Kim TassoReview: The GC Index® – a Leadership and Board Assessment tool (organimetric)
Posted on: February 15, 2021
This is a review of a new assessment tool for those who, like me, use them in coaching, leadership development, change management, Board room facilitation and succession planning. It explores The GC Index® – a Leadership and Board Assessment tool. An overview of other frequently-used assessment tools appears as an introduction for context and comparison. […]
Book review: Better Business Relationships by Carolyn Dyer, Head of HR and OD at Registers of Scotland
Posted on: March 8, 2019
The following book review of Better Business Relationships by Carolyn Dyer, Head of HR and OD (Interim) at Registers of Scotland (Scotland’s land and property registers) appeared on theHRDirector (HRD) web site in https://www.thehrdirector.com/book-reviews/better-business-relationships/ in February 2019. “This book by Kim Tasso is a ‘must-have’ for any forward-thinking Human Resources function. The content forms an […]
Recruitment and succession of surveyors – Human resources management for property partnerships
Posted on: December 12, 2016
At two recent MBL training courses on “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors practice” https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ – one in London and the other in Birmingham – there was much discussion about human resources management (HRM) issues. Recruitment and succession of surveyors appears to be a common challenge when it comes to growing a profitable practice. Recruitment […]
Change management and creativity – Why a third adapt more easily
Posted on: July 15, 2016
Successful professional service firms are those that have great leaders who can help their people anticipate and adapt to change quickly. So an article by Nick Tasler (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/strategic-thinking/201606/why-1-in-3-people-adapt-change-more-successfully) explaining why one in three adapt to change more easily caught my eye. The article refers to work by psychologist Salvatore Maddi at the University of Chicago […]
Psychology and business communication: An introduction to Transactional Analysis (TA)
Posted on: January 9, 2015Psychology offers a lot of tools to improve business communication. Psychology and business communication are frequent themes in my training courses for professionals. As well as topics such as personality, cognitive styles, emotional intelligence and NLP, I provide an introduction to Transactional Analysis in a number of my communication and conflict courses and coaching sessions. […]