The 31st March marks a quarter of the way through the year. How many of you have taken holiday days so far? I’d guess not many. I too am guilty. Why take a break so soon after Christmas? Except Christmas was almost three months ago. Why take time off when
I try to apply all my articles to common problems you might be facing as business leaders. When my client mentioned recently that a recent promotion for a (remote working) team member wasn’t having the impact he had initially hoped or envisaged (taking charge, leading projects, freeing up my clients’
A recent post from Robin Skidmore of Journey Further on LinkedIn got me to thinking about meetings. His post, which talked about how meetings kill productivity and meetings on Zoom kill morale was an interesting thought. True? Not true? His follow up point on how his own team had chosen
As remote working is set to remain commonplace even after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, rules around engagement and support of employees will need to be re evaluated. Face-to-face meetings and their associated body language, can often help leaders to find out more about their team, but timed Zoom meetings and
This is a postcard I produced for our team at agenda21 about 5 years ago. I found it in a box of old papers last year. When we were working on our values, I wanted everyone to start challenging their own attitudes about work and the way we behave. I
A lovely story from the Founder of Huit Denim, David Hieatt. As a kid, my dad told me about the companies he had worked for as an electrician in the Merchant Navy. There was only one he loved. He told me stories about them that made them stand out. Like
‘The message for legacy companies is clear: You must self-disrupt or gobble up your disruptors, or else face obsolescence at the hands of nimble start ups with access to more capital than ever before.” – Entrepreneur The subsequent message to startups? If you want our cash, consider profit and growth,
This post came about through a recent discussion with a CEO client of mine who was having difficulty with his client services team. His reflections were that he wanted them to connect with clients on more than just the day-to-day work basis. He, quite rightly, wanted to build a closer,
This little gem of a video was brought to my attention by Cameron Colquhoun, Chief Executive at Neon Century Intelligence. If you can get past the less than 4k video quality (who knew we’d come so far since 2011?) Then this video still has a wonderful moral to it. In short, be
Fad, farce or game changer? Is remote working turning the tables on recruitment and enabling agencies to cast a wider net to find the right talent without having to worry about location? Do agency leaders still see benefits in ‘round the corner’ recruits? We asked leaders and business owners to
