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Improving Engagement in a Small Business

Published by Strategic Communication Management, June 2008

Today it has become common to talk about building a strengths based company. Some large organisations, such as Sony, are known for making this happen. But is it possible in a small business where budgets are tighter? Nicki Hayes explores the engagement techniques behind the meteric rise of one of the UK’s leading search marketing agencies, The Search Works.

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The Strengths Approach to Communicating Success

Published by Internal Communications, February 2008

How can you build on people’s strengths? How can you build super teams? How can you communicate people’s success stories to generate engagement in an organisation? In February 2008’s Internal Communications magazine, Mike Pegg explores three ways to make this happen.

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Vive la Resolution!

Published by Managing Growth, January 2008

Great teams are full of passionate people but this has both its ups and downs. The pluses are that people are committed, energetic and work hard; the minuses are they may clash about values, get into arguments or talk at cross-purposes. In this article, published by the PC World magazine Managing Growth, Mike Pegg shows how to resolve conflict, the strengths way.

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Building on employee strengths at Sony Europe

A three-step process to maximize staff contributions to the business. By Roy White, VP of HR Sony Europe, published by Strategic HR Review, Melcrum Publishing, July/August 2006.

When Sony Europe began a restructure in 2003, Roy White, VP of HR, realised that focusing on each employee’s key strengths and introducing mentoring projects would be crucial to enhancing performance.

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My mentor: Mentoring expert Mike Pegg reveals the people he turns to for advice and motivation.

Interviewed by Matt Keating

published by The Guardian, April 2006.
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