Category: leadership

Dress more provocatively, so we can win more clients.

Yes. It’s the year 2020, and yes, you read the title correctly. According to a recent report by Slater & Gordon, this is perhaps one of the more unexpected aspects of remote working. A whooping 35% of women interviewed claimed to have been subjected to sexist workplace demands whilst working from home. 

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Help! I’m working from home. Where do I start?

If you’re working from home (as in actually working from home) for the first time, you might be thinking, where do I start? The following has a pretty comprehensive list of things to think about before you start working from home. But if there’s one takeaway that’s more important than any other – it’s over communicate, over communicate, over communicate!!

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The future belongs to the brave

Rather than spend a reasonable amount of time addressing fears and concerns …
Leaders avoid the fears and concerns that arise during period of immense change and then spend an unreasonable amount of time addressing the problematic behaviour that always follows. Brene says “we don’t peel the onion to look at what is driving the behaviour”.

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Giving blood? Can build trust and teamwork??

The act of going together, and being vulnerable together, builds trust. And trust, as we have talked about before – is the fundamental component of an effective team. Vulnerability is key here; the willingness to show a more real, authentic, honest side of yourself.

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