Leadership

Bettering Society: What Are The Benefits Of A Team With Shared Purpose?

February 23, 2022

Gren Paull, CEO of Lilli, takes a look at the importance of a team having a shared purpose and values. The interplay between building value and acting on business values has become more acute during the pandemic. Covid has, for instance, placed an enormous magnifying lens on the ethics of pharmaceutical companies and the equity […]

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The Cost Of Living Crisis: What Employers Can Do For Staff

February 23, 2022

Charles Courquin, Director at Symatrix, explains how employers can help their staff through the spiralling cost of living crisis. The rise in inflation, interest rates and national insurance, along with the incoming price cap shift on energy bills is a significant cause of worry for many workers across the UK. That’s not even taking into […]

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Why Long-Service Awards Are Crucial To Employee Satisfaction

February 18, 2022

Danni Rush, Chief Operating Officer at Virgin Incentives and Virgin Experience Days and Virgin Experience Gifts, explains why long-service awards are key to keeping your employees happy. Over the last two years, employees have gone above and beyond to deliver outstanding work for their employers. Despite dealing with the biggest societal and economic disruption in […]

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Considerations When Scaling A Business Post-Pandemic

February 17, 2022

Crevan O'Malley, UK Country Manager at HubSpot, lists some important factors to take into consideration when scaling a business post-pandemic. Despite a very challenging two years, and a similarly complex environment still on the horizon, organisations remain focused on growth. In fact, Deloitte suggested that UK companies are entering the new year with greater optimism […]

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Green Business Startups: How To Get The Ball Rolling

February 17, 2022

Annie Button, professional content writer and branding aficionado, explains how green business startups can get the ball rolling. The world is trying to be a greener place, with businesses and consumers making decisions based on their environmental impact. Many people have turned to veganism, others look to alternative fuels for their homes and cars while […]

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How To Develop An Entrepreneurial Mindset In Changing Times

February 16, 2022

Professor Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic, Professor of Leadership and Management at Hult International Business School (Ashridge), explains how businesses, their leaders, and employees must adapt to changing times. The tsunami of change is coming. The world is changing rapidly, and it is up to us to change with it. Leaders, employees and organisations need to adopt an […]

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What’s Love Got To Do With Leadership?

February 15, 2022

What is love? Love is the unconditional acceptance of all of who I am as a human being – warts and all – and the unconditional acceptance of all of who you are and who others are as human beings. It is the ability to separate an individual’s behaviour from the very essence of who […]

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10 Best Contract Management Practices

February 14, 2022

1. Set and monitor contract KPIs Defining the key performance indicators (KPIs) before a contract rolls out is crucial as this is the easiest way to keep tabs on whether the desired goals are being met. An effective way to track contract obligations is to automate the entire process for timely and error-free insights on […]

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Shell CEO Ben van Beurden Sells £3.9 Million Of Shares

February 10, 2022

Van Beurden’s 190,000 shares were sold at an average price of £20.40 per share, one day before they reached their highest level since January 2020 at £20.80. According to the company filing, the CEO’s sale totalled at £3.876 million. Van Beurden has led Shell since 2014. Last Thursday, van Beurden said “I still believe that […]

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How Business Cultures Go Wrong

February 10, 2022

Organisational culture and humans Just what is an ‘organisational culture’? We can probably name and recognise some of these factors easily – things like attitudes (thoughts and beliefs, feelings, and behaviours) and artefacts, e.g. office space. It's also likely that each organisation has sub-cultures within a larger organisational culture. The desired state or best organisational […]

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Enhancing Employee Wellbeing With Office Designs

February 9, 2022

It’s common for offices to feel energetic and demanding at the same time. Office layout and design, when considering your employees, can be restructured around enhancing productivity and efficiency in the workplace. For that kind of meaningful change, leaders should look no further than their office and consider how its everyday design can promote better […]

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Employee Wellbeing Is Suffering But There Is Hope For Organisations

February 8, 2022

Harry Bliss, CEO and co-founder of workplace wellbeing experts Champion Health, explains how business leaders can ensure their employees are thriving rather than surviving. I believe that ‘health and wellbeing’ is everyone’s business. Almost every area of your health influences your performance levels – at work and beyond. The same is true for every single […]

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