Strategic Thinking

Leadership

Leaders constantly face challenges and ambiguity. As a leader, what are you doing to develop yourself? Are you aware of your blind spots, and what

Nicholas Mayhew

Oct 18, 2023

Power in the Workplace

Power, rather like politics and conflict in the workplace, carries many negative connotations. And, like politics and conflict, power can be used in

Bert Stemarthe

Aug 31, 2022

How to Avoid Groupthink

Have you ever been presented with a plan that you don’t think will work out, but everyone else (including your superiors) has decided it’s a splendid

Ben Grant

Aug 10, 2022

What is Your Leadership Approach?

Our next theme of articles addresses the topic of different leadership approaches. The aim of this series is to highlight the importance of different

Alice Davies

May 27, 2022

Tips for Efficient Meetings

Peter Drucker is said to have declared: You can have a meeting about whether to meet, and then have another meeting about the first meeting, but if

Nicholas Mayhew

Dec 21, 2021

Efficiency Through Delegation

Delegation is one of those skills that sounds extremely straightforward – you simply take a task you think would be more appropriate for someone else

Matthew Dunaway

Dec 17, 2021

The 7 Wastes

The 7 wastes are inappropriate processing, transporting, defects, overproduction, waiting, unnecessary motions, and unnecessary inventory.

Ben Grant

Dec 17, 2021

The Importance of Effective Internal Communication

This article is part of our efficiency series where we give our top tips on how you can identify the areas of inefficiency/waste and how to begin

Alice Davies

Dec 16, 2021

The Achievement Motivators

Motivational Maps are offered by Alembic as an accurate way to measure three clusters of motivation, through your own self-perception. Your

Alembic Strategy

Oct 11, 2021

The Growth Motivators