Extra salt, extra sugar. The importance of amplifying leadership communication during times of pressure and distance.
Fun fact: airline food contains more salt and sugar because at altitude and in a pressurised cabin our tastebuds are less sensitive. I recently shared this fact with a client, off the back of her acknowledgement that she needs to ‘lean in harder’. This particular client has been working from…
How to set targets for your team
I had a great question recently from a client, he wanted my view on how to set targets for his teams. For context, his business is currently growing – both in terms of welcoming new starters and promoting existing team members into roles with more responsibility. The question came up…
#Scaryhour – A brilliant TikTok hack on facing the tasks you’ve been avoiding
Everyone has tasks they put off. Those ‘impossible’ or ‘uncomfortable’ small things you know you should get round to but can’t quite face just now. So, here’s a simple way to overcome your anxiety-related procrastination… #Scaryhour Here’s how it works: Ring fence an hour each day – set your timer…
“Don’t limit yourself and don’t limit others either”
Whilst this video is clearly glorious because the man doing the 200Ib lifting has cerebral palsy, it was a heartwarming comment in a LinkedIn thread that caught my eye. Uloma N nailed it when she said: “Don’t limit yourself and don’t limit others either”. Uplifting and a reminder to cheer…
Communicating the horizon.
Horizon gazing is a key part of the leadership team’s job in business. Future planning and looking beyond the everyday is essential to making progress. And yet the challenge is for those who are not part of the horizon gazing gang. The team members who are working in the business…
‘Mission’, ‘Purpose’, ‘Vision’. If you fake it, you will fail.
Mission statement, vision, purpose. Whatever you want to call it, here’s how you know if you’re truly living it. This post from Fergus Smith on LinkedIn got me thinking about how business owners can truly figure out if they are living the mission so many so desperately want to be recognised…
‘Quitting is for winners.’ Are entertainer entrepreneurs the reason for the Great Resignation?
Dr. Eliza Filby’s article on entertainer entrepreneur Steven Bartlett makes for an absorbing read – and gives a fresh perspective on the potential driver of the Great Resignation. Filby’s article explores how Bartlett, and the raft of other entrepreneur entertainers who are filling venues with hundreds of adoring, feet-stomping, ‘all you need…
Watch: Caroline Hunt from Emerald Starfish on the benefits of using an outsourced recruitment department
Caroline Hunt runs Emerald Starfish, a recruitment company with a difference. Caroline and I came across each other due to the ongoing problem almost all service businesses are having with recruiting talent. In the past I’ve talked extensively about the importance of re-recruiting your teams, but the issues around bringing…
Gartner’s State of Marketing Budgets 2021
Gartner’s State of Marketing Budgets 2021 summary is here. Some of you may already have taken a look, but it’s a valuable set of insights for agencies I thought was worthy of a share. One of the big ‘watch outs’ is that 29% of agency work shifted to internal teams –…
‘Fewer’ or ‘less’ – think you know when to use them?
What to Know Generally, fewer is used when the number of things is counted (“fewer problems”) whereas lessis used when the number is measured (“less trouble” or “less time”). However, this is not a strict rule and there are accepted instances of less being used with countable amounts such as “250 words or less,” “3…