CSR begins at home
How often does your sustainability manager talk to your head of HR? Because a company’s greatest potential impact on society depends on...
top of page
Search
Chris Whitehead
- May 23, 2021
- 5 min
How well do you know yourself?
We’ve all heard of Socrates entreaty to “Know yourself”, but why is it such a good idea? For that matter, how might we go about it? And...
32 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Mar 25, 2021
- 5 min
Five takeaways from my Stephen Trzeciak interview
Before I interviewed Professor Stephen Trzeciak for my podcast I had read the book he co-wrote with Dr Anthony Mazzarelli from cover to...
54 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Feb 5, 2021
- 5 min
Creating a High Performance Environment
If you’re new to team leadership and aspire to a high-performing team of fulfilled individuals (including yourself) then read on. In this...
21 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Dec 5, 2020
- 5 min
The Real Price of Incivility
Incivility — rude or unsociable speech or behaviour — is becoming a way of life in business and in wider society, one that is almost a...
30 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Apr 2, 2020
- 4 min
We are the Precariat
Last month I had the great pleasure of interviewing Dame Julia Unwin for my podcast the Compassionate Leadership Interview. She spoke of...
23 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Jan 8, 2020
- 5 min
Two's Company
Down the years some of the most successful businesses have been started and run by two individuals with complementary skills. One of my...
18 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Jan 8, 2020
- 3 min
"You're The Worst Colleague We Have"
Is there hope for a more compassionate workplace? A friend of mine, let’s call her Sharon, works for a national supermarket chain. She...
13 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Jan 8, 2020
- 5 min
Blessed are the Peacemakers…
Why developing the ability to understand an opposing viewpoint is important, and how we might go about it. After a decade or so of...
17 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Dec 28, 2019
- 3 min
Creating a Compassionate Subculture Under Pressurised Circumstances
A couple of months ago I wondered whether this were even possible. I had speculated about it briefly in my book Compassionate Leadership,...
70 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Dec 28, 2019
- 6 min
3 Things That All HR Professionals Should Know
But few do, sadly. 1 The Peter Principle This was set out in the eponymous book in 1969 by Dr Laurence J Peter and Raymond Hull. It is...
6 views0 comments
Chris Whitehead
- Dec 27, 2019
- 4 min
Starting a New Job
You can’t learn all you need to know from the company accounts. There are plenty of books out there on your first 100 days in a new job....
34 views0 comments
bottom of page