Kinamba Community Project Update – April 2024 We were thrilled when a brief newsletter arrived with us this week from Meg at the Kinamba Community Project about a visit to the GITISI secondary school where a number of children from the Project are studying. The school is a secondary boarding school and one of the…
Do you ever wonder just how many perfectly good barrels of fruit get spoiled by just one ‘bad apple’? The bad apple analogy is well-known and generally accepted, but how often is this off-the-cuff remark taken seriously and acted upon in the workplace?
Whilst the majority of Acorn’s work is with individuals and teams at the forefront of an organisation’s activities, we were recently included in an internal communication piece which demonstrated a company’s culture of collaboration and enhanced teamwork cascading through the business.
Acorn’s involvement in the Repository Asset Care Enhancements and Remediation (RACER) programme for Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is scheduled for completion in the summer and as covered in our last update, the trajectory of this project continues to rise.
Conflict in high performing teams can be healthy and help stimulate creativity and innovation. In this article, we look at the types of conflict, the importance of trust and ways to help ensure conflict remains constructive.
How can a management development company like Acorn demonstrate return on investment and team improvement through the lifespan of a coaching programme? The Collaboration Questionnaire provides evidence that’s hard to ignore.
The thought of taking the plunge into the chilly waters of the Lake District at any time of year may leave many of us cold but for Acorn’s Pippa Mitchell the idea of ‘Dip-a-Day December’ was a heartwarming challenge she couldn’t refuse.