87% of the global workforce feels as though they are not actively engaged in their jobs, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report. Only 13% feel engaged, have job satisfaction in their work and are focused on creating value for their employer. The...
Bosses today rarely apologise and inspire less trust
Only 5% of UK employees and 3% in EMEA get an apology from their boss whenever they make a mistake, which is affecting levels of trust in leaders and employee engagement according to a global survey. The Global Leadership Pulse survey found that 49% of staff claim...
Is the economic crisis continuing?
Not for LMI-UK and the clients who use us. At the end of November LMI-UK will officially record a 25.8% growth in business against the whole of 2012, and with more new contracts confirmed through to the middle of February 2014. As the UK economy awakens from the past...
The Empowerment Imperative
During this past week (ended 08th Nov) I attended three excellent events in Central Manchester, each with a distinct focus. Yet the concept of the Empowerment Imperative straddled them all: a) The Manchester Creative Studio school for 14-19 year opening Sept 2014 is...
Senior managers are in denial about low levels of trust in their organisations, warns CIPD
One in three employees rate trust in senior managers as weak, but those at the top have a rosier view More than one in three employees report that their level of trust in senior managers is weak (34%), while an overwhelming majority report that they trust in their...
Towards Investors In People
This week we saw the beginning of a very exciting new project, working with a national manufacturing company to achieve their goal of achieving the Investors In People standard. Our pilot group involves 8 managers from across the business, with varying levels of...
Financial services & manufacturing leaders worst in UK
The Financial Services and Manufacturing industries have the weakest leaders in the UK, according to a detailed study released this morning by Head Heart + Brain, a leadership development consultancy. Telecoms leaders are the best bosses in UK 40%...
Mo Ibrahim African leaders prize unclaimed again
The world's most valuable individual prize - the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa - has gone unclaimed yet again. The $5m (£3.2m) prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left...
Appeal for Sponsors to develop our Youth
The future strength and leadership of the nation is squarely in the hands of our youth. The key to their success will be in developing, within each of them, a winning attitude to achieve. With this being our goal 8 students at Chalfont Community College in Chalfont St...
Who said UK schools don’t invest in building winners?
The Principle of Chalfont Community College in Buckinghamshire has just given the green light for Ray King, LMI-UK, to coach and facilitate 10 sixth form students through LMI’s globally successful youth programme, The Making of a Champion. This 11 week programme will...
