Far from being a luxury, the notion of achieving an optimal work-life balance has become a key goal for working professionals worldwide. In the Middle East, professionals are quite clear about their priorities: they want, first and foremost, a better work-life balance. Whether it is to spend more time with family and friends or on […]
What is Discipline? A mode of life in accordance with rules. Order maintained by control. To bring under control. Instruction. To improve by corrective and penal methods. Why Do We Need Discipline? Maintain control. Maintain standards. Safeguard staff. Safeguard property. Maintain efficiency. Organizational success. The purpose of a disciplinary procedure is to ensure all employees […]
Its back! And rightfully so…What is organizational culture? Exactly. Culture can be tough to define as it reveals itself in various ways in each organization. But, generally speaking, organizational culture is the way that employees behave with one another, from the CEO to the front facing team members. Think about when you first arrive at […]
Often, we hear management saying they have a strategy. This will change their position, whether in comparison to their competitors in the private sector, or how they are perceived as a government organization. It will be usually a paradigm shift from how they’ve been operating in the past. They usually lock themselves into a room […]
Are you considering using training as a good tool to drive change, and wondering if it really is worth the time and money? A change process first of all requires management endorsement and continuous communication. In addition, training may be a good tool. Based on 10 years of experience with international companies on changes in […]
Today’s world of business requires us all to choose between changing things up, or become redundant. Tough words, but equally as true for those in the people or training industry as all other industries. So, let’s start with the first ‘change things up’! How do current formulae for ROI serve the Training or L&D space […]
The pandemic followed by the ‘Great Resignation’ has seen leaders perform the delicate balancing act of seeking stable footing while dealing with disruptive and unpredictable market forces, struggling to hire amidst a 15-year high in talent shortages, and revamping policies to meet the employees demand of a more flexible work environment. Developing leaders from within […]
Being a leader in today’s business world is a courageous endeavour. Not only is the world changing the fastest ever, but the way we relate to each other has significantly transformed. As a leader, on the outside (what others can see and observe), the pressure to perform at the highest levels with minimum errors is […]
When I first started to work as a trainer many years ago, the focus of delivering training was on people from “production”. At that time, I was working in a bank call centre and the requirement that often came from top management was – train them in a short time and make them productive as […]
Tell us about your background and your journey to founding The Ian Baker Consultancy. I began my coaching and consultancy journey 6 years ago, after 20 years of corporate life and 5 years of leading a global Medical Devices business. I was fortunate to have learned from my experiences in some of the world’s largest […]
