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 this, but to take advantage of the opportunities it brings.
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...
As a contributing editor to inc.com, Jeff Haden has recently published an article entitled 'A Study of 600,000 People Shows the Secret to Managing Millennials Is to Quit Thinking of Them as Millennials'. It's a timely and essential read, and we couldn't agree with...
Take a look at job descriptions in almost any organisation. You’ll find they’re broad statements of areas of responsibility or lists of activities. Job descriptions like this are concerned with activity rather than output, and fuel the culture of ‘hard work’ and long...
In a thought-provoking post from Neil Crofts, he looks at the effect of short-term planning on the way we live and work, and whether we should be challenging our notion of this. Most of us when we are young find it difficult to think more than a short time ahead. As...
We suggested recently that it might be a good time for you to take a long hard look at your organisation’s bonus scheme. Instead of motivating, engaging and rewarding staff for great performance and accountability, the bonus culture can get in the way, encouraging a...
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...
Don't assume that if it works for a 3G organisation - whether it be an employee, a computer system, a benefits scheme or a specific external supplier - it’ll work for your 2G company. It usually won’t. Here's why you should avoid the over-engineering trap... When your...
Do you assume you have to provide big-company benefits and opportunities when you are still an SME and need everyone to take accountability? It's a common mistake made by second generation organisations. Here's why. As a company moves from first to second generation,...
Do you feel that the organisation is ‘yours’ and running it is all down to you? Are you increasingly resenting the fact? Here's how to turn it around so you can relinquish control, successfully. This is a very common assumption among entrepreneurs who have started...
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.