An idea that came to me a couple of weeks ago after a friend pointed out a potential problem with the name of one of our LinkedIn events, ‘Slack Slavery’. He noted the sensitivities around using the word, even when it was certainly referring to being at the mercy of
Primarily, the article is about hats. In a small business, it’s sometimes difficult to be clear about your role at any given time. But, if you’re both a shareholder and a part of the leadership team – it’s so important to have absolute clarity about which of those roles you’re playing when
In March 2022, transformative mindset coach, Rena Loizou and I will be launching Clear Thinking™ – a series of experiential, hands-on workshops or programmes designed to dramatically improve clarity, resilience, connection, and creativity and ultimately your impact at work and in your personal life. Our first workshop, happening on March 11th, is entitled
No time to read the full article? Listen instead … — Remember when what kept us awake at night was new business? Now it seems that what keeps us awake at night is how we’re going to deliver that new business. The challenge of securing great talent to deliver work, existing
When the C-suite has a new management priority, a new job title often follows. This article in Forbes – kindly sent to me by Cameron at Neon – is an interesting take on how senior role job titles are emerging to reflect the need of businesses to take remote working and future
Just do it. I recommend client surveys to all my clients. Invariably, it’s hugely valuable, surfacing things that you knew but could do with corroborating, and throwing up interesting feedback that you might not have anticipated. It also shows your clients that you value their opinion and their custom, and
Jack Dorsey, the recently resigned co-founder and CEO of Twitter said: “There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being ‘founder-led.’ Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure…I believe it’s critical a company can stand on its own, free of its founder’s
This C suite career advice from Callum Adamson, the CEO and co-founder of Distributed, is well worth a quick read. From my point of view, the key point for business leaders is twofold; That speed of improvement and speed of execution is critical. That technology is not the most critical factor for
I frequently talk to my clients about naming their products and services, and about creating ‘simple stories’ that are easy for their own clients to understand and buy. In this video, I spoke to Josh Butten of boosst financial about the impact of packaging and productisation of complex services and
Not long ago I had a conversation with a client about something that happened in a leadership team meeting. A small (but important) act of bravery on their part, and something I think all leaders should be aware of. — Setting the scene As part of my clients’ monthly leadership
