From not-working to networking. Part 1
...Building confidence for building connections Event report, North West Group On Monday 15th April the North West ABP group heard from two great speakers who had a very different approach to networking. Sean Heneghan and Angie Ingman, both Occupational…
Book Review: Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz
"It is my job to make windows where there was once walls" (M Foucault) This book is brilliant! It is one of the best, if not the best, management/ leadership books I've read and should be required reading for every…
Book Review: Wilful Blindness Why We Ignore the Obvious At Our Peril by Margaret Heffernan
Heffernan uses models from psychology, history, business and the neurosciences to rigorously evaluate the phenomenon of wilful blindness. Far from being a ‘nice excuse’ to act in blissful ignorance, she shows that all of us are prone to frequent bouts…
Be a part of your business psychology community! Networking case studies from two local ABP groups
The ABP local networks are a great place to meet and interact with others in your profession who live locally. You can exchange ideas, offer or gain support, collaborate, develop new relationships, learn new skills, continue your professional development –…
Book Review: Good Strategy / Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt
Rumelt is not short of examples of ‘bad strategy’ in his book about what has gone wrong for most businesses. But he also offers extremely straightforward advice for getting strategy right, or ‘good’, such that one wonders how so…
Highlights from the 2012 Airport Leadership & Change Management Forum
Organisers Dr Richard Plenty and Terri Morrissey report on some of the highlights of October’s Airport Leadership & Change Management Forum in London. Where can you meet airport CEOs, HR directors and senior airport executives from around the world, along…
Change is Simple!
By Alison France, Evosis Okay, we all know it’s not always the case that 'change is simple' and I’m being deliberately provocative to catch your attention - so how about: Change can be simple…? Based on my knowledge and experience,…
Resistance to Change? The ABC Technique
by John Fisher, c2d In all our roles we have to address change in its many forms. One of the biggest problems is that, usually, people just don’t want to change! For me what is fundamental, and sometimes missed, is…
ABP at the DOP Conference, January 2013
By Sanjay Bhogaita, Conference Team Member Not long unpacked from exhibiting at the Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) Conference at the end of December 2012, we suddenly found ourselves on the road again. So, in good spirits and with…
Change – Since Time Began
by John Hugo, Change Delivery Associates What does change mean? Verb: Make or become different: “a proposal to change the law”; “to change the way things are done” Noun: The act or instance of making or becoming different Synonyms Verb: Alter, exchange, vary,…
Change: So what’s new?
by Steve Whiddett, WHE-UK Ltd So what's new? Not a lot really. Darwin has shown us that change is the very essence of survival. We need to adapt to changes around us in order to survive as individuals and organisations have…
ABP at the SGCP Conference, December 2012
By Sanjay Bhogaita, Conference Team Member On an icy December morning me and Angie (ingham) met at New Street station and had a nice walk to the Aston University where the Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) Conference was…