Adaptability and Creative Innovation To make sure your business continues to survive and prosper, you need to constantly adapt the way you work. Your people are your greatest asset helping you achieve this constant adaptation. They know what frustrates or delights your customers and suppliers, but your people need to be engaged with empowering leadership to give them the […]
Our work focuses on helping leaders of companies. We aid their long range planning, analysis of issues and challenges, developing effective interventions and then implementing and executing change and transformation plans, delivering alignment and creating synergy. We are often asked for tips to remind people about best leadership practices. There are many articles both online […]
Breaking Down Barriers: Silo Busting in the Organization We are often asked to find ways to break down barriers between people. Owners will talk about trouble between competing senior management, where territorial and political power-plays bring competition into the organization. Such negative behavior often becomes incredibly intense, where individuals stop communicating. People become more focused […]
Some months ago we were discussing with an owner-client how difficult it was shifting the perspectives of managers in his organization. The owner sensed the need to begin a change program, given the shifting tectonic plates in his industry. He however found it difficult to mobilize his stubbornly-resisting key management team. This is not an […]
Bahrain management consulting firm SteppingStone Global (SSG) has over the past seven years worked with client business organisations to help optimise performance in management and non-management cadres. Now the company has stepped on what could be its surest stepping stone to further engagement. SSG and Bahrain’s National Institute of Industrial Training (NIIT) […]
Why Generative Dialogue Is Essential To Communication The Dalai Lama told us, “When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know; but when you listen, you may learn something new”. He encourages us to be prepared to listen to others and absorb new ideas and concepts. Professor Tony Watson, in his book “The […]
Creating cohesive organisational cultures and an aligned workforce are some of the most challenging tasks for leadership roles in the GCC healthcare industry as it rapidly expands to fulfill growing demands and needs in the region. The industry has historically relied on attracting expatriates to staff and run healthcare organisations in the region. With the […]
Steppingstone Global event took place at The Capital Club Bahrain (page 96) NIIT signs Agreement with SSG (page 103)
Steppingstone held a Business workshop ” Creating Synergy & Alignment in Capital Club Bahrain on 15th June 2015. SSG in Bahrain This Month July 2015 Issue Mike invited for a car brand launch
Dr Adel Hamad, CEO of the National Institute for Industrial Training (NIIT) (left) met with SteppingStone Global (SSG) President and Founder, Jean Nicolai (right) in June 2015 and signed an agreement for both organizations to work closer together for the benefit of the business community in Bahrain. SSG ‘s leadership and management services will now […]
Efficient and Effective Communication The most recent Project Management Institute’s (PMI) ‘Pulse Report 2014’ found organizations lose an average of $109 million for every $1 billion spent on strategic change initiatives. Mike De Prisco, vice president at PMI, said they have seen improvements in these losses over the past nine years due to managers learning […]