Many congratulation to Ben Tyson on his 10th anniversary at Born Social. I loved his post (below) and as I read it I spotted a few clues as to why this young man (young for a CEO) has become such an outstanding leader and why he has had such an impact
Town halls, also referred to as all-hands or companywide meetings, are a critical part of engaging employees and reinforcing your company’s culture and values. They’re an opportunity for company leaders to share results, explain their strategy, and clock valuable facetime with the whole organisation. The below download from video hosting
A really interesting idea from David Welling, Professor at Cranfield and (lucky for me) my mentor. If you’re in the process of hiring managers then these tips are well worth your time. Just thought I would share my top tip for ‘on boarding’ people into management positions… Start date If
I came to write this article after discussing billable hours and utilisation with a client. Key to profitability is to reduce non-billable time spent on a client – over-servicing, over-delivering, poor scoping etc. My client got on board and started scrutinising the reasons for non-billable time – and he discovered
@DigitallyBaffled nailing the plan mind circle. How about making a plan about how to execute the plan? Planning the plan plan. Enjoy! Andy.
‘I told her, the office is now on teams – and so she needs to be really present on there to manage her team well.’ The above came from one of my usual weekly coaching sessions with a client. Whilst at first it might not seem particularly revelatory, there’s actually
I’m frequently waxing lyrical about the importance of psychological safety in teams to encourage openness and trust, so I really resonated with this LinkedIn post from HR Leader David McLean. David’s post speaks to the extra steps leaders need to take to make themselves aware of different perceptions of psychological
A fantastic article shared with me by Nick Farrar of ShapedBy. A really powerful reminder that everything is a team game – something we should all be aware of when we’re hiring. The best briefs are written by the best planners. The best ideas are written by the best copywriters
Some interesting findings from Gartner about the most effective manager types. When Gartner studied manager effectiveness before the pandemic, they identified Connector Managers as the clear winners in building high-performing employees. They’ve now confirmed this manager type still outperforms — even in today’s stressful, disrupted times. You can see the four manger
Start, stop continue is as simple as it is adaptable, and a great exercise for leaders to use in meetings to help gather useful feedback from teams. It’s a great leadership tool too, as it helps to get buy in, and show you’re listening to your teams. Here’s how start,
