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Benchmarking against the best of the best
by Rachel Ward17 May 2013
The Changing Face of Outplacement
by Diana Westlake3 May 2013
Assessing for Cultural Fit
by Peter Rhodes6 February 2013
Commercial Skills Required
by John Dodd11 February 2013
Tough Conversations - practice makes perfect
by Stuart O'Reilly22 January 2013
All Change
by Laurence Jackson12 November 2012
Women on Boards Event
by Laura Oliver2 November 2012
Talons Management
by John Milsom10 October 2012
'I think I'll manage'
by Colin Mercer31 August 2012
Allow SID to be Vicious
by Keith McCambridge1 June 2012
The Best Candidates Choose You
by Keith Miller30 May 2012
'We will prevail but none of us know when...'
by Colin Mercer12 July 2012
Would your team win gold?
by Laura Oliver2 August 2012
Leadership teams – what goes on at 35,000 feet
by Keith McCambridge5 April 2012
Handing over the baton
by Keith Miller14 May 2012
Don't Cut Corners on Job Analysis
by Jerome Bull18 April 2012
CSR - Who Are We Kidding?
by Laurence Jackson30 March 2012
Coaching - or should that be boxing?
by Keith McCambridge23 February 2012
Stargazing
by Melissa Davis31 January 2012
Some Honest Answers
by Colin Mercer19 January 2012
RBS - Lessons from Failure
by Stuart O'Reilly16 January 2012
Embedding Talent Management
by Laura Oliver7 February 2012
Driving Behavioural Change
by Liz Lawson5 January 2012
Management vs Leadership
by Colin Mercer18 November 2011
Women on the Board
by John Dodd9 November 2011
Collaborative Leadership
by John Milsom8 November 2011
Do Your Leaders Have the X Factor?
by Melissa Davis10 October 2011
Does coaching make you too risky?
by John Milsom7 October 2011
Transparency with Candidates
by John Milsom5 October 2011
Delivering Change at Severn Trent
by Stuart O'Reilly13 September 2011
Blinkers off - recruiting from other sectors
by Jerome Bull13 September 2011
Diversity - Make it work for your Board
by John Dodd23 August 2011
The Value of Innovation
by Laura Oliver19 August 2011
The Future of Leadership
by John Milsom19 July 2011
The Fall of Rebekah Brooks
by Melissa Davis15 July 2011
The Non Executive Catch 22
by Mike Spurr11 July 2011
Brainpower Vital - Supply Chain Professionals
by Keith Miller17 June 2011
Becoming an NED - Look Before You Leap
by Mike Spurr15 June 2011
It's a Two Way Street
by Jerome Bull1 June 2011
New Media in Recruitment
by Ian Richardson27 May 2011
Adopting Commercial Values
by Laurence Jackson17 May 2011
Surviving in Tough Times
by Laurence Jackson15 February 2011
Psychological Assessment
by Stuart O'Reilly10 February 2011
Survival Leadership
by John Milsom7 February 2011
Private Equity - Have You Got What it Takes?
by Keith Miller19 January 2011
Come Home, All is Forgiven
by Keith Miller12 January 2011
Standing Out From The Crowd
by Jerome Bull10 November 2010
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16th January 2012RBS - Lessons from Failure
Wickland Westcott reviews the Boards of many of the UK’s top organisations. Here, one of our Senior Consultants Stuart O’Reilly, distils the key learning from the failure of RBS. In October 2008 RBS failed and was part nationalised.The reasons for the failure were much debated in the press, with sentiment largely centring around an ambitious Chief Executive who over reached himself and whose domineering style neutered the Board. ...
Read more 7th February 2012Embedding Talent Management
Wickland Westcott recently hosted a leadership event, at which the guest speakers were Jackie Lanham from The Co-operative and Keith McCambridge who heads our London office. They shared their experiences of how to cultivate talent to ensure a progressive, evolving organisation. Five core principles for embedding talent management programmes were identified: Emphasise the context for change – unfreezing existing behavioural patterns is one of the greatest challenges in introducing change, and the economic context (eg....
Read more 5th January 2012Driving Behavioural Change
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of this year? Did you achieve them, are you still working towards them or did you fail, like most, and revert back to your old behaviour by the second week in January? So, how do we drive real behaviour change in ourselves and our organisations? Edwin Locke’s (1968) ground-breaking Goal Setting Theory of Motivation has the answers....
Read more 18th November 2011Management vs Leadership
The terms Management and Leadership typically refer to different, albeit related, concepts. The...
Read more 9th November 2011Women on the Board
Attracting and retaining talented women is a strategic imperative for growing companies. The latest figures from Cranfield School of Management (October ‘11) show that women currently make up 14.2% of FTSE 100 Directors, up from 12.5% in 2010. The picture is less rosy amongst FTSE 250 Directors, with 8.9% being women, albeit up from 7.8% in 2010....
Read more 8th November 2011Collaborative Leadership
Wickland Westcott runs regular Talent Management breakfast events, each featuring a ‘thought leadership’ presentation and discussion. A recent guest speaker was Marie Mohan of Common Purpose, an international not-for-profit leadership development organisation. Marie shared her experiences of developing international leaders, and specifically an approach to developing Collaborative Leadership skills. Marie opened her talk by highlighting the importance for leaders to be able to inspire people beyond their official authority....
Read more 10th October 2011Do Your Leaders Have the X Factor?
The live shows are upon us once again. We are left debating who will make it all the way to the finish line, proving that they have what it takes to win over the public. Unbeknown to the current cohort, they will need to show some similar qualities to those seen in top leaders, if they are to make it all the way to the Christmas final....
Read more 7th October 2011Does coaching make you too risky?
One of the ways we try to add value at Wickland Westcott is by spotting leading-edge developments, and applying these to the world of talent management. Here we explore a potential pitfall for people being coached, and suggest ways to side-step it. A recent study(1) shows that when people are given pills they believe contain vitamins, this leads them to engage in unhealthy activities, for example smoking more, exercising less or eating badly....
Read more 5th October 2011Transparency with Candidates
Should you tell candidates the skills you are looking for? Should you tell candidates what you are looking for, or does this give the game away? We have worked with clients with strong views in either direction. Whilst academics have debated the effect of transparency upon the accuracy of assessments, as practitioners we know the question also impacts on the candidate experience, and therefore employer branding and the demonstration of core values such as integrity, trust and honesty....
Read more 13th September 2011Delivering Change at Severn Trent
Tony Wray has been Chief Executive of Severn Trent Water Plc since 2007. When he joined the organisation was still in the process of recovering from the reputational damage caused by a ‘whistleblower’ and the subsequent charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office. In this candid interview Tony speaks to Wickland Westcott Consultant Stuart O’Reilly about implementing change at Severn Trent. StuartWhat...
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