by Greg Mitchell | Aug 19, 2025 | Culture, Engagement, Success Through People Model, Teams
One of the most common questions we are asked by the owners and managers of small businesses, particularly when we start working with them, is “How do I retain my best staff?”. If you’re running a small or medium-sized business, you (hopefully!) already know that your...
by Greg Mitchell | Feb 3, 2025 | Accountability, Culture, Engagement, Expectations, Leadership, Success Through People Model
I was chatting with one of our small business clients the other day, who was proudly (and rightly so) telling me of his success since implementing regular one-on-one meetings with his team. He mentioned the benefits of the meetings in terms of maintaining...
by Greg Mitchell | Jan 8, 2025 | Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Success Through People Model
For many, the mention of “workplace culture” conjures up images of happy employees, vibrant office spaces, and a general sense of employee well-being (fruit bowl and a table tennis table in the lunchroom, anyone?). While employee satisfaction/happiness is undeniably...
by Greg Mitchell | Aug 24, 2022 | Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Success Through People Model
As regular readers will know, one of the key components of our Success Through People Model© is “Equipping Others”: ensuring that those engaged in your business have the tools, resources, information and capabilities necessary to succeed in their role. Of course, this...
by Greg Mitchell | Mar 28, 2019 | Engagement
Much as they’d like to be, when it comes to staffing matters, most business leaders aren’t mind readers. Too often, good staff leave an organisation and – by the time leaders realise there were issues – it’s too late to try and keep them....
by Greg Mitchell | Jun 7, 2016 | Engagement
Handing out a few chocolate frogs at a staff meeting does not in itself a recognition program make! So, you’re taking the plunge and are planning to implement a staff recognition program….great stuff! It seems easy enough – throw out a few bottles of wine...
