I’m going to start this article by talking about babies and young children (it’s relevant to my main point, I promise). During the first two years of the pandemic, babies and toddlers were, like the rest of the population, kept inside. Even when they ventured outside,...
Successful, effective and cohesive teams don’t appear by luck—they’re formed through great leadership and a healthy, happy workplace culture. In life, most of us get to choose our partners, with whom we opt to share our lives; to have a family with, perhaps. I’m not...
March 2020, and the whole country (where applicable) was asked to work from home. There were no ifs or buts about it—you were either a keyworker who worked on our nation’s front line and tasked with continuing your usual routine, or you had to adapt to working...
Do you have a colleague that appears to be the complete opposite of you? I have certainly worked with people who are very different to me, the way they approach a task, their perception of a situation, the way in which they communicate and so it goes on. Looking back,...
As a leader, do you just see your team as one big mass? Some managers and leaders do. And, at times, to quantify goals and to keep an objective view of how everything is moving forward, it’s appropriate to see your team as a collective. On a day-to-day basis, however,...
This isn't a conspiracy Post "The Great Reset" on social media and you’ll likely invite responses from people interested in conspiracies surrounding the pandemic—particularly the theory that the coronavirus crisis is the catalyst to a huge overhaul of society, planned...
There are signs that we may be over the worst of the pandemic. We may still endure third, fourth and fifth waves, but the vaccine programme and widespread immunity will likely lessen their severity. Most businesses I know are now thinking of the future, and how they...
The need for empathetic, flexible and caring leaders...... During the last few decades, our workplaces have evolved. Dictatorships: dead or dying. Soft skills began to be championed in successful leaders, who were tasked with actually leading their teams, inspiring...
