by Kate Mercer | Feb 3, 2025 | Leadership
In the middle, between ‘start-up’ and ‘corporation’, there is another type of business – the second generation ‘scale-up’ organisations. In the UK, these ‘Small to Medium-sized Enterprises’ form more than 99% of all businesses and employ over 12 million people. Your...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 11, 2025 | Leadership
Leading a team isn’t always plain sailing. You might catch yourself thinking: “Why don’t they just get on with it?” “I’ve got enough on my plate – why do I have to keep checking up on them?” “Managing them feels like babysitting. When will they take...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 9, 2025 | Leadership
We all know our technical skills – the ones we spent years studying, training for, and refining. These are the qualifications on your CV, the tools of your trade. And then there are social skills – the way you connect, listen, and navigate relationships....
by Kate Mercer | Jan 9, 2025 | Leadership
Specialists – engineers, doctors, teachers, architects etc – often find themselves promoted not just for their technical skill but because they’ve become indispensable voices in their field. But what happens when climbing the ladder shifts the job away...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 9, 2025 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
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.”...
