Energise your team to make an impact
Energise your team to make an impact Richard Ferguson July 20, 2023 I talked in a previous blog about the significant challenge that leaders and leadership team face right now – tired and probably not performing to their full potential. Ground down from relentless pressure, managing ongoing uncertainty and low resilience levels, all exacerbated by the difficulties […]
What sort of hybrid workers are in your team?
What sort of hybrid workers are in your team? Richard Ferguson April 24, 2023 In nearly every client conversation I have been recently having the topic of hybrid working seems to come up. It is just over 3 years since the first lock down and the rapid shift, for so many organisations, to a virtual […]
5 Key Principles for designing your new… ‘new normal’!
For the last 15 months or so a huge number of businesses around the country have been working in a predominantly virtual format and many staff haven’t seen the inside of their office since March 2020. However, with the new Government guidelines and lifting of restrictions, that is set to change to some degree as […]
8 Top Tips on Embedding Change
Given that change seems to be endemic in every organisation I come across, it is fair to say that organisations that have the capability to change effectively are stronger and are likely to be more ‘future-proof’ than those that can’t. This is perceived wisdom that few would argue with, but to achieve this capability is easier […]
Do you catch \’them\’ doing it well?
This blog was inspired by a couple of events, brought together after listening to the Radio 2 Thought for the Day slot last Friday – this was centred on ‘catch people doing it well’. The presenter asked the question – how often do we ask people “what is right with you?” rather than the usual […]
How to ensure a merger or acquisition succeeds
I was watching an old series of the David Attenborough show “Life” and there was a very interesting piece on baboons in Ethiopia that caught my attention for a number of reasons, not least because it parallels very well the spike in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) we have recently been seeing. The action followed one […]
Employee Engagement – Why Bother?
I was fortunate enough to attend the annual Think Yorkshire round table discussion event yesterday evening – a part of the booming Buy Yorkshire Conference – the biggest business conference outside of London no less. Well worth checking out and the brain child of a fabulous networking organisation called Yorkshire Mafia – say no more! […]