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Businesses just grow organically – there’s no need for structure, surely…

Businesses just grow organically – there’s no need for structure, surely…

by Kate Mercer | Oct 24, 2017 | Organisation Culture

In my last article I wrote about the trap of over-engineering your organisation as it grows, in the mistaken assumption that people and systems designed for third generation (3G) organisations will automatically be right for your larger 2G organisation. Equally...
Can you just rely on professional skills to manage a growing organisation?

Can you just rely on professional skills to manage a growing organisation?

by Kate Mercer | Oct 12, 2017 | Leadership

Do you have a tendency to fall back on professional skills – whether that’s data collection, analysis, re-engineering – to manage your growing organisation? Kate Mercer explains that instead you’ll need a whole new range of more ambiguous and...
Don’t hang on to the day-job, manage your team and organisation instead

Don’t hang on to the day-job, manage your team and organisation instead

by Kate Mercer | Oct 5, 2017 | Leadership

CEOs can cling to the myth, particularly in professional service firms, that they can continue to focus on their specialist work and a full client load. Someone needs to manage the place, so how do you make your organisation work when you’ve reached that...

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