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If you’re looking for ideas or a little inspiration in relation to engagement, workplace culture and leadership in your small business, you’ve come to the right place. Browse our articles below.

Canaries, COVID and Culture

Canaries, COVID and Culture

Just as canaries were once used to check the gas levels in coalmines (dead canary = no go zone), so COVID has proven to be an indicator of the health, or otherwise, of workplace cultures. We've directly see it play out in the workplaces of our clients and others we've...

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Values in Action!

Values in Action!

Those who know us well, or who have worked with us directly, will know that we are "pretty big" on the importance of articulating clear values in a business or organisation. So a conversation I had recently with a relatively new client in which she referenced the...

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Cultivating Vulnerability-Based Trust

Cultivating Vulnerability-Based Trust

Regular readers will know that I'm a fan of management consultant and author Patrick Lencioni, and particularly his "Five Dysfunctions of a Team" model. The first dysfunction of a team in Lencioni's model is the Absence of Trust. Notably, Lencioni refers specifically...

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Leading in Times of Crisis

Leading in Times of Crisis

Among many other things, the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has caused me to think about leadership during times of crisis. While we look to the world's political leaders to provide us with information, support and guidance, people are also looking to their local...

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Effective Leadership – Food for Thought

Effective Leadership – Food for Thought

Effective Leadership is one of the most fundamental components of our exclusive Success Through People(c) Model. The simple fact is that the best, most sustainable businesses have great leadership. Leaders need to be effective from both task and people perspectives:...

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What Culture is YOUR Behaviour Producing?

What Culture is YOUR Behaviour Producing?

Those who know me well, in a professional sense at least, know that I'm a bit of a "culture nerd". I've always been curious about what makes some workplaces "work" (that is, where people understand what they are responsible for, they accept that responsibility, they...

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