by Amanda Baines | Mar 2, 2017 | Leadership
When you’re in a crisis should you follow your instinct? This article looks at 4 situations where you need to do just that, and gives you tips on how to improve your intuition. Developing your instinct What are the types of situations where you need to rely on your...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 27, 2017 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
Evidence supporting the economic benefits for organisations with happy employees is overwhelming. So how to do you start to create a happy, healthy working culture? Here are some handy pointers. Many people we meet work in not-very-happy organisations whose leaders...
by Amanda Baines | Feb 20, 2017 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
How reliable are your commitments? If you and your colleagues are bad at doing what you promised, here’s an quick guide to getting proper commitment. Have you been in meetings where lots of decisions are made but nothing gets done? Unless you finish the meeting...
by Amanda Baines | Feb 16, 2017 | Organisation Culture
Are you handing over your precious clients to your managers? Do you trust them? As a senior executive you know you need to do it but it can be difficult. Here are five ways to make it easier. As you’ve risen up your organisation the balance of your ‘day job’ has had...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 13, 2017 | Leadership
Why do you work? Is it simply to make money or does your job help your community and society? Here we ask what the purpose of your working is, giving you questions to ask yourself. Discover if you are living two lives. You might be splitting your time between...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 6, 2017 | Organisation Culture
What does it take to attract the best clients? We think you’ll be surprised at how simple the list can be. And how straightforward the actions are, as long as you commit to them and work at them. 1. Contact one prospect every single day Connect, whether it’s...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 30, 2017 | Organisation Culture
If you’re very close to your business, it’s easy to miss the key points in its development – you only notice looking back months or years later that something has changed. Here are the signs to look out for and how to adapt most effectively to the...
by Amanda Baines | Jan 26, 2017 | Organisation Culture
Treating your staff ‘mean’ to get results is clearly counter-productive. Providing sandwiches for them at lunchtime is not the quick fix solution either. Here are five tips for creating a corporate culture that will engage your staff and add value to your bottom...
by Amanda Baines | Jan 24, 2017 | Leadership
Do you trust your gut instinct? As a leader in business there are times when you have to rely on your intuitive intelligence. This article looks at the business situations where you need to do that and 5 ways you can develop this skill. What are the situations where...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 17, 2017 | Team Development
As a leader, it’s your job to spot what’s going right. To do that, you must habitually make it your business to find out. We give you five good reasons why positive feedback is so important. So what should you do if something has gone right? You should start by...
