My work with co-founder teams always addresses conflict, which can be productive or destructive. In healthy, high-performing teams, conflict is welcome and productive. And when it’s destructive, it can threaten the stability and future of the company. Conflict is often driven by beliefs or experiences related to an aspect of a co-founder’s life that may […]
And so, naturally, newspaper coverage tends to focus on headline-grabbing stories – Insulate Rebellion’s latest superglue stunt, Greta Thunberg’s football chant or the hypocrisy of private jet-hopping premiers. But the untold story is not the stunts during the 14-day fandango, but how we take the serious work that went on behind the scenes and turn […]
As we enter 2022, chairmen need to contemplate how they and their board can continue to be successful and add value in a world that may continue to be uncertain and unpredictable. While it’s important to be optimistic about the future, pragmatism is required due to the continuing fallout from the COVID crisis. Ensure role […]
Fiona Logan, Chief Executive of Insights, explores how leaders can help their businesses maintain the valuable intimacy generated over the past couple of years as businesses look ahead to 2022. Go back two years and intimacy wasn’t something associated with the world of work. Instead, it might have been used to describe a close relationship […]
After the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, many business owners had to rethink and strategise on a new workforce model. One of the solutions widely adopted across the board by businesses was adopting a hybrid staff. This kind of structure combines both office-based working and home-based working. Aside from the requirement for social distancing, employees […]
The fallout from Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, including rising costs and supply shortages, is continuing to affect organisations across all areas of the business landscape. As a result, decision-makers must find ways to live with disruption for the foreseeable future by rapidly adapting their business models, while keeping costs under control. A constant challenge […]
The evolution of remote working has been a topic of conversation throughout the current century, but it is only in the past two years that it has entered the mainstream. While the impact of remote working on businesses and their workforces has been covered extensively during the pandemic, there remains one point that is worth reiterating: […]
The global COVID-19 pandemic has made many of us better understand the harsh realities of pathogens in the air we breathe and how, without the proper ventilation, we could be exposed to various cases of flu and colds. As a result of this concern, businesses are having to update their health and safety policies and […]
Paul Pethick, author of Power of Play: How play and its games shape life, explains how play can advance your leadership. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see the word ‘play’? If it’s the opposite of work, your kid’s pre-school or, at best, a team-building afternoon on the third floor, then […]
At the recent Cop26 meeting in Glasgow the words ‘net zero’ got bounced around a fair whack. Indeed, everywhere it seems people and businesses alike are talking about their plans for greater sustainability, and politicians are promising we’ll be net zero by the time I’ve finally worked out what TikTok is and why I don’t […]
Claire Rychlewski, SVP at EMEA Business at Kinaxis, takes a look at the road to sustainability maturity for the supply chain. Sustainability is a complex and ever-evolving issue that is becoming increasingly sophisticated in the demands it places on companies. Widely accepted as both a moral and business imperative, it has elevated to a board-level […]
Ian Thatcher, co-founder of Dangerfield & Fortune, explains the opportunity cost of failing to engage with communities as a business. Developing new, commercially focussed ways for communities to work in partnership with construction, telco and utility businesses could revolutionise community liaison and public consultation, providing the catalyst to bringing about lasting change to the systems […]
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