The "white noise" of e-mail is one of the main reasons organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to get important information through to their staff. So what's gone wrong? And how can organisations and individuals see their way through the electronic fog that is choking our ability to communicate.

Why do so many women struggle with "being political"? They possess all the skills they need to succeed in the political arena – but all too often, no-one has taught them the rules of the game. So here's a crash course in how to play the game without becoming a man in a skirt.

The employer-employee relationship is a voluntary union that must be based on respect and trust. Which is why the trend for snooping on employees' every move is not just a fundamentally flawed strategy, but suggests that organisations have completely lost the plot when it comes to managing their people.

Are strategic alliances "black-holes" or lightening-rods for business innovation? Despite the potential benefits of working with partners, many business professionals remain unconvinced.

Company owners and managers often wonder why their employees don't feel the same dedication to the job that they do. The answer is simple. It is because they aren't owners.

If you are involved in employee communication, how can you ensure that you are able to measure whether your employee communication tools are really measuring employee engagement?

Our addiction to the mobile phone has become so chronic that we are in danger of forgetting how to be intimate with others as well as ourselves. In fact for many people, being on the phone seems to have become a vindication that they exist.

What's an employee worth? Should we measure it? Can we measure it? The answer is an emphatic 'yes' – and a rigorous analysis of what employees cost and the value they bring reveals huge financial losses or gains depending on how well they perform.

How far people feel they have control over their own lives is key to many of the most pressing issues facing managers today – particularly those two elephants in the room, workplace stress and employee engagement.

People who rise up organizations understand the unspoken rules of success – they know that what gets them paid every month is not going to get them ahead. They understand the secret of career helium.

What could Britain's new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, learn from the way that Stuart Rose has led the recovery of another great British institution, retail giant Marks & Spencer?

When William Shakespeare wrote Romeo & Juliet more than four hundred years ago, he could hardly have imagined that his star-crossed lovers would have something to say to a 21st century drinks conglomerate.

What is it that makes millions of people around the world, regardless of national culture, afraid of their bosses? The answer is that our workplaces are unwittingly designed to produce fear - and because all bosses are, by definition, dictators.

If trust could be bottled and sold it would make millions - and it is a vital ingredient of any personal or business relationship. So why is it that companies rarely address it as an issue or actively try to build it?