I sometimes wonder about sharing articles like this because at first glance it appears to have nothing to do with business (and might also seem a little ‘heard it all before’). But as a coach, I know that learning how to be your most authentic self transforms not just your
At its core, pitching is parting with your thinking without compensation. Whatever your line of thought about pitches – and whether you engage with them or not – they are a standard part of agency life and you should have a process for dealing with them just like anything else
I recorded this video with the very brilliant and lovely Rob Metcalfe a few months ago, and it has stuck with me. Rob is Chairman of Richmond & Towers and is in the unique position of having completed not one but two Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) deals in the last year.
Cat Navarro is the guru of process and COO of flown.com. I was lucky enough to speak to her about how agencies can use process to accelerate and streamline their workflows, the importance of great process and some excellent examples on how to break down and tackle process work. Why
This article is based on an email I received from the Promising Outcomes team at the beginning of the year. It elicited a couple of thoughts and feelings and I enjoyed the under current of hope and opportunity for businesses who innovate their way through the pandemic. The email also
You may remember my recent video referencing a client of mine and how their creativity was sparked to write children’s stories when they were relaxed and well rested. After advocating in the last Rambling On and previous articles about the importance of remembering to revive and restore continuously – not
A recent conversation with a client got me to thinking just how important and valuable it is to ‘just ask’ rather than speculate when it comes to client requirements. In summary: A client dropped me a Slack message over the weekend. His agency have landed a new client and they
A revelatory conversation with a client this week (who also okayed this post) led me to record this short video on being your authentic self. We were discussing the restorative power of the Christmas break, and how he had become incredibly creative during the time ‘off” – writing children’s stories
These 20 quick tips to un-average your agency’s web copy from copywriters Treacle are exceptional and well worth considering if you are contemplating a rewrite in 2021. Agency website copy tip No.1: Front-load the benefits at the start of the sentence, then show your process for achieving it. Like this: “Drive
Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it’s broken? In an eye-opening TED talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it — something she worked on during a recent
