Go for walks, it’s a simple and free unlock for life…
Thanks to Pascal Barnet for bringing the below image to my attention.
Now is as good a time as any!
Andy
“The space between our practiced values (what we are doing, thinking, and feeling) and our aspirational values (what we want to do, think, and feel) is the value gap or disengagement divide.” Brené Brown Many people don’t value their jobs because they are not being fulfilled either personally or professionally. They are disengaged because they’re…
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 more Seb in whatever you…
I’ve been listening to the Beyond Busy podcast, hosted by Graham Allcott. If you haven’t delved into it yet, I’d really recommend it. An episode I listened to recently struck a chord, and I think it’s something worth considering for all agency leaders and founders. The topic? Giving regular, effective feedback. In this particular ep,…
When I ran agencies, there was one recruitment idea that changed the game. It was so incredibly obvious, and yet it took quite the tussle with members of the SLT to get it approved. It was around internal recruitment referrals. “Not a new idea.” I hear you say. Whilst that might be the case, the…
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 the positive effect naming your…
Retainers remain important to the majority of agencies, but agency leaders reported a change in clients’ attitudes towards them. The responses showed that while retainers are slightly less common than they were (and can be for shorter periods), typically agencies are not seeing a negative impact on revenues. Some noted the prevalence of a wide…