by Kate Mercer | Feb 20, 2022 | Organisation Culture
Could a family culture be bad for your organisation and your leadership? When you think about your aspirations for your company’s culture, a natural reaction might be to cast around for examples of the kind of ‘feel’ you are seeking. What very often comes to mind is...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 12, 2022 | Leadership
Here we are again at the start of a New Year. It’s often a time when we reassess how we are doing in life and set ourselves new aspirations and targets. Many of us have found a new urgency to carry out this self-audit as the pandemic shifts our priorities and changes...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership
The Rooflight Company Offering high quality rooflights, roof windows and skylights, The Rooflight Company is based in Oxfordshire. They have built an award-winning reputation not just for innovation and design excellence, but also for the way they manage,...
by Amanda Baines | Nov 4, 2021 | Team Development
The best teams go with the ‘flow’. How can leaders make sure their teams are set up in this way? A ‘flow state’ is the mental state described in positive psychology, where someone who is performing a particular activity is so fully absorbed, energised, and focused...
by Amanda Baines | Oct 19, 2021 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
Fight, flight or freeze? It’s not that simple. Here are some strategies to deal with post pandemic feelings of uncertainty and threat in the workplace. Your brain is hard-wired to be risk averse. Covid 19 has created widescale and unprecedented levels of...
by Amanda Baines | Sep 26, 2021 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
The pandemic has caused many people to re-evaluate the sense of meaning and purpose that their work gives them (in the US it’s being called The Great Resignation). It’s a seismic re-set and hybrid working is here to stay. It’s more important than ever that leaders and...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 17, 2021 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
Don’t just drift into the same old working patterns as we go into the new ‘term’. Equally, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. This is your chance to create an even more effective working culture: here’s how to take advantage of this opportunity. 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...
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...
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...
