by Kate Mercer | May 1, 2015 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
On the subject of key concepts or models that can make the biggest difference to the way you run your business, here’s a thought: the likelihood is that you have great technical skills, and quite possibly great social skills. But do you have the skills in place that...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 17, 2015 | Leadership
Leadership skills can be learned, though along the way you may have to rethink your conception of what a great leader actually does, and overcome discomfort and anxiety in order to raise your game. One of the most uncomfortable facts is that great leadership is not...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 5, 2015 | Organisation Culture
In Friday’s post, we explored the first ’switch point’ in the life of your business. Let’s take a look at the second… At the second switch point, at around the £5-10m+ turnover and 40+ employee mark, your business moves out of the consolidation...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 3, 2015 | Organisation Culture
There are times in the life of your business when it changes direction. It can be easy to miss the moment and find yourself looking back later thinking, “what happened?” It’s almost as if you were driving the train, when suddenly it hit the points...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 30, 2015 | Leadership
Are any of these situations familiar to you? An associate you ask to do a task for one of your clients (as you lack the necessary expertise yourself), speaks to the client direct, and next thing you know, they’ve taken a brief from the client to do some more work for...
