I first learned about these "operating states of an organisation" years ago. I’ve recently been reminded of them as I am in a stage of reformulating my own business. These principles are among the most effective frameworks I’ve encountered for understanding where you...
The post transition reality check Transitioning to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) often feels to the new co-owners like crossing the finish line. The legal work is done, the financials are sorted, and the company is in the hands of the people who helped build it....
Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to. - Katharine Whitehorn We’ve all been there: the meeting that drags on endlessly, achieves little, and leaves everyone wondering...
When it comes to understanding your organisation, how deep does your knowledge go? Not just the finances, production or structure, but the people: their mindsets, culture, and attitudes? These intangible factors can see your business thrive or bog it down in politics,...
Nine times out of ten, it’s not the market, resources, or competition - it’s the stories you’re telling yourself. Limiting beliefs are silent saboteurs: they shape your organisation’s culture, decisions, and outcomes in ways you might not even realise. Great leaders...
Let’s face it - managing people can feel like herding cats, especially when everyone seems to have a different idea of what “accountability” actually means. Maybe you’ve worked hard on your own leadership skills (see Can we count on you?) but find yourself asking,...
Is there a disconnect between your company initiatives and team morale? You’ve restructured, spent on branding, defined company values - yet the spark still seems absent. Here are some familiar frustrations: “I’ve restructured the team, but they still aren’t...
One of the biggest surprises for employees (and sometimes even managers) in a scaling organisation is how promotions actually work—or rather, how they should work. Too often, people fall into one of two flawed assumptions: “They’re an amazing...
Ever feel like your job is just putting out fires? "They all want pay rises, but we’re not making enough money." "Nobody documents anything—we’re flying blind." "I only hear about problems when they’ve become emergencies." "All I seem to do is make myself unpopular."...
There is a point, when human beings come together, that a group of individuals becomes an organisation. Like a hive of bees, a group of people is an organism. And organisms have rules of their own which, operating at their best, override a narrow focus on individual...
Find out how to create and manage a brilliant culture that underpins a truly successful growing business.
Find out how to create and manage a brilliant culture that underpins a truly successful growing business.