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Business and organisational development news views and insights from Prospero Barn.
Recent Posts
The Difference Between Those In Sales Management Positions That Can Add Value And Those That Can’t
This year has shown that in tough times some approaches are more effective than others, some sales leaders really do shown a navigable path through to improved performance, whilst other less able managers add no value at all through their visible anx...
Tales From The Riverbank – Sales Version
What we have learned from our travels in the UK this year:When you have had your Starbucks type refuelling stop and are getting up to leave always look back at the table and chair you were sitting in. Often something will be left behind. This also wo...
Christmas-time Reading
Some older books, some new ones; all are worth the price of a cheap meal out, much more sustaining, and all are non-fattening:The Complete works of Malcolm Gladwell - his stuff makes you think, makes you smile and makes you think again. There are thr...
Values Driven Culture
What do the MPs expenses row and the Banking Crisis have in common? A set of rules being followed without a framework of values to inform peoples’ behaviour.It’s striking how similar the two issues were. People saying they’ve done nothing illeg...
People Howlers
Given the end of the year is looming we thought we would capture in one place the 10 worst examples of people management practices we have come across this year:Using the economy as a reason to get rid of people rather than engaging with them around ...
Proust Questionnaire
With the holidays almost upon us, Christmas parties are in full swing and soon we’ll be looking forward to the year ahead. It’s a great time to explore the ‘Proust Questionnaire’. This structured set of questions have drawn revealing and insi...
