Management
Director’s Cut, take 27: Home for Christmas
Director’s Cut, take 27: Home for Christmas
15 December 2020
Anu Carnegie-Brown
Those three little words, ‘home for Christmas’, have been on my mind recently. They’ve featured high on my...
Director’s Cut, take 25: Who’s on board?
Director’s Cut, take 25: Who’s on board?
5 August 2020
Anu Carnegie-Brown
Last night, I found myself on a sinking ship. It was only a tender, the size of a large rowing boat, and we were...
Director’s Cut, take 16: The fun in fundraising
Director’s Cut, take 16: The fun in fundraising
4 December 2018
Anu Carnegie-Brown
I have a British colleague who joined STP in May 2018. After six months at the company, this experienced HR prof...
Director’s Cut, take 7: Virtually there
Director’s Cut, take 7: Virtually there
2 March 2017
Anu Carnegie-Brown
Your technology facilitates it, your people appreciate it, your type of work can sustain it. Yet how do you turn...
Director’s Cut, take 5: Working with wise (wo)men
Director’s Cut, take 5: Working with wise (wo)men
5 January 2017
Anu Carnegie-Brown
It’s around now – on Twelfth Night, or Epiphany – that many Christians celebrate the wise men arriving at ...
Director’s Cut, take 4: To have and to hold on to
Director’s Cut, take 4: To have and to hold on to
15 December 2016
Anu Carnegie-Brown
Most managers think that employees quit for pay-related reasons. There is research that supports this view, but ...
Director’s Cut, take 3: Iznogoud
Director’s Cut, take 3: Iznogoud
2 November 2016
Anu Carnegie-Brown
“I want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph” was the motto of Iznogoud, the wicked, scheming grand vizier of ...
Director’s Cut, take 2: Guilty or not guilty?
Director’s Cut, take 2: Guilty or not guilty?
7 October 2016
Anu Carnegie-Brown
Do you ever feel disillusioned when you read advice on burnout prevention, stress management and work-life balan...