by Kate Mercer | Mar 5, 2023 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
Many of us discovered during the Covid lockdown something we probably knew all along anyway – face-to-face communication is in many ways ‘better’ than remote communication. While remote communication offers convenience and cost-effectiveness, it cannot match the...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 5, 2017 | Leadership
CEOs can cling to the myth, particularly in professional service firms, that they can continue to focus on their specialist work and a full client load. Someone needs to manage the place, so how do you make your organisation work when you’ve reached that...
by Kate Mercer | Aug 1, 2017 | Leadership
We look at what makes workplace partnerships truly effective, and the mindset shifts you need to achieve them. Can you imagine what it would be like working in a team, or a department, or a whole organisation, where this definition of partnership formed one of the...
by Kate Mercer | Jan 3, 2017 | Organisation Culture
Make your meetings more expensive – and they might actually cost you and your business less! Here are some top tips for holding meetings that really do their job. Imagine you hired a meetings fairy. The fairy’s job would be to ensure that meetings were short,...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 11, 2015 | Leadership, Team Development
Mostly, the important work in organisations does not involve an individual creating something from nothing. Frequently it involves individuals and groups working together. So why is it so very unusual to see individuals and groups working really harmoniously together?...
