I have worked with businesses and their leaders who have experienced rapid growth but then find cracks in the foundations. These challenges can often be alleviated with improved infrastructure, knowledge or training but typically the most challenging area is how to scale up as a leader. There is a lot of information out there supporting [...]
As a leader, are you managing people going back into the office? Is there even an office to come back to or are you opting for working remotely instead? The way of working is changing considerably but how do you ensure your team are happy and productive? I am speaking to a lot of leaders and [...]
Getting back to work seems to be the key incentive for a lot of businesses currently. But how do you ensure as a leader both you and your teams are motivated, productive and better-connected whilst working remotely? What is the new way of working? Who wants normal anyway? I don’t know about you, but I’m [...]
There is a lot of talk about leaders and managers currently as we’re broaching the Back to Business mentality, but what about employees? Life, as we knew it, will not be the same in the business landscape after the past few months. With cultural shifts in the workplace there are challenges for how to treat [...]
With a large number of businesses having furloughed some of their workforce, there is advice out there about the money they can claim. But there’s not a great deal about how, as a leader, to keep your furloughed employees inspired and engaged. More commonly, a recent question I’ve been asked is “how do I manage [...]
In these worrying times, various leaders from all over the world are using widely varying techniques to combat this epidemic. From a professional standpoint, it is hugely insightful to witness. There are certain key leadership qualities which are needed in a crisis. Like us all, I have been watching open-mouthed the recent happenings and am experiencing a [...]
So, the business plan is written and a pile of docs or a hefty file on your computer is looking at you ready for action, but how do you go about bringing all that hard thinking to life? How do you plan to actually get sh!t done? Here we'll talk about how to implement a business [...]
Are you fearful of change or do you embrace it? Change happens and we can’t do anything about that, however, we can control how we react to it. Let's discuss why change is good. Have you read ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ by Dr Spencer Johnson? It’s a fantastically funny little book about four characters who [...]
It’s a new decade and times are changing on the leadership landscape We’ve entered 2020 – a brand new year and a new decade and look at the leaders around us. Whatever your political views are, it’s pretty clear that there are questionable leadership styles in the UK and the US. Arguably these don’t tally [...]
Profit used to be king in so many businesses and companies and for some sectors, it most definitely still is. But for many, there has been a realisation that there is more to running a successful company than just a healthy bottom line. Let's explore why profit isn't the be all and end all. It [...]
Leaders are only as good as the team around them which is why great leaders invest heavily in their teams’ growth, happiness and wellbeing. Time and time again I work with a number of leaders who are struggling to establish respect from their team or are finding it tricky to define the balance between boss [...]
Good leadership leads to good performance – it’s a no brainer. But it’s shocking to see how many unfulfilled people there are because their boss isn’t inspiring. Poor management styles result in low level performance and, ultimately, the bottom-line suffering. Is being a good leader the key to success? Sadly, a lot of companies don’t [...]
