2018 marks eight years since I sat with a UCAS rejection letter in hand, forced to do a U-turn on my future plans. I still remember the despair I felt when I didn’t get accepted into university. I was the only one of my friends not planning their final summer trips before heading off or shopping for duvet sets […]
Any modern, savvy and on-trend business owner undoubtedly has the evolution of tech at the forefront of their thoughts (amongst the many other issues occupying their minds, of course). The challenge for us all, however, is knowing where to invest resources. Every leader is researching an array of bottom-line-impacting software developments tailored to their industry, […]
LGBT+ inclusion is rightfully top-of-mind for the business community – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because there are many cultural and corporate benefits of LGBT+ inclusion. The Harvard Business Review has reported that LGBT-inclusive workplaces help a company to attract and retain top talent, boost their appeal to growing consumer […]
Ali Palmer, Partner and Head of the Consumer and Telecoms Practice at Odgers Interim, looks into the mindset that female leaders need to maximise their chances of success. McKinsey’s 2018 Delivering through Diversity report analysed the impact of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and found that amongst the 1000 companies they surveyed, those with […]
In recent events, Google staff around the world rose together to protest the company’s workplace culture, following claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism. The protests span across the globe, in all major cities Google holds office, from Tokyo & Singapore to London and Zurich.
According to a LinkedIn study, only 30% of your potential talent pool is actively seeking a new job. This means that if you want to attract the top talent, you'll probably have to woo them away from their current position. Adam Blackford-Mills, Director of Sales & Marketing at MRS Digital, shares his expertise. To attract […]
Innovation is not a word that should be used frivolously. However, in recent years it has become a throwaway term that is frequently applied in reference to a product, act, or outcome. Few people use innovation to describe a continuous cycle or collective – a culture. In my experience, innovation as a culture is a […]
Leadership, especially in an incredibly fast-paced digital world where there are disruptions coming from every direction, is tough. Whether you are a long-established CEO or COO grappling with the changes digital technology is bringing to your industry, or a newly appointed Chief Data or Digital Officer getting to grips with joining the C-Suite, it takes […]
By Louisa Rochford Disclosing and justifying the pay gap between a CEO and their employees within a company is becoming more enforced. Amazon workers in the US and the UK received a pay rise, to $15 and £9.50 respectively, a change considered to be a long time coming for many. The world is changing, […]
Meetings are amongst the most frustrating elements of modern business. They can take too long, are often unfocused, and do not always achieve what they set out to. This is mostly because the entire meeting process has hardly changed in decades and is lacking in the digitisation that has transformed other areas of business. Camilla […]
Why creativity is iterative and not an end-game. #fail. It’s become a tag that no one wants to be associated with. In this social media-fuelled world we now live in, #winning tends to be what we all want to be striving for. And rightly so… otherwise, what’s the point in developing ourselves to be […]
No-one wants to be unhappy at work, and no employer wants an unmotivated workforce. Considering how much of our time is spent at work, it’s important that employees feel happy and engaged with their jobs, colleagues and managers. However, it’s inevitable that at some point, business leaders will have to deal with an employee handing […]
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