Is it important to have a “hungry” sales team?
Disrupter businesses like Uber, Amazon and Facebook have changed the business world forever. Not just in the standards they set for consumers, but also in shaping the way we work. Gone are the days of the dull staff canteen, to be replaced by beanbags, footie tables and free Budweisers. You might question the nutritional value,…
Read MoreIt’s all about trust!
We’ve been exploring Trust recently with a variety of leaders from across a number of business sectors. From Finance to Healthcare; Automotive to Education; and what emerges is fascinating and thought provoking. Begin a conversation by prefacing it’s about Trust, and almost always people will then very consciously present their most trust-worthy self to the…
Read More‘Busy’ – A hard habit to break for leaders
“I guess I thought you’d be here foreverAnother illusion I chose to createYou don’t know what ya got until it’s goneAnd I found out just a little too late” Busy. A hard habit to break. For anyone who has a fondness for 1980’s rock ballads, or for whom this era was a formative part of…
Read MoreFeedback is a Gift
Over the last 12 months we’ve completed a number of 360-degree feedback for senior people across a number of different business sectors. All lead others. All set the agenda for where others are headed. All have a significant and wide-ranging impact, and all commissioned their own feedback. None of it was hoisted upon them as…
Read MoreHiking boots, hooves and fun
“Ain’t no mountain high enough, Ain’t no valley low enough, Ain’t no river wide enough” By Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1967 More than fifty years on we recently discovered that’s not true and there are mountains absolutely high enough… This is a story about happiness and it’s role in busy-ness for owners at work. But…
Read MoreLeadership and ponytails
The gym…remember it? It’s the thing you joined back in January just after you’d polished off all of those mince pies and choccies….and around the same time you noticed that the waistband of your favourite suit has shrunk. I bet that if you have a good rummage in your wallet you might even still have…
Read MoreWaitrose starts a quiet revolution by featuring B-Corp range
Waitrose is perhaps the last of the major retailers you’d expect to start a revolution. Yet occasionally they lead on something really innovative. In the words of The Beatles: You tell me that it’s evolution. Well you know we all want to change the world. It should thus be no surprise that Waitrose’s new initiative…
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