Building credibility beyond the usual tone-at-the-top approach.

My Workspace column in The Conference Board Review, Summer 2012.

Command and control will no longer be the currency in the workforce of the future.

This is an interview I gave to Alice Andors of HR Magazine in the US, published in July 2012. Copyright: Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, VA. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

At a time of rising unemployment, when men still vastly outnumber women
in senior jobs, it might seem odd to be positive about the future for
women at work. But there are many reasons for qualified optimism.

Financial Times, 19 April 2012

Why Does the Corporate World Continue to Mangle Language? asks Alison Maitland

As unemployment soars around the world, we’re hearing a common refrain from the business community: Young people lack the skills needed for the world of work—in particular, how to communicate. Half the managers in a recent survey by the U.K.-based Chartered Management Institute complained of young recruits’ poor communication skills. But who will teach them to speak clearly and concisely? Surely, it won’t be the same business managers, analysts, and internal-communications people who persist in bombarding and baffling us with increasingly mind-numbing management-speak …..
Read this article here.

Published in The Conference Board Review, April 2012

Article by Alison Maitland published by ft.com in the FT’s New World of Work series on 25 January 2012

When revamping your corporate culture, the first rule is to have fewer rules, writes Alison Maitland

Published by The Conference Board Review, Winter 2012

The Occupy movement in London, New York and other international cities over the past year has highlighted the need for more ethical leadership, especially in the financial and business world, writes Alison Maitland

Published January 2012 by IWE (International Women of Excellence)

This article about women’s departures from top corporate jobs was published by the Financial Times in the ‘Women at the Top’ magazine and online on 16 November 2011. Here is the link:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3259a25e-0ee6-11e1-b585-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1eMFp9PZM

Alison Maitland comments on a proposal to make it easier to sack underperforming employees.
Published by The Independent, 27 October 2011
Download PDF or view online at: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/alison-maitland-treat-people-well-and-they-wont-slack-2376278.html

Today’s flexible work arrangements should not be mere employee perks, writes Alison Maitland

Workspace column, The Conference Board Review, Fall 2011