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Riding out the storm: How your business can survive the pandemic

Riding out the storm: How your business can survive the pandemic

by Kate Mercer | Jul 21, 2020 | Leadership, Organisation Culture

The Covid-19 pandemic need not sound a deathknell for your business. Take the opportunity to regroup and rethink your strategies, and come out the other side more resilient and better equipped to deal with turmoil. When you got back to work in your business following...
The platform is burning: Are you and your business ready for the new way of working?

The platform is burning: Are you and your business ready for the new way of working?

by Kate Mercer | Jun 27, 2020 | Organisation Culture

Covid-19 has pitched businesses into a situation where all the rules have changed. Instead of moving forwards through the business growth cycle, you might now be in danger of lurching backwards. As a leader, it’s up to you not only to recognise...
What’s in it for me? The rise of the entitled employee in SMEs

What’s in it for me? The rise of the entitled employee in SMEs

by Kate Mercer | Jan 28, 2019 | Organisation Culture

When can I expect promotion? How much will my next pay rise be? Can we have better social and leisure facilities? How much will you pay me for taking on more responsibility? Does it sometimes seem that your employees expect your company to deliver ever more and better...
Can you hold your team members to account? How to adapt your leadership style to manage different levels of accountability

Can you hold your team members to account? How to adapt your leadership style to manage different levels of accountability

by Kate Mercer | Jan 14, 2019 | Leadership

By managing individual team members’ expectations, and keeping a bird’s eye view of the process, you’ll be able to juggle different levels of accountability in your team and achieve the targets and results you want. Watch out, though, as it all starts with you… What...
Not getting what you want? Why ‘would you mind’, ‘shall we’, and ‘I’ll try’ won’t help you with your direct requests

Not getting what you want? Why ‘would you mind’, ‘shall we’, and ‘I’ll try’ won’t help you with your direct requests

by Kate Mercer | Oct 15, 2018 | Leadership

The world is more interconnected than ever before, so you’d think that direct communication would be a skill we’d become adept at from an early age. Not so, it seems. Many people seem to have missed learning or actively avoided learning it: the skill of making a...
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