

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https://medium.com/@pward_36113/faster-and-steeper-46b885e355f8 

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Back to normal looks at four questions that we may need to consider: 

1. how can we repair the damage to our finances?

2. how can we return to viable operating levels 'faster and steeper'? 3. what will new normal look like to my organisation?

4. do we need to build more resilience for the future?

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https://medium.com/@pward_36113/back-to-normal-9333b4fae6bf 

Time to redefine true wealth creation and construct guiding measures for long-term genuine success.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/wealth-creation-just-cash-or-is-there-more-to-it-b369501dd404

Preparation, mindset, and honesty: Essential in the negotiation of tough times.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/rightsizing-or-do-we-just-mean-cutting-jobs-b8bfbd6ff33e

No laughing matter but pretty evident that the world as we had come to know it has forever changed. ‘Oh it will come back, this is a temporary dip’. Much may lie in the definition of ‘temporary’. History would suggest that good times will return but I fear that we face challenging times for a while yet; the current situation has been brewing for a while...​

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/stop-the-world-i-want-to-get-off-take-stock-e48a7d5e95a3

Introducing the art of measurement.​

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/roughly-right-or-precisely-wrong-442412768d9a

In this article we explore a series of questions in determining the right path back to ‘normality’ for our businesses

1. What has changed for my business?

2. How have ‘my’ peoples’ expectations changed?

3. Has the nature of our work changed?

4. Have the fundamental principles changed for my business?

It advocates a strategic approach to developing a unique path for each business

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/theres-a-million-ways-to-go-1f5838f088c7

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Lessons from the vaccination quest.

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https://pward-36113.medium.com/exploring-potential-8ff84725b7a4

I know there will be a lot of talk about what the post pandemic world will look like and how it might impact on our businesses. We are curious about the extent that changes may occur in a number of aspects of the business world. There is an opportunity to ‘reset’ if there is a need, and a will, to do so. We are conducting a survey more details of which are available through the article below and we will be very interested to hear your views. You can access the survey directly on this link https://lnkd.in/gD9uwEd

We will close the survey on 15 June and will be aiming to publish findings before 30 June. All contributions will be anonymous and unattributed.

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https://www.telospartners.com/what-happens-after-the-pandemic/

Negotiating the maze of uncertainty. A few thoughts put together by Peter Ward and Pedro Avery.

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https://medium.com/@pward_36113/negotiating-the-maze-of-uncertainty-d4714801ae5b